AP Lang Vocab Weeks 5-6

green and yellow sheets

partisan

to choose sides, bias

implacable

cant make happy

altruism

unselfish, to sacrifice and get nothing out of it

insinuations

sugestive selling

cohesive

unify, goes together

anathema

generally not liked

bourgeosise

luxury, rich

zealot

lots of energy, too much passion

mundane

usual, no surprises

hubris

cocky, egoish

ubiqitous

advertising, being seen everywhere

nuanced

subtle variation

stagnate

strop growing, uneven

inept

lacking skill, reason

profilgate

shamelessly immoral

caustic

sarcastic

untenable

imoral, cant defend

tantamount

how you value something

gaffe

harmless, awkward

pervasive

spread throughout everywhere

bolster

support, courage

propensity

how you naturally act

irascible

easily provoked, cranky

quixotic

idealistic, over the top, extra

demographics

targeted group

sequester

seperate

provenance

source of something

elusive

hard to find

verbosity

too many words

malleable

easily influenced, shaped