APLAC ITW Vocabulary

Oxymoronic

Of contrasting meaning

Idiom

A phrase where the meaning is not literal and conveys a figurative meaning.

Discernible

Significant or Great

Adherent

A person who supports a particular set of ideas or beliefs.

Ideologue

An adherent or follower of an idea

Bourgeois

A small group of elites

Lumpen

Lower class; nomads

Vagaries

A set of unpredictable or erratic occurrences that change the outcome of a situation

Loath

Dislike; Find no pleasure in

Rancor

Threats; fighting; bickering

Wanderlust

A strong desire to travel and explore the world

Ostensibly

seemingly; apparently, but not necessarily true

Rapport

Reputation

Fawn

Baby deer

Veered

Turned; Steered

Insurrection

A violent uprising against an authority or government

Unbridgeable

Too wide to repair/build across

Oppressed

Controlled aggressively

Rhetorically

Non-literally; figuratively

Rueful

Sorrowful; regretful

Trestle

Scaffolding; pathway

Castigate

To reprimand or criticize severely; ridicule

Resilience

Ability to overcome adversity

Perilously

Dangerously

Allure

Appeal

Grandiose

Great; powerful

Absolutism

An unwavering belief/following in a set of ideas

Rapturously

Euphoric; great pleasure

Torrent

A violent and aggressive current

Incomprehensible

Not understandable