AP English Vocab List 6

abstruse

extremely difficult to understand

curmudgeon

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

disingenuous

lacking in sincerity or candor

ecumenical 

worldwide or universal in influence or application

exigency

urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

flotsam

floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

glean

to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the repers

hallow

to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

harbinger

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another; a forerunner; to signal the approach of

idiosyncrasy

a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

imbue

to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind

inane

silly, empty of meaning or value

lampoon

a malicious satire; to satirize, ridicule

maudlin

excessively or effusively sentimental 

mundane

earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

protocol

customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats

pusillanimous

contemptible cowardly or mean-spirited

rapacity

inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one’s desires by force, exertion, or plunder

vagary

an unpredictable, erratic, or seemingly purposeless action, occurrence, or notion 

wizened

dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging