AP Lang: Vocabulary for Gerald Graff's "Hidden Intellectualism" Part II

Facile

(Adj) easily accomplished or attained; shallow or simplistic, lacking sincerity or depth

Sublimate

to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable

Diverge

(verb) different directions from a common point

Diktat

(noun) a harsh settlement unilaterally imposed (as on a defeated nation); An order that must be obeyed

Edifying

(adj) instructive or informative in a way that improves the mind or character

Contemporary

(adj) happening or existing in the same period of time

Patent

(adj) easily recognizeable; obvious, visible

Pompous

(adj) excessively elevated or ornate; having or exhibiting self-importance, arrogant

Initiate

(verb) to cause or facilitate the beginning of: set going

Rigidify

(verb) to make rigid-deficient in or devoid of flexibility

Prosecution

(noun) the party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted or conducted

Alienate

(verb) to cause to be estranged: to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formally existed; to cause to be withdrawn or diverted

Disengagement

(noun) withdrawing from involvement (negatively)

Discourse

(noun) verbal or written interchage of ideas, especially: conversation; formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject: connected speech or writing

Trenchant

(adj) keen, sharp: vigorously effective and articulate, also: caustic; forceful, intelligent, clear, effective in expression or style

Prefix: Pseudo

(derived from the word "pseudes" in Greek language) lying, false, fake, pretend, simulation, imitation, or spurious