AP Lit Vocab

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want

to lack something crucial

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augment

to increase

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glean

to pick out little by little

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panache

great style, flair and flamboyance

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cachet

prestige, high status, being admired

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vex

to irk

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nettlesome

irksome

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peeve

to annoy or bother

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rankle

to bother or annoy

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sojourn

to stay away from home in a particular place for some time

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compunction

a sense of guilt or remorse

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to rue

to feel regret or remorse about something in the past

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oriental

of or relating to asia

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occidental

western

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mitigate

to reduce the harsh effects of something

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exonerate

to clear from blame or guilt

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culpable/culpability

guilty/guilt

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tangible

so intense as to seem physically touchable

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poignant

deeply emotionally moving

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nuance

a subtle variation of meaning

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clarion

clear in sound or meaning as a trumpet call

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stentorian

at times rather pompously yet grandly and powerfully loud

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yearn

to wish longingly for

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yon

over there, at a distance but within sight

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of yore

expression for times long past

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lore

traditional knowledge, legends, stories

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vitriol

viscious outburst, caustic

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vitriolic

viciously caustic, scathing

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burgeon

to expand and spread rapidly

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proliferate

to expand

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angst

ongoing anxiety and worry

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lament

to express sadness, or complain sadly

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woe

despair

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doleful

sad, sorrowful

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dolorous

sad, sorrowful

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plangent

sorrowful in sound

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plaintive

sorrowful in sound

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dirge

solemn, dignified, slow funeral march

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antecedent

that which comes before

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liminal

situated at a threshold, between

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pugnacious

belligerent, hostile, aggressive

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truculent

belligerent, hostile

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bellicose

aggressively militant, waging or preparing to wage war

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clandestine

secret, hidden, undercover

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covert

secret

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overt

in the open, apparent

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xenophobic

hating that which is foreign or different, primarily culturally

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panopoly

full suit of armor or ceremonial attire, an impressive display

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panacea

a cure all, a universal fix

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anathema

a curse or something cursed and loathsome

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elixir

curative or life prolonging beverage

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plethora

a great number or a vast amount

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cede

to yield

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decimate

to destroy a large portion of something

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hegemony

political and ideological power of one nation over another

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nullify

To cancel or void

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protectorate

a weaker nation under the control of another nation

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blithe

happily care-free, merry

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paradigm

model or structure of truth accepted without question

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heterodox

unorthodox

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Hauberk

armor, a tunic of chain mail

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corselet

armor covering the trunk

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sanguinary

bloody, bloodthirsty

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sanguine

cheerful

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enigma

mystery/puzzle

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eviscerate

to disembowel

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visceral

instinctive, gut reaction

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cerebral

intellectual

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ethereal

heavenly

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redolent (of)

frangrant/suggestive of

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meretricious

cheaply flashy

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daunted

intimidated

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intrepid

undaunted/fearless

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trifle/trifling

thing of little significance/not mattering much

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condescend

to lower oneself mockingly

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germane

relevant

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manifestation

a revealing

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to manifest

to reveal

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impetuous

rash, impulsive

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impetuosity

rashness

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elegiac

somber in tone, like an elegy

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rhetoric

the use of words to create a specific effect

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rhetorical

crafted with words to give a certain effect

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paradox

seeming contradictory but expresses a higher truth

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languid

lacking energy, moving slowly

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languor

a lack of energy

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pecuniary

having to do with money

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impecunious

lacking money

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charnel

having to do with dead bodies

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charnel house

a place where dead bodies were kept

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to countenance

to condone

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hierarchy

ranking system

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lascivious

having loose, indulgent sexual feelings

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libidinous

lascivious

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licentious

lascivious

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ostentatious

displaying in a showy manner

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pretentious

assuming an air of superiority

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sordid

vile, dirty, low, vulgar

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sublime

noble, lofty, exquisite

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august

noble, majestic

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