AP LANG Gender Unit Vocab

Nurturant

Nurturant

(adj) relating to the fact of taking care of or nurturing or ability to do so in both physical and emotional manner

hors d'oeuvre

(n) a small savory dish, typically one served as an appetizer at the beginning of a meal.

Adherence

(n) attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief; quality/process of sticking fast to an object/surface

Detritus

(n) Waste or debris of any kind — gravel, sand, or other material produced by erosion, organic matter produced by the decomposition of organisms

Egalitarian

(Adj, n) Relating to/ believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal Ishtar and opportunities a person who advocates or supports egalitarian

Palpable

(Adj) (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.; able to be touched or felt

To forego

(V) To give up the enjoyment or advantage of something

Disparity

(N) A difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair

Tautology

(N) the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style

Affront

(n, v) An action or remark that causes outrage/offense; offend the modesty or values of

Parity

(n) the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay; (of a number) the fact of being even or odd

To lumber

(v) move in a slow, heavy, awkward way

To contend

(v) Struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger); assert something as a position in an arguement

Sodden

(Adj, v) saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through; saturate (something) with water

To toil

(verb) work extremely hard or incessantly; (noun) exhausting physical labor

Potent

(adj)having great power, influence, or effect

To cater

(V) Provide and drink, typically at social events and in a professional capacity

Tedium

(N) the state of being tedious

Machismo

(N) an emphasis on male strength and dominance; strong or aggressive masculine pride

Fickle

(Adj) changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.

discrepancy

(N) a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

Archaic

(Adj) very old or old-fashioned: (of a word/style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor

To connive

(V) secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur.

To brandish

(V) wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

Coquettish

(Adj) behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious

Latent

(Adj) (Of quality/state ) existing but not yet deceived or manifest: hidden or concealed

Lout

(N) an uncouth and aggressive man or boy

Puritanical

(Adj) practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior

Philistine

(adj.) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; (n.)person who is hostile and indifferent to culture and the arts (or has no understanding of them)

Aberrant

(Adj) departing from an accepted standard; diverging from the normal type

Pugnacity

having a quarrelsome or combative nature

Certitude

(N) absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case; something that someone firmly believes is true

Innate

(Adj) inborn; natural

Invidious

(Adj) (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others; (of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust.

Scrupulous

(Adj) (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details; very concerned to avoid doing wrong.

Imprecations

(N) a spoken curse; something rude or hostile said or about someone

Denigrate

(V) criticize unfairly; disparage

Recapitulation

(N) an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something. BIOLOGY, the repetition of an evolutionary or other; MUSIC, a part of a movement (especially one in sonata form) in which themes from the exposition are restated

Coiffure

(N) a person's hairstyle, typically an elaborate one

Linguistics

(n) the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics, and applied linguistics.

Frivolous

(Adj) not having any serious purpose or value; (of a person) carefree and not serious

Unabashed

(Adj) not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Nondescript

(Adj) lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics; (n) a nondescript person or thing

Myriad

(n) a countless or extremely great number; (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.

Parthenogenesis

Asexual reproduction in which females produce offspring from unfertilized eggs; a form of reproduction in which an egg can develop into an embryo without being fertilized by a sperm.

Fallow

(Adj) (of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production., (of a period of time) characterized by inaction; unproductive. (N)a piece of fallow or uncultivated land.. (v) to leave land fallow

Depraved

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

Backwater

(n.) a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant; an isolated or peaceful place.

To dote

(V) be extremely and uncritically fond of; be silly or feeble minded as a result of old age

To hinder

(V) create difficulties for (someone or something), resulting in delay or obstruction.

Ambivalent

(Adj) having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Appellations

(N) a same or title; action of giving a name to a person or thing

Fidelity

(N) faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support; the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced.

Totalitarian

(Adj) relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.; (n) a person advocating a totalitarian system of government.

Exasperating

(Adj) intensely irritating and frustrating

Proliferation

(N) rapid increase in numbers; large number of something; rapid reproduction of a cell, part, or oragnism

Yarn

(N) spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing; a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible. (V). To tell a long or unreasonable story.

Unwieldy

(Adj) difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight; (of a system or bureaucracy) too big or badly organized to function efficiently.

Idiosyncrasy

(N) a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.; a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.