ap lit vocab quiz 5

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chimera

fire-breathing monster / unrealistic fantasy or illusion / genetic hybrid

complacent

overly satisfied to the point of urgency and motivation loss

complaisant

people-pleasing, obedient

dissident

someone who challenges and criticizes an established system or institution

empirical

based on direct observation or experimentation

encomium

warm and enthusiastic praise in a writing or speech

hirsute

shaggy, having lots of hair

intestate

dying without a will / property left by a dead person with no will

lethal

deadly, dangerous

lugubrious

excessively and exaggeratedly gloomy and mournful

megalomaniac

person with intense desire for power / believes they are more important than they truly are

meretricious

superficial, attractive on surface but lacking substance or value

modicum

modest or token amount of something, usually an abstract or desirable quality

pyromaniac

someone with an impulse to start fires

sacrilegious

disrespecting something sacred or holy

solecism

grammaticl mistake / social or etiquette blunder

soporific (n)

substance that induces sleep

styptic (n)

substance that stops bleeding by contracting vessels/tissue

subversive

undermining social norms or established systems

turgid

swollen / excessively complex in language