AP LIT TFA VOCAB

abomination

Something that is viewed with horror or that is intensely hated.

benevolent

Good or disposed to do good.

deftly

Done with dexterity or skill.

entrails

Intestines or other internal organs.

feign

To pretend, create a false appearance.

grandee

A man of elevated rank or station.

harbinger

Forerunner, one who is sent ahead to prepare for followers.

kite

A small hawk with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail.

pottage

A thick soup of vegetables that often contains meat.

rebuke

To criticize sharply or reprimand.

uncanny

Eerie, mysterious, or weird.

amiss

Imperfect, faulty, gone wrong.

brandish

To shake or wave an object in a menacing way.

esoteric

Intended for or understood by an elite or small group.

forsook

To have renounced or turned away from.

gnash

To grind or strike one’s teeth together.

incipient

Beginning to come into or to become apparent.

malevolence

The quality of vicious ill will.

quaver

To tremble.

voluble

Talkative.