AP Lang vocab 8

Manifest

to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding

Ostentatious

characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an

attempt to impress others

Sanguine

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

Strident

having a shrill, irritating quality or character

Vehement

characterized by rancor or anger; marked by great energy; strongly

emotional; intense or passionate

Elegiac

expressing sorrow or lamentation

Fecund

very productive or creative intellectually

Fortuitous

happening or produced by chance; accidental

Infirmity

a physical weakness or ailment; a moral weakness or failing

Malady

any disorder or disease of the body

Nuance

a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, & response

Profligate

utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated

Remonstrance

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval

Scintillate

to sparkle; flash; to twinkle, as the stars

Vitiate

to impair or weaken the effectiveness of; to make legally defective or invalid