AP Lit Vocabulary Quiz- S2: List 4

allay

To lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain

capacious

Able to hold a large amount; roomy

diurnal

existing during the day

extricate

To free from a difficult or tangled situation

ignominious

shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful

mitigate

make less severe, serious, or painful.

palpitate

To beat rapidly

phlegmatic

calm and unemotional in temperament

propitious

Favorable

prostrate

lying face downward

acquiesce

To agree or consent without any objection

amity

Friendship or friendly relations

arduous

difficult to accomplish

gestalt

An organized whole.

inundate

to overwhelm; to cover with water

perjury

Breaking of a legal oath

perspicuity

Clearness, lucidity

preposterous

Ridiculous, senseless

trepidation

Fear, nervous apprehension

voluble

Ability to use words easily, fluent and glib