AP Lang vocab 5

Allay

To put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.

Capacious

capable of holding much; spacious or roomy

Diurnal

Of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily.

Extricate

to free or release from entanglement; disengage

Ignominious

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating

Mitigate

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate

Palpitate

to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.;

flutter

Phlegmatic

not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish

Propitious

presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.

Prostrate

Lying face down

Acquiesce

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree;

consent

Amity

friendship; peaceful harmony.

Arduous

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

Gestalt

a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.

Inundate

to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.