AP Lit Vocab 7

Allay

(Verb) Satisfy thirst

Sentence: Drinking water allays your thirst, but thirst cannot allay water.

Capacious

(Adj) Large in capacity

Sentence: People can carry a capacious bag, but a capacious bag cannot carry people.

Didactic

(Adj) Instructive (excessively)

Sentence: The didactic person likes to teach others, but the didactic person does not like being teach by others.

Diurnal

(Adj) Having a daily cycle

Sentence: A diurnal routine is a habit, while a habit is not a routine.

Ignominious

(Adj) Bringing disgrace

Sentence: An ignominious action is shameful, but shame does not have to associate with the ignominious action.

Mitigate

(Verb) Make less severe

Sentence: The order mitigates the punishment, but punishment does not mitigate the order.

Palpitate

(Verb) Beats rapidly

Sentence: The vibrations palpitate from the speakers, but the speakers does not palpitate the vibrations.

Phlegmatic

(Adj) Showing little emotions

Sentence: The phlegmatic face shows no emotions, but emotions is not from the face.

Propitious

(Adj) Presenting favorable circumstances

Sentence: The propitious purchase is luck, but luck is not purchased.

Prostrate

(Verb) Bow down in submission

Sentence: People should prostrate when they are sorry, but people should not be sorry to prostrate.