AP Lit Vocab 2

Aegis

The protection of a particular person or organization

Sponsorship

Apprise

to inform or tell

Advise

Bibulous

Fond of drinking

absorbent

Claque

Group hired to applaud

Deracinate

To remove or separate from a native environment

Uproot

Eleemosynary

Supported by charity

Charity

Indigenous

Native to a particular environment

Aboriginal

Lachrymose

weeping/tearful

Weepy

Lexicon

A collection of words

Dictionary

Melee

A brawl

Fight

Microcosm

A smaller version of something else

Sample

Minuscule

Extremely small

Microscopic

Obfuscate

To make obscure

Confuse/complicate/blur

Paternalism

A system where someone looks after another

Polarize

To break up

Split apart

Purview

An area of influence

Jurisdiction

Sanguine

Eager/bloodthirsty

Solecism

A minor blunder of speech

Grammatical Mistake

Vassal

A person under the protection of another

Worker

Verisimilitude

Something that seems plausible

Possible truth