AP lang vocab quiz #8

Animosity

Active dislike; ill will; hatred

Autonomy

Independence, self-government

Concise

Saying much in a few words; brief but full of meaning; to the point

Impassive

Without feeling or emotion; insensible

Morose

Gloomy; bad tempered

Plagiarize

To take ideas or writings from someone else and present them as one's own without giving credit

Pretentious

Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit; showy; self important; arrogant

Rebuff

To refuse in a sharp or rude way; to snub; to drive or beat back; to reject

Serene

Unruffled; tranquil; unclouded

Wanton

Immoral; senseless; deliberately malicious; excessive

Advocate

To support; to be in favor of

Dogmatic

Positive and emphatic in asserting opinions

Eulogy

High praise for a deceased person

Intractable

Hard to manage; not easily treated

Pariah

An outcast

Residual

Leftover remaining

Stoic

Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Tawdry

Gaudy and cheap; vulgarly ornamental

Utopian

Excellent, but existing only in fancy or theory; perfect

Vicarious

Taking the place of another; experienced through sympathetic participation in the experience of another