AP Lit Vocabulary Quiz: S2- List 3

affront

an action or remark that causes outrage or offense.

blase

bored, uninterested, satiated

cajole

To coax

choleric

Easily angered

encumber

to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder

feckless

lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

impasse

blocked path; dilemma with no solution

indolent

habitually lazy or idle

lugubrious

sorrowful; mournful; dismal

ribald

humorous in a vulgar way

adulation

Excessive flattery or admiration

censure

To criticize harshly

dissemble

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

dissimulation

the act of deceiving

droll

amusing in a wry, subtle way

expectorate

To cough up and spit forth.

palpate

to examine by touch

peremptory

Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

pusillanimous

cowardly; without courage

surfeit

An excessive amount