AP Lang Vocab- Week #13

complex

ambivalent

1. having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone (adj) 

   1. Unsure, doubtful, indecisive 

analogous

1. comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared (adj) 

   1. Similar, parallel, comparable 

emissary

1. a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative (noun) 

   1. Diplomat, envoy, ambassador

felicity

1. intense happiness (noun) 

incendiary

1. (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires (adj) 

magnanimous

1. generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person (adj) 

   1. Kind, generous, charitable 

morose

1. gloomy and ill-tempered (adj) 

repartee

1. conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies (noun)

ubiquitous

1. present, appearing, or found everywhere (adj) 

venerable

1. accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character (adj) 

   1. Celebrated, honored, worshipped