ap vocab 7

abhor

v. to detest; to hate strongly

accolades

pl. n. praise, an award, applause

ascetic

practicing self-denial; austere

bequeath

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

charlatan

one who pretends to have knowledge in order to swindle others

conflagration

a very intense and uncontrolled fire; an emotionally heated event

dearth

a lack, scarcity

diffidence

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness

effervescent

showing high spirits

ethereal

heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

expunge

to erase, obliterate, destroy

guile

deceitfulness, duplicity

implausible

not believable

incongruity

nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

insularity

narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ.

of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula

morose

being sullen or gloomy

placate

to appease or to pacify by making concessions

poignant

piercing, deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions

provincial

lacking sophistication, narrow-minded; countrified in the sense of being limited and backward

reiterate

to say again, repeat (for emphasis)

spontaneous

happening or arising without apparent external cause or planning (n. spontaneity)

synthesis

the combination of ideas into a complex whole

toxic

poisonous (n. toxicity)

vigilant

very alert, watchful

voluble

able to use words easily, fluent and glib