AP Lit Vocab Set 9

anguish

(n) extreme pain or distress

fester

(v) to become waste or more intense, especially through long term neglect or indifference; irreparable

cabriolet

(n) one horse carriage

prognosticate

(v) to indicate in advance; to forecast

dirge

(n) funeral hymn

carnage

(n) the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre

precipice

(n) edge; steep overhang

indellible

(adj) that which cannot be eliminated, forgotten or changed

rustic

(adj) rural

vulgar

(n) of the common people

infamy

(n) bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation due to a shameful, criminal or outrageous

ignominious

(adj) humiliating

execrate

(v) to curse; denounce

adduced

(v) led to; cited as proof

wantonly

(adv) w/o regard to what is right

timorous

timid; shy; full of apprehension

bauble

(n) trinket; cheap ornament

perdition

(n) eternal damnation

perpetrated - (v) carried out

avowal

(n) frank acknowledgement or admission