AP English Vocab Dec. 5

Aloof

Distant, detached, or disinterested; uninvolved or uninfluenced.

Arable

Suitable for growing crops; capable of being farmed.

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

Debase

To reduce in quality or value; to degrade.

Diaphanous

Light, delicate, and translucent.

Extricate

To free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty.

Forbearance

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.

Frivolous

Not having any serious purpose or value; carefree and not serious.

Impervious

Not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected.

Indolence

Avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.

Oblique

Not explicit or done in a direct way; deviously achieved.

Paradoxical

Seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true.

Perdition

A state of eternal punishment and damnation.

Precocious

Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.

Virulent

Extremely severe or harmful; bitterly hostile.

Tragic Flaw

A character trait that leads to the downfall of a protagonist.

Non Sequitur

A conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

Inner Conflict

A psychological struggle within the mind of a character.

Deus ex Machina

An improbable contrivance in a story to resolve a plot dilemma.

Litotes

A figure of speech that uses understatement by using double negatives.