Honors Lit II - Shepherd - Vocab List 2

Honors Lit II - Shepherd - Vocab List 2

Ameliorate

To make better or more tolerable

Anarchy

Absence of government or control

Anecdote

A short account of a humorous or revealing incident

Apathy

Lack of interest or feeling/emotion

Apprehensive

Worried/anxious

Protract

To prolong

Provident

Preparing for the future

Provincial

Limited in outlook to one’s own small corner of the world

Provisional

Conditional, temporary, or tentative

Proximity

Nearness

Prudent

Careful

Purported

Rumored, claimed

Putative

Commonly accepted

Qualify

To modify or restrict

Qualitative

Having to do with the quality of something

Querxulous

Complaining, grumbling, whining

Quixotic

Romantic or idealistic to a foolish degree

Ramification

Consequence

Rancor

Long-lasting ill will or feelings of bitterness

Rapacious

greedy, plundering