Vocab 5 & 6: AP Language

Extricate

To free or release from entanglement; disengage

Ague

successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria

Asylum

Sanctuary; a temporary refuge

Penury

Extreme poverty; destitution

Subsistence

The action of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level

Usurur

A person who lends money at an unreasonably high rates of interest

Extort

Obtain (something) through unfair means

Ostentation

Pretentious and vulgar display of wealth/luxury to impress or attract

Parsimony

Extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess

Efface

Erase from a surface

Sepulcher

A place of burial

Venerable

Commanding respect because of great age

Ominous

Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening

Querulous

Full of complaints

Patriarch

Male head of a family or tribunal

Conspicuous

Easily seen or noticed; visible or observable

Sublime

Supreme or Outstanding

Labyrinth

A maze full of paths in which its difficult to escape

Excavated

To expose or lay bare by digging; unearth

Demarcation

Separation by distinct boundaries