Week 5 or 6 AP Literature and Composition Vocabulary Words

Vocab words for Mrs. Stuart's class at THS. I'm gonna be so fr I forgot what week we were on but we just finished Hamlet and are working on Bliss.

Ambivalent

adj having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Comeliness

n the quality of being good looking and attractive

Acquisitiveness

n excessive interest in acquiring money or material things

Social Darwinism

n belief in “survival of the fittest”—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. ________ __________ has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.

Firebrand

n a person who is passionate about a particular cause, typically inciting change and taking radical action.

Anarchism

n a political philosophy and movement that is against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism.

Prodigal

adj spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.