ap eng (vocab) semester 2

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opulent

(adj.) exhibiting a display of great wealth

ornate

(adj.) elaborately decorated

ostentatious

(adj.) describing a showy or pretentious display

poignant

(adj.) profoundly moving ; emotionally touching

ebullience

(n.) intense enthusiasm

egregious

(adj.) conspicuously bad or offensive

gratuitous

(adj.) uncalled for, lacking good reason; unwarranted, given freely

cull

(v.) to select/weed out

debase

(v.) lower in quality/value; adulterate; lower the moral character of

delude

(v.) deceive

demure

(adj.) (of a woman) reserved, modest, shy

depraved

(adj.) morally corrupt; debased/perverted

devoid

(adj.) completely lacking; void/empty, without

diaphanous

(adj.) light, delicate, translucent, gossamer

disparage

(v.) to belittle/reduce in esteem

superfluous

(adj.) extra; unnecessary

auspicious

(adj.) favorable; promising

benign

(adj.) kind/gentle; harmless

mollify

(v.) to calm/soothe

reclamation

(n.) act of making something useful again

sanction

(v.) to give official authorization/approval

dubious

(adj.) doubtful; of unlikely authority

distraught

(adj.) anxious/worried/distressed

doleful

(adj.) mournful; sad

edify

(v.) to enlighten/educate

efface

(v.) to erase/rub out

effigy

(n.) dummy (mannequin), usually for symbolic torture

emaciated

(ad.) excessively thin; weak

epitome

(n.) something that perfectly represents an entire class of things; embodiment

erudite

(adj.) scholarly

fabricated

(v.) made/concocted to deceive

hypocrisy

(n.) practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity

spurious

(adj.) not genuine/false/fake

astute

(adj.) shrewd; clever

coup

(n.) a brilliantly executed plan

disingenuous

(adj.) not straightforward; crafty

surreptitiously

(adv.) done by secretive means

esoteric

(adj.) known by only a few, usually with a specialized knowledge or interest

ethereal

(adj.) not of the material world; extremely delicate & light in a way that seems too perfect

facetious

(adj.) treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

fallacious

(adj.) false; wrong; incorrect

fawning

(v.) groveling/overly admiring; exaggerated flattery; obsequious

foible

(n.) weakness; flaw

gainsay

(v.) deny/dispute; say something against what someone else says

garrulous

(adj.) very talkative; loquacious

ambivalent

(adj.) simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

apathetic

(adj.) feeling/showing little interest, concern, or enthusiasm

capricious

(adj.) impulsive & unpredictable in mood or behavior

whimsical

(adj.) playfully quaint/fanciful in an appealing & amusing way; subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable

inconsequential

(adj.) unimportant

tenuous

(adj.) having little substance or strength; shaky/unsure/weak

asiduous

(adj.) hardworking

intrepid

(adj.) courageous; fearless

genre

(n.) category

germane

(adj.) relevant; appropriate

hackneyed

(adj.) overused; trite

harangue

(n.) mean/nasty/angry speech

(v.) to give a mean/nasty/angry speech

harbringer

(n.) forerunner; something that signals the approach of something else; an omen

iconoclast

(n.) destroyer of tradition, beliefs, or institutions

maverick

(n.) one who in independent & resists adherence to a group

tenacity

(n.) persistence

derived

(v.) copied or adapted from a source

incumbent

(adj.) imposed as a duty; obligatory

malleable

(adj.) easily shaped/formed/influenced

conviction

(n.) fixed or strong belief

dogmatic

(adj.) stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs; setting down principals as incontrovertibly true

inherent

(adj.) inborn; built in

inveterate

(adj.) long established; deeprooted

impinge

(v.) hinder; interfere with

lament

(v.) express grief for; mourn

truncated

(adj.) shortened; cut off

dilettante

(n.) one with amateurish/superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

parody

(n.) artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

realism

(n.) artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy

propriety

(n.) appropriateness of behavior

prudent

(adj.) excersing good judgement

staid

(adj.) respectable; quiet; serious; conventional

stoic

(adj.) enduring hardship without complaining; impassive; indifferent to pleasure or pain

pejorative

(adj.) words that belittle/speak negatively

vilify

(v.) to make vicious statements about

fractious

(adj.) qurrelsome; unruly

incorrigible

(adj.) unable to corrected

malfeasance

(n.) misconduct

austere

(adj.) strict; without decoration

prosaic

(adj.) dull; unimaginative

trepidation

(n.) uncertainty; apprehension

candor

(n.) sincerity

prodigious

(adj.) enormous

paramount

(adj.) of chief concern or importance

impropriety

(n.) not proper

incommodious

(adj.) lacking space

incubus

(n.) nightmare

insatiable

(adj.) impossible to satisfy

inscrutable

(adj.) enigmatic