Ap lit vocab 1-23

abase

to humiliate; degrade

augur

to predict

complacent

content

culpable

deserving blame

impalpable

vague; not understandable

ostentatious

pretentious

prodigious

extraordinary in size; force, etc.

remuneration

compensation

vacillate

to sway to an fro; to show indecision

vicarious

substitute

acerbity

bitterness, severity

assiduity

care; diligence

calumny

a false accusation; a slander

compunction

uneasiness; remorse

dichotomy

division into two parts

ethereal

airy; delicate

latent

hidden; dormant

peruse

to read with thoroughness

reticence

silence

supercilious

haughty; arrogant

aspersion

slanderous remark

disconsolate

without hope

eulogy

praise for a dead person

immutable

unchangeable

intrepid

fearless

mundane

worldly; earthly

paragon

model of excellence

sanguine

optimistic

strident

harsh-sounding

turgid

swollen

accrue

to accumulate

chide

to scold

conclave

secret meeting

decrepit

weakened by age

fatuous

foolish

indolent

lazy

invidious

causing ill will; offensive

propitious

favorable

spurious

counterfeit; false

truculent

cruel

aesthetic

pertaining to beauty

augment

to increase

blithe

carefree

debauch

to corrupt

disseminate

to spread widely

innocuous

harmless

obdurate

stubborn

perennial

continual; enduring

stoicism

repression of emotion

venerate

to respect greatly

agnostic

one who believes God is unknowable

attest

to confirm

convivial

sociable; jovial

dormant

asleep; temporarily inactive

frugal

thrifty

preclude

to shut out

reproach

blame

saturnine

gloomy; very serious

turbid

muddy

vindicate

to justify

astute

shrewd

banal

meaningless; commonplace

dolorous

mournful

misanthrope

hater of mankind

nebulous

vague; indistinct

perfidious

treacherous

profuse

overabundant

sycophant

flatterer; parasite

tirade

long, vehement speech

urbane

refined

aggrandize

to enlarge

antipodes

opposite side of the earth

contiguous

adjacent; touching

cursory

superficial

flagrant

notorious; shocking

iconoclast

destroyer of images

impecunious

penniless; poor

odious

hateful; disgusting

petulance

impatient irritation

redolent

fragrant

antithesis

direct opposite

archaic

no longer in use

conjecture

to guess; to suppose

corpulent

Fat

ductile

easily molded

ensconce

to place securely; to conceal

esoteric

for a select few

malevolent

wishing evil; malicious

parsimony

stinginess

somnolent

drowsy; sleepy

altercation

angry dispute

adulation

praise

cognate

related

conundrum

riddle

deference

respect

erudite

very learned

fervent

emotional; ardent

ignominious

shameful

mollify

to appease

obsequious

overly submissive