AP Lit Vocab #4

brazen

bold and without shame

compunction

a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad

din

a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise (n)

make (someone) learn or remember something by constant repetition.(v)

edict

an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

facetious

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

perquisites

a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position.

sepulcher

a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

debauchee

a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

meretricious

apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.

nebulous

in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

unclear, vague, or ill-defined.

acquiesce

ccept something without protest.

amity

a friendly relationship.

arduous

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

gestalt

an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.

something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of its parts

he general quality or character of something

inundate

overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. (flood)

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

akimbo

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward.

lassitude

a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

licentious

promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

muse

a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.(n)

be absorbed in thought.(v)

absquatulate

leave abruptly.