AP Lit Vocab Quiz 4

Incendiary

Inflaming

Verbose

Excessively wordy

Taciturn

Using few words

Tacit

Unspoken

Pernicious

Harmful

Occult

Dark side of the supernatural

Morbid

Sick interest in death

Moribund

In a state of dying

Derelict

Neglectful of duty

Penury

Abject poverty

Misanthrope

Hater of humanity

Stark

Bare bones

Austere

Stark

To foment

To instigate trouble

Denizen

A citizen

Leviathan

A whale

Strumpet

A prostitute

Cuckold

A man whose wife cheats on him

Nuptial

Having to do with marriage

To discern

To see, to perceive, to understand

To descry

To see at a distance

Sagacious

Wise

Pusillanimous

Cowardly

Consternation

Serious concern

Tremulous

Trembling

Vagaries

Unpredictable whimsical acts

To obfuscate

To make unclear

To deride

To mock

To denigrate

To bad mouth

To decry

To publicly denounce

Diaphanous

Transparent

Epigraph

Quotation at start of a piece of writing

Epitaph

Final word

Epithet

Stereotyping phrase

Epigram

Short witty expression

Strife

Conflict

To strive

To try really hard

To expedite

To make something happen quickly

Expeditious

In a quick manner

Vestige

Leftover trace

Volatile

Unstable

Vehement

With forcefulness

Diffident

Shy

Disinterested

Impartial

To expostulate

To reason earnestly with

To exhort

To persuade strongly

To cajole

To persuade with humor

A boor

Unmannerly klutz

To exhilarate

To thrill

Azure

Sky blue