ap lang (45)

Abeyance

(noun) - a temporary suspension of activity

Abstinence

(noun) - a voluntary refrain from eating certain foods or drinks or from doing something pleasant but not good for you

Abstruse

(adjective) - hard to understand or grasp

Adumbrate

(verb) - to suggest partly, to give a hint of things to come, to foreshadow vaguely

Alacrity

(noun) - cheerful readiness, liveliness or eagerness

Ambulatory

(adjective) - able to walk or move about

Apocryphal

(adjective) - false, spurious, of a doubtful origin

Arbiter

(noun) - a judge, one who decides

Ascetic

(adjective) - hermitlike, self - denying, austere (minimalist)

Assiduous

(adjective) - hardwork, busy, diligent

Capricious

(adjective) whimsical, fanciful, impulsive

Castigate

(verb) to punish, chastise, criticize severely

Chary

(adjective) careful, cautious, wary

Chicanery

(noun) deception or trickery

Chimerical

(adjective) wildly fanciful, absurd

circumlocution

(noun) wordy language, an indirect, roundabout expression

contentious

(adjective) argumentative over a point, quarrelsome

Belie

(verb) to run counter to, to show something as false

Brook

(verb) to tolerate, to put up with something

debacle

(noun) a disaster or violent breakdown

Deleterious

(adjective) harmful

Descry

(verb) to discern, to see something, to catch sight of something

Desicate

(verb) to dry out

Discomfit

(verb) to confuse, deceive

Doff

(verb) to take off (usually apparel) as a sign of greeting

Doggerel

(noun) comic, sometimes crude, informal verse

Dossier

(noun) a file of documents, letters + records

Dulcet

(adjective) having a nice, agreement melodious sound

Encomium

(noun) a eulogy or expression of high praise

Endemic

(adjective) native, belonging to a specific region

Espy

(verb) to glimpse, to descry, to catch sight of

evanescent

(adjective) vanishing, for the briefest moment

exemplar

(noun) an excellent model, a typical example

Exigent

(adjective) urgent, demands prompt action

Extirpate

(verb) to rip up by the roots, to abolish, to annihilate

facetious

(adjective) humerus, joking in a somewhat inappropriate or clumsy manner

Fecund

(adjective) fertile, productive, fruitful

Fusillade

(noun) a rapid outburst, spray of gunfire

gainsay

(verb) to deny, to speak or act against

garrulous

(adjective) talkative

halitosis

(noun) bad breath

irascible

(adjective) hot tempered, cranky

leitmotif

(noun) a dominant or recurring theme

levee

(noun) an embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding

lope

(verb) to run at a steady, easy pace