McNeela AP Lit Vocab List 1A

Acrimony (n)

A bitter and sharpness in speech or behavior, often resulting in hostility or resentment.

Ambivalent (adj)

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

ascetic (adj)

Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from indulgence, often for religious reasons.

candor (n)

The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

dispassionate (adj)

Not influenced by strong emotion, impartial.

divulge (v)

To make known or reveal information that was previously kept secret.

extrinsic (adj)

Not essential or inherent; external.

fallow (adj)

fastidious (adj)

implacable (adj)

mercurial (adj)

neologism (n)

obfuscate (v)

obstrusive (adj)

partisan (adj)

penury (n)

render (v)

reprove (v)

reticent (adj)

scintillate (v)

sinuous (adj)

tantamount (adj)

trepidation (n)

ungainly (adj)