Semester 1 AP and Honors 2021

truculent

(adj.) fierce and cruel; aggressive; deadly, destructive; scathingly harsh

impish

mischievous

tempest

a violent storm

indolent

lazy

edifice

a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

vicissitude

a change or variation; ups and downs

torpor

extreme mental and physical sluggishness

arduous

hard to do, requiring much effort

advent

(n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view

furrowed

wrinkled

incumbent

the current officeholder

sagacious

wise

obtuse

lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

alacrity

brisk and cheerful readiness

tremulous

shaking or quivering slightly

clarion

loud and clear

imbue

to inspire or influence; to saturate

reminiscence

memory or act of recalling the past

gourmand

someone fond of eating and drinking

vitiate

to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of

expatriate

someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country

repudiate

(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

palsy

paralysis

Baluster

a small curved post or pillar

imbecile

a stupid person

cumbersome

hard to handle

polemic

controversy; argument; verbal attack

malleable

capable of being shaped

stalwart

(adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

interloper

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

esoteric

(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

fastidious

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

natal

pertaining to birth

impel

to force, drive forward

lucubration

(n.) laborious study or thought, especially at night; the result of such work

indefatiable

tireless

deleterious

harmful

efficacious

effective, producing results

impalpable

unable to be felt by touch

phial

a small glass container

sinews

tendons

ignominious

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

dewy

wet with dew

predilection ;proclivity

preferences

forlorn

abandoned or deserted

Appellations, sobriquets

nicknames, titles

scribbler

a person who scribbles

antiquary

One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.

ponderous

Heavy and slow moving

principal

most important

principle

a truth, a rule, or a law

stationary

not moving

stationery

writing paper

Allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

illusion

(n.) a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware that really does not exist

cite

quote

site

location

sight

the ability to see

farther

physical distance

further

additional

desert

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

dessert

a sweet course served at the end of a meal

sit

to take a seat

set

to place or put

raise

to lift up

rise

to get up

lie, lay, lay, lying

as in to take a nap "he lay on the floor"

lay laid lain
-

lay the cards on the table- as in to place

then

an advert to situation action Do this ________ do that.

than

a words used for comparisons I like this more ______ that.

precede

to come before

proceed

to go forward

allude

to refer to casually or indirectly

elude

to escape notice; to get away from

double negative

The use of two negative words such as never, no, not, neither, none, no one, nobody, nothing, barely, hardly, or scarcely in the same clause.

affect

to influence

effect

the result of an action

Capital

the seat of government, the most important, money

capitol

A building where a legislative body of a republic, state or country meets

aloud

to say something in a voice that can be clearly heard

allowed

permitted

all ready

completely prepared

already

previously

all together

everyone in the same place

altogether

completely as in "I am ____________ ready for Christmas."

compliment

an expression of esteem or approval

complement

something that completes or makes perfect

council

a group of advisers

counsel

to give advice

coarse

rough in texture

course

pattern of development and change of a disorder over time, a path

their

belonging to them. As in "_________ house"

there

to that place As in "Sit __________."

they're

contraction of they are

to

Word used before a verb to make an infinitive ex. ____ eat.

too

also As in "________ much food."

two

the second number as in "I am number ______."

its

possessive form of it

it's

contraction of it is

you're

contraction of you are