AP vocab 21

aggregate

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

archipelago

chain of islands

boon

blessing; benefit; something very helpful

buffoon

a clown; a coarse, stupid person

chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

contaminant

something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes

corrugated

bent into folds

deleterious

harmful, injurious

disputatious

inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate

emend

to correct or revise a written text

fetter

(n.) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural anything that confines or restrains; (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent

giddy

having or causing a whirling sensation

heterogeneity

state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements

indomitable

unconquerable, refusing to yield

irresolute

lacking decisiveness of character

metaphorically

symbolically; figuratively

panacea

hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases

peruse

examine or consider with attention and in detail

prodigy

an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person

rebuff

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval), an instance of driving away or warding off

resilient

recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

scapegoat

a person or thing carrying the blame for others

spurious

plausible but false

tractable

easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)

vivacious

lively, sprightly, full of energy