AP Lang vocab 6-9

obloquy

verbal condemnation or abuse of a person or thing 

colloquial

having to do with conversation; informal speech

nemesis

a person who inflicts just punishment

dearth 

costliness

effluvium

an outflow of vapor of invisible particles; a noxious odor

endemic

constantly present in a particular country or locality

esoteric

understood by only a chosen few 

ethereal

very light; airy

exigent

calling for immediate attention

travail

very hard work/very intense pain or agony

fastidious

excessive care or delicacy/painstaking

fatuous

lacking IN seriousness

feint

a fake show intended to be deceived

sodden

soggy

subsidiary

giving a service

sanction

to give authoritative permission

impetuous

moving with great force

obtrude

to force oneself or one’s ideas upon another

ignoble

ordinary

laggard

a person who has fallen behind/moving slowly

languid

lacking vitality

haggard

having a worn look

levity

lack OF seriousness

bereft

to be deprived

repudiate

to disown/deny support for

expedient

convenient in obtaining a result

palliate

to alleviate or ease pain but not cure

dubious

causing doubt

teem

to be stocked to overflowing

noisome

harmful to health

occult

mysterious, beyond the range of ordinary knowledge

oscillate

to move back and forth

vouchsafe

to grant or give, as a favor or graciousness

substantive

existing independently of others

parapet

a wall for protection

peremptory

that which cannot be denied or changed; final

platonic

not amorous or sensual

enfranchised

to free from obligation

quirk

a peculiar trait

precarious

risky; uncertain

prodigious

enormous

pungent

sharp and piercing

profusion

great wastefulness

propinquity

closeness in time or place

virulent

poisonous

rampart

a defense

redolent

sweet-smelling

redundant

wordy;repetitive