AP Lit: Unit 2 & 3

"Why think of it being chained down, when I can think of it as being chained UP!?"

Infallible

Infallible

(adjective) unable to fail or be wrong

Extolled

(verb) praised

Austere

(adjective) restrained; spare; very plain

Episodic

(adjective) loosely connected; divided into incidents

Delineate

(verb) outline, describe or explain

Deprecate

(verb) to speak slightingly of; belittle

Deterrent

(noun) someone or something that prevents or discourages using fear or doubt

Variegated

(adjective) varied in appearance or color; marked with patches of different colors

Bade

(verb) to order, to instruct

Belies

(verb) contradicts

Admonitory

(adjective) giving or conveying a warning or reprimand

Effusive

((adjective) full of gladness and merriment

Mirthful

(adjective) full of gladness and merriment

Wistful

(adjective) full of yearning or desire, tinged with melancholy

Irate

(adjective) feeling or characterized by great anger

Discordant

(adjective) disagreeable in sound, jarring; lackining harmony, conflicting

Duplicity

(noun) cunning; treachery

Agility

(noun) ability to move quickly and easily

Eminent

(adjective) high-standing; great

Accrue

(verb) increase over time

Arbitrate

(verb) settle or decide by listening to both sides of an argument

Obstinate

(adjective) unreasonably stubborn

Frugal

(adjective) thrifty; careful with money

Belicose

(adjective) loud, argumentative, prone to fighting

Benign

(adjective) harmless

Pretentious

(adjective) making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious

Ominous

(adjective) portending evil or harm; foreboding

Reflective

(adjective) given to, marked by, or concerned with meditation or deliberation

Scholarly

(adjective) concerned with academic learning and research

Scathing

(adjective) bitterly sever; harmful, injurious or searing