AP English Vocab - Units 4,5 & 6

pastoral

(adj.) having to do with the country

repast

(n.) a meal; food and drink for a meal

aggregate

(adj.) gathered into a whole; total

egregious

(adj.) standing out sharply as wrong or bad

gregarious

(adj.) liking to be with other people

agrarian

(adj.) having to do with farming

peregrination

(n.) the act of traveling about; a journey

fruition

(n.) the fulfillment of an effort or desire

fruitless

(adj.) yielding no positive results

rustic

(adj.) having to do with the countryside; rural

bucolic

(adj.) having to do with country life or farms

idyllic

(adj.) simple and pleasant

abscond

(v.) to leave in a hurry, especially to escape the law

recondite

(adj.) difficult to understand; hidden from understanding

cryptic

(adj.) hard to understand; having a secret meaning

apocryphal

(adj.) coming from an unreliable source; untrue

aperture

(n.) an opening or a hole

overt

(adj.) public; unhidden; open

covert

(adj.) done in a hidden or secret manner

context

(n.) the circumstances or setting surrounding an event

subtext

(n.) the hidden or underlying meaning of something

pretext

(n.) a stated reason for doing something; an excuse

moratorium

(n.) a formal delay; a suspension

demure

(adj.) modest and shy

demur

(v.) to express unwillingness to do something; to object

extemporaneous

(adj.) done without planning

temporal

(adj.) having to do with finite time or everyday life (as opposed to the eternal or spiritual)

temporize

(v.) to put off making a decision; to stall

diurnal

(adj.) happening or active during the day

sojourn

(n.) a short stay or visit

adjourn

(v.) to formally bring to an end

anachronism

(n.) something that seems to be out of its proper time

chronicle

(v.) to tell or write the history of

synchronous

(adj.) happening at the same time as