AP LANG- VOCAB 13-15

abstruse

adj, hard to understand

affront

n, insult/confront

canard

n, fake story/false rumor

captious

adj, to find fault, criticize, confuse

cognizant

adj, aware, knowledge, informed, having jurisdiction

contrite

adj, sad because of a sin, guilt

cynosure

n, attraction/interest, focus, the main point

decorous

adj, behaved, proper, tasteful

deign

v, beneath one's dignity, stoop

desiccated

adj, dried out, uninterested

efficacy

n, produce a result, potency

engender

v, produce, generate, come to exist

ethereal

adj, light, delicate, heavenly

facade

n, front/face of building, surface look, exterior

ghoulish

adj, obsessed with death

incongrouous

adj, unsuitable, incompatible

machination

n, scheming something evil, plot

mesmerize

v, fascinate

opprobrium

n, dishonor, shame, humiliation

putative

adj, assumed, inferred

beatific

adj, joyful, making blessed

behemoth

n, big creature of power

blandishment

n, sweettalk/persuade

cacophonous

adj, harsh sound

chicanery

n, trickery

consign

v, to assign to another's control

coup

n, success, takeover of power

euphemism

n, nicer way of saying something harsh

febrile

adj, symptoms of fever

gainsay

v, to oppose/deny

imminent

adj, about to happen/threatning

innate

adj, built-in

loath

adj, unwilling

manfiest

adj,n clear, to reveal

minutiae

n, small details

moratorium

n, waiting, postpone

nostrum

n, remedy/medicine

pariah

n, rejected by social group/outcast

visionary

adj,n, unrealistic/ a fantasy

wizened

adj, dry/wrinkled

amenity

n, pleasant/attractive features

aperture

n, opening

dissidence

n, dissagreement

epicurean

adj,n, pleasrue with discriminating tastes

improvident

adj, not thrifty

iniquity

n, crime

inviolable

adj, untouchable

mutable

adj, able to change

nascent

adj, starting to develop

obeisance

n, bow for respect

panegyric

n, tribute

pillory

n,v, a device to expose

pittance

n, small amount of money for a wage

presage

v, predict

progeny

n, generations

promulgate

v, announce

rectitude

n, integrity

restive

adj, hard to manage

seraphic

adj, angelic

subsist

v, survive