ap lit vocab 10

Blithe (adj.): Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Celerity (n.): Swiftness of movement.

Cozen (v.): To trick or deceive.

Curmudgeon (n.): A bad-tempered or surly person.

Cursory (adj.): Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

Diffident (adj): Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Dross (n.): Something regarded as worthless; rubbish.

Garish (adj.): Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.

Gauche (adj.): Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.

Germane (adj.): Relevant to a subject under consideration.

Misconstrue (v.): To interpret something wrongly.

Myopic (adj.): Lacking foresight or intellectual insight; narrow-minded.

Obloquy (n.): Strong public criticism or verbal abuse.

Preclude (v.): To prevent from happening; make impossible.

Rapacity (n.): Aggressive greed.

Rapt (adj.): Fully absorbed or engrossed.

Salubrious (adj.): Health-giving; healthy.

Slake (v.): To quench or satisfy.

Tepid (adj.): Only slightly warm; lukewarm.

Tyro (n.): A beginner or novice.