AP LIT TFA VOCAB

abomination

(n)

Something that is viewed with horror or that is intensely hated. 

benevolent

(adj)

Good or disposed to do good.

deftly

(adv)

Done with dexterity or skill.

entrails

(n)

Intestines or other internal organs.

feign

(v)

To pretend, create a false appearance. 

grandee

(n)

A man of elevated rank or station.

harbinger

(n)

Forerunner, one who is sent ahead to prepare for followers.

kite

(n)

A small hawk with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail.

pottage

(n)

A thick soup of vegetables that often contains meat. 

rebuke

(v)

To criticize sharply or reprimand. 

uncanny

(adj)

Eerie, mysterious, or weird.

amiss

(adj)

Imperfect, faulty, gone wrong.

brandish

(v)

To shake or wave an object in a menacing way.

esoteric

(adj)

Intended for or understood by an elite or small group.

forsook

(v)

To have renounced or turned away from.

gnash

(v)

To grind or strike one’s teeth together.

incipient

(adj)

Beginning to come into or to become apparent. 

malevolence

(n)

The quality of vicious ill will. 

quaver

(v)

To tremble.

voluble

(adj)

Talkative.