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AP Lit Vocab 6

Fortitude

Fortitude Definitions: 1) a strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage 2.)(obsolete) strength

Fortitude Forms: 1) fortitude (noun)

Fortitude Synonyms: courage, bravery, courageousness, stamina, grit, determination

Fortitude Antonyms: spinelessness, cowardice, timidity, indecisiveness, vacillation, irresolution

Languish

Languish Definitions: 1) to become feeble, weak, or enervated 2) to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality 3) to become dispirited- to suffer neglect 4) to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy

Languish Forms: 1) languish, languished, languishing, languishes (intransitive verb) 2) languisher (noun) 3) languishingly (adverb) 4) languishment (noun)

Languish Synonyms: fade, go, weaken, sink, sag, fail, wilt, decay, deteriorate, droop

Languish Antonyms: recover, recuperate, rebound

Reverie

Reverie Definitions: 1) daydream 2) the condition of being lost in thought

Reverie Forms: 1) reverie, reveries (noun) 2) (variant-less commonly used) revery (noun)

Reverie Synonyms: daydreaming, trance, daydream, musing

Reverie Antonyms: NONE

Dissolute

Dissolute Definitions: 1) lacking restraint 2) marked by indulgence in things (such as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices

Dissolute Forms: 1) dissolute (adjective) 2) dissolutely (adverb) 3) dissoluteness (noun)

Dissolute Synonyms: corrupt, degraded, sick, debauched, depraved

Dissolute Antonyms: pure, uncorrupt, virtuous, ethical, moral

Eschew

Eschew Definitions: 1) to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

Eschew Forms: eschew, eschewed, eschewing, eschews (transitive verb) 2) eschewal (noun)

Eschew Synonyms: avoid, evade, shun, escape, elude, dodge

Eschew Antonyms: seek, accept, pursue, embrace, welcome

Voluble

Voluble Definitions: 1) easy rolling or turning, rotating 2) characterized by ready or rapid speech

Voluble Forms: 1) voluble (adjective) 2) volubility (noun) 3) volubleness (noun) 4) volubly (adverb)

Voluble Synonyms: talkative, articulate, fluent, communicative, vocal, chatty

Voluble Antonyms: silent, mute, shy, laconic, quiet, taciturn, speechless, reserved

Harbinger

Harbinger Definitions: 1)(noun) something that foreshadows a future event, something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come 2) one that initiates a major change, a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology, a pioneer 3)(archaic) a person sent ahead to provide lodgings 4)(verb) to give a warning or prediction of, to be a harbinger

Harbinger Forms: 1) harbinger (noun) 2) harbinger, etc., harbingers (transitive verb)

Harbinger Synonyms: (noun) herald, sign, precursor, forerunner, symptom, omen, (verb) herald, imply, predict, foreshadow

Harbinger Antonyms: NONE

Puerile

Puerile Definitions: 1) juvenile 2) childish, silly

Puerile Forms: 1) puerile (adjective) 2) puerilely (adverb) 3) puerility (noun)

Puerile Synonyms: childish, immature, juvenile, unsophisticated, inexperienced, goofy, silly, playful, foolish

Puerile Antonyms: mature, adult, worldly, sophisticated, precocious, serious, earnest, somber

Merit

Merit Definitions: 1)(noun) a praiseworthy quality, virtue 2.) character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem 3.) the qualities or actions that constitute the basis of one’s punishments 4.)(plural) the substance of a legal case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form 5.) individual significance or justification 6.)spiritual credit held to be earned by performance of righteous acts and to ensure future benefits 7.)(transitive verb) to be worthy of or entitled or liable to 8.)(intransitive verb) deserve 9.)(obsolete) reward or punishment due 10) to be entitled to reward or honor

Merit Forms: 1.) merit (noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb) 2.) meritless (adjective)

Merit Synonyms: distinction, virtue, advantage, value, importance, worth, deserve, earn,

Merit Antonyms: deficiency, demerit, defect, worthlessness, cheapness, inferiority, pettiness, baseness, emptiness, inadequacy

Insidious

Insidious Definitions: 1) having a gradual and continuous effect, subtle 2) a disease developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent 3) awaiting a chance to entrap, treacherous 4) harmful but enticing, seductive

Insidious Forms: 1) insidious (adjective) 2) insidiously (adverb) 3) insidiousness (noun)

Insidious Synonyms: subtle, treacherous, deceptive, perfidious, false, wrong, deceitful, misleading, cunning, sneaky

Insidious Antonyms: direct, plain, outspoken, frank, illuminating, candid, open, explanatory, revealing

AP Lit Vocab 6

Fortitude

Fortitude Definitions: 1) a strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage 2.)(obsolete) strength

Fortitude Forms: 1) fortitude (noun)

Fortitude Synonyms: courage, bravery, courageousness, stamina, grit, determination

Fortitude Antonyms: spinelessness, cowardice, timidity, indecisiveness, vacillation, irresolution

Languish

Languish Definitions: 1) to become feeble, weak, or enervated 2) to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality 3) to become dispirited- to suffer neglect 4) to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy

Languish Forms: 1) languish, languished, languishing, languishes (intransitive verb) 2) languisher (noun) 3) languishingly (adverb) 4) languishment (noun)

Languish Synonyms: fade, go, weaken, sink, sag, fail, wilt, decay, deteriorate, droop

Languish Antonyms: recover, recuperate, rebound

Reverie

Reverie Definitions: 1) daydream 2) the condition of being lost in thought

Reverie Forms: 1) reverie, reveries (noun) 2) (variant-less commonly used) revery (noun)

Reverie Synonyms: daydreaming, trance, daydream, musing

Reverie Antonyms: NONE

Dissolute

Dissolute Definitions: 1) lacking restraint 2) marked by indulgence in things (such as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices

Dissolute Forms: 1) dissolute (adjective) 2) dissolutely (adverb) 3) dissoluteness (noun)

Dissolute Synonyms: corrupt, degraded, sick, debauched, depraved

Dissolute Antonyms: pure, uncorrupt, virtuous, ethical, moral

Eschew

Eschew Definitions: 1) to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

Eschew Forms: eschew, eschewed, eschewing, eschews (transitive verb) 2) eschewal (noun)

Eschew Synonyms: avoid, evade, shun, escape, elude, dodge

Eschew Antonyms: seek, accept, pursue, embrace, welcome

Voluble

Voluble Definitions: 1) easy rolling or turning, rotating 2) characterized by ready or rapid speech

Voluble Forms: 1) voluble (adjective) 2) volubility (noun) 3) volubleness (noun) 4) volubly (adverb)

Voluble Synonyms: talkative, articulate, fluent, communicative, vocal, chatty

Voluble Antonyms: silent, mute, shy, laconic, quiet, taciturn, speechless, reserved

Harbinger

Harbinger Definitions: 1)(noun) something that foreshadows a future event, something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come 2) one that initiates a major change, a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology, a pioneer 3)(archaic) a person sent ahead to provide lodgings 4)(verb) to give a warning or prediction of, to be a harbinger

Harbinger Forms: 1) harbinger (noun) 2) harbinger, etc., harbingers (transitive verb)

Harbinger Synonyms: (noun) herald, sign, precursor, forerunner, symptom, omen, (verb) herald, imply, predict, foreshadow

Harbinger Antonyms: NONE

Puerile

Puerile Definitions: 1) juvenile 2) childish, silly

Puerile Forms: 1) puerile (adjective) 2) puerilely (adverb) 3) puerility (noun)

Puerile Synonyms: childish, immature, juvenile, unsophisticated, inexperienced, goofy, silly, playful, foolish

Puerile Antonyms: mature, adult, worldly, sophisticated, precocious, serious, earnest, somber

Merit

Merit Definitions: 1)(noun) a praiseworthy quality, virtue 2.) character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem 3.) the qualities or actions that constitute the basis of one’s punishments 4.)(plural) the substance of a legal case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form 5.) individual significance or justification 6.)spiritual credit held to be earned by performance of righteous acts and to ensure future benefits 7.)(transitive verb) to be worthy of or entitled or liable to 8.)(intransitive verb) deserve 9.)(obsolete) reward or punishment due 10) to be entitled to reward or honor

Merit Forms: 1.) merit (noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb) 2.) meritless (adjective)

Merit Synonyms: distinction, virtue, advantage, value, importance, worth, deserve, earn,

Merit Antonyms: deficiency, demerit, defect, worthlessness, cheapness, inferiority, pettiness, baseness, emptiness, inadequacy

Insidious

Insidious Definitions: 1) having a gradual and continuous effect, subtle 2) a disease developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent 3) awaiting a chance to entrap, treacherous 4) harmful but enticing, seductive

Insidious Forms: 1) insidious (adjective) 2) insidiously (adverb) 3) insidiousness (noun)

Insidious Synonyms: subtle, treacherous, deceptive, perfidious, false, wrong, deceitful, misleading, cunning, sneaky

Insidious Antonyms: direct, plain, outspoken, frank, illuminating, candid, open, explanatory, revealing