AP Lit Vocab Set 1
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approbation | official recognition or approval |
| assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain, to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| coalition | the union of diverse things into one body or form or group |
| decadence | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities |
| elicit | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| expostulate | reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion |
| hackneyed | repeated too often |
| hiatus | a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| innuendo | an indirect (and usually malicious) implication |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| jaded | wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
| lurid | causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| meritorious | deserving reward or praise |
| petulant | easily irritated or annoyed |
| prerogative | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) |
| provincial | pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
| simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| transcend | to rise above or beyond, exceed |
| umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
| unctuous | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
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