Vocab Unit 2 AP Eng
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Agitate | (1) To move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action. (2) To stir up or excite. |
| Litigate | To carry on a lawsuit by judicial process. |
| Prodigal | Recklessly or wastefully extravagant; spendthrift. |
| Synagogue | The center of worship and communal life of a Jewish congregation; temple. |
| Advent | A coming or arrival; a coming into use. |
| Provenance | Origin or source. |
| Venturesome | Inclined to seek out risk or danger, bold, daring, adventurous. |
| Venue | (1) The place where a trial is held. (2) The locale of an event. |
| Reception | (1) The act of receiving. (2) A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed. |
| Incipient | Starting to come into being or to become evident. |
| Perceptible | Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses. |
| Susceptible | (1) Open to some influence; responsive. (2) Able to be submitted to an action or process. |
| Affinity | (1) Sympathy; attraction. (2) Relationship. |
| Definitive | (1) Authoritative and final. (2) specifying perfectly or precisely. |
| Infinitesimal | Extremely or immeasurably small. |
| Finite | Having definite limits. |
| Adjacent | (1) Near, neighboring. (2) Sharing a common boundary or border. |
| Conjecture | To guess. |
| Dejected | Downcast, depressed. |
| Trajectory | The curved path that an object makes. |
| Detract | To decrease the importance, value, or effectiveness of something. |
| Protracted | Drawn out, continues, or extended. |
| Retraction | A taking back of withdrawal; a denial of what one has previously said. |
| Intractable | Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled. |
| Conducive | Tending to promote, encourage or assist; helpful. |
| Deduction | (1) Subtraction. (2) The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning. |
| Induce | (1) Persuade, influence. (2) Bring about. |
| Seduction | (1) Temptation to wrong, especially temptation to sexual intercourse. (2) Attraction or charm. |
| Consequential | (1) Resulting. (2) Important. |
| Execute | (1) To carry out or perform. (2) to put to death legally or formally. |
| Obsequious | Excessively submissive, obedient, or flattering. |
| Sequential | (1) Arranged in order or in a series. (2) Following in a series. |
| Apollonian | Harmonious, ordered, rational, calm. |
| Bacchanalian | Frenzied, orgiastic. |
| Delphic | Unclear, ambiguous, or confusing. |
| Dionysian | Frenzied, orgiastic. |
| Jovial | Jolly, expansively good-natured. |
| Mercurial | Having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood. |
| Olympian | Lofty, superior, and detached. |
| Venereal | Having to do with sexual intercourse of diseases. |
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