Tharin AP Lit Vocab Sem. 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anthropocentric | adj. regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe |
| Artifice | n. trickery; guile; craftiness; cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness |
| Blight | n. any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration |
| Eidos | n. The formal sum of a culture, its intellectual character, ideas. |
| Execrate | v. To detest, denounce, or curse. |
| Juxtaposition | n. The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development. |
| Paltry | adj. ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum, utterly worthless. |
| Staid | adj. of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious |
| Taciturn | adj. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation |
| Venerable | adj. commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of reverence, as because of high office or noble character |
| Ardent | passionate, fervent, eager, intensely devoted |
| Bourgeois | a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability. Middle class |
| Coquettish | flirtatious |
| Denouement | the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot |
| Hamartia | the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy |
| Homage | respect or reverence paid or rendered |
| Perfunctory | performed merely as a routine duty |
| Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious |
| Petulant | moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance |
| Redolent | odorous or smelling (usually followed by of), suggestive, reminiscent |
| Proselyte | Noun. A new convert to a doctrine or religion. Proselytize v. to convert someone to a new religion, to recruit. |
| Wanton | Adj. Immoral or unchaste; lewd |
| Anathema | Noun. A vehement denunciation; a curse |
| Countenance | noun. Appearance, especially the expression of the face |
| Despondent | Adj. a feeling of rejection. |
| Temerity | N. foolish boldness |
| Pious | Adj. Having or exhibiting religious reverence; earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; devout. |
| Microcosm | N.: anything that is regarded as a world in miniature |
| Catharsis | N.: the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music |
| Epiphany | N. an instance of sudden truth brought about by a mundane event. |
| Calumny | N. a false, malicious statement used to injure the reputation |
| Impugn | V. to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon. |
| Hubris | N. excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance. |
| Kleptocracy | N. A government by the corrupt in which rulers use their positions for personal gain. |
| Erudite | Adj. Having great knowledge; learned or scholarly; person or thing |
| Syllogism | N. two statements which, if both true, make a third true. If either of the first two statements is not universally true, the conclusion must be false. |
| Machiavellian | Adj. characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty |
| Renaissance man | N. a cultured man who is knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields. |
| Humanistic | Adj. a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity. |
| Evinced | v.To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest |
| Ostentatious | Adj. given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others. |
| Lugubrious | Adj. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an exaggerated manner. |
| Gelid | Adj. very cold; icy. |
| Antediluvian | Adj. Extremely old; old-fashioned; primitive. before the flood |
| Proclivity | N. natural or habitual inclination or tendency; predisposition |
| Perdition | N. Loss of one's soul and the joys of heaven; damnation; hell; utter loss or destruction, complete ruin |
| Chagrin | N. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation. V. to vex by disappointment or humiliation. |
| Ameliorate | V. To make or grow better; to improve. |
| Addle | V. to make or become confused; to make or become rotten, as eggs. Adj. mentally confused; muddled; rotten |
| Emasculate | V. to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken; castrate. Adj. deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate |
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