122142542 | Capricious | impulsive and unpredictable; subject to whims | |
122142543 | Reticent | Hesitant or disinclined to speak out; reserved; restrained in presentation | |
122142544 | Moribund | on the point of death | |
122142545 | Risque' | bordering on being indecent or improper | |
122142546 | Verisimilitude | the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, depicting realism | |
122142547 | Inexorable | not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; unyielding; relentless | |
122142548 | Insipid | lacking excitement, stimulation, or interest; dull; tasteless | |
122142549 | Corroborate | to support or confirm by new evidence; attest the truth or accuracy of | |
122142550 | Physiognomy | the art of judging human character by facial features or outward appearance | |
122142551 | Supplicate | asking humbly or earnestly ;beseeching | |
122142552 | Tedium | The quality or condition of being wearisome or tedious; "a tedious time" | |
122142553 | Torrid | Parched with heat of the sun (torrid sand); passionate (torrid affair) | |
122142554 | Encumber | to impede or hinder the action or performance of | |
122142555 | Impasse | A difficult situation offering no workable escape "an impassible road" | |
122142556 | Lugubrious | Mournful to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree; dismal | |
122142557 | Affront | To insult intentionally and openly; to cause offence | |
122142558 | Indolent | disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy; slow to develop or heal | |
122142559 | Connoisseur | A person with informed and astute discrimination; esp. art and taste | |
122142560 | Cajole | to coax gently and persistently | |
122142561 | Blase' | uninterested or unexcited because of frequent exposure or indulgence | |
122142562 | Choleric | Easily angered; bad-tempered | |
122142563 | Droll | Amusingly odd or whimsically comical (a buffoon) | |
122142564 | Carnage | massive slaughter, as in war; massacre; flesh of slain animals or men | |
122142565 | Adulation | excessive praise or flattery | |
122142566 | Surfeit | to feed or supply to fullness or excess | |
122142567 | Pathos | A quality that arouses great sympathy | |
122142568 | Hubris | Great pride "tragic flaw"; common flaw in characters |
AP English Vocabulary words set 3
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