AP English 12 Vocab Units 13-15
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| (v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) | ||
| (v.) to affirm, declare confidently | ||
| (adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense | ||
| (v.) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to pierce; (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks | ||
| (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure | ||
| (n.) Noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking) | ||
| (v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some scientific purpose | ||
| (n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts | ||
| (adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation | ||
| (v.) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder | ||
| (v.) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm | ||
| (adj.) frightful, horrible, ghastly | ||
| (adj.) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercare h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusal strength | ||
| (adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless | ||
| (adj.) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future | ||
| (adj.) unquestionable, beyond dispute | ||
| (adj., part.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss | ||
| (adj.) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time | ||
| (adj.) abundantly productive; abundant, profuse | ||
| (n.) a reply to a reply, especially from the defendent in a legal suit | ||
| (adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible | ||
| (v.) to scold sharply | ||
| (n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life | ||
| (adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived | ||
| (n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation | ||
| (v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly | ||
| (v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely | ||
| (adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant | ||
| (n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. | ||
| (n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.) | ||
| (adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile | ||
| (adj.) stubborn, unyielding | ||
| (n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent | ||
| (adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity) | ||
| (adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel | ||
| (adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy | ||
| (v.) to beg earnestly and humbly | ||
| (n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess | ||
| (adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious | ||
| (adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language | ||
| (adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance | ||
| (n.) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified | ||
| (n.) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v.) to provide such defense or protection | ||
| (adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered | ||
| (v.) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit | ||
| (v.) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce | ||
| (n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior | ||
| (adj.) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done | ||
| (n.) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien | ||
| (adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood | ||
| (adj., adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation | ||
| (adj.) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor | ||
| (v.) to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity | ||
| (n.) something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame | ||
| (n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune | ||
| (adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n.) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending | ||
| (v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer | ||
| (adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable | ||
| (adj.) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's) | ||
| (v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate |