AP Group Vocab--units 5 & 6

206937190	absolution	(n)--forgiveness, pardon, release from guilt
206937191	blatant	(adj)--brazenly obvious; flagrant; (offensively noisy; tastelessly conspicuous)
206937192	creditable	(adj)--bringing or deserving praise, credit, honor, esteem
206937193	ensconce	(v)--to settle securely or snugly; to cover or shelter, or hide securely
206937194	hasten	(v)--to hurry, accelerate, rush; to cause to hurry
206937195	laceration	(n)--a cut; a rough, jagged tear
206937196	obdurate	(adj)--unmoved by persuasion, pity; stubbornly resistant to moral influence
206937197	plausible	(adj)--superficially believable, reasonable, persuasive, but often specious
206937198	reprieve	(n)--an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
206937199	tawdry	(adj)--showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
206937200	abstain	(v)--to go without; to refrain
206937201	blighted	(adj)--damaged; destroyed; ruined; or, affected by blight
206937202	credulous	(adj)--tending to believe too readily; gullible
206937203	enshroud	(v)--to cover as with a shroud or blanket
206937204	haughtiness	(n)--pride, arrogance
206937205	lachrymose	(adj)--given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious
206937206	obfuscate	(v)--, to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
206937207	plethora	(n)--overabundance; excess
206937208	repudiate	(v)-- to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
206937209	tedium	(n)--extreme boredom