AP Lit Vocab Week 16
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119366874 | albeit | conj. although; even if | |
119366875 | assayed | v. to examine or analyze | |
119366876 | brook | v. to bear; suffer; tolerate | |
119366877 | candid | adj. frank, outspoken; open and sincere | |
119366878 | churl | n. peasant; rustic | |
119366879 | concede | v. to acknowledge as true, just or proper, often grudgingly | |
119366880 | derived | v. to receive or obtain from a source or origin | |
119366881 | devout | adj. devoted to divine service or worship | |
119366882 | eke | v. to make or maintain meagerly and with great effort | |
119366883 | forbear | v. to refrain or abstain from | |
119366884 | imperturbable | adj. incapable of being upset or agitated; calm | |
119366885 | impetus | n. a driving force; impulse; stimulation | |
119366886 | inertia | n. lacking the quality of motion, action and the like; sluggish; inactive | |
119366887 | motif | n. a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work | |
119366888 | oblivion | n. the state of being completely forgotten | |
119366889 | piety | n. reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations | |
119366890 | sans | prep. without | |
119366891 | satiation | n. the quality of being supplied with something to excess | |
119366892 | sober | adj. marked by seriousness, solemnity, etc; subdued in tone; not flashy or showy | |
119366893 | suffice | v. to be enough or adequate, as for needs or purposes | |
119366894 | supple | adj. bending readily without breaking; pliant; flexible | |
119366895 | symbolism | n. the practice of representing things through the use of emblems or signs taking the place of something else, especially material object for immaterial objects | |
119366896 | tirade | n. prolonged outburst of bitter denunciation | |
119366897 | uncouth | adj. rude, uncivil, or boorish | |
119366898 | unfathomable | adj. unable to penetrate the truth of, or comprehend |