AP Eng 3 Vocab 1-30

	to degrade, to humiliate
	to reduce in intensity or amount
	difficult to understand, recondite, concealed
	bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth
	sharpness of perception
	a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship
	prompt and cheerful response
	one who practices medieval chemistry or tries to change metals into gold
	a substance that is a mixture of metals
	open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion tractable, malleable
	a dislike, distaste, or enmity
	to add in a supplementary manner
	very difficult to accomplish or to achieve, very demanding (task)
	to move upward, to rise from a lower station
	one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
	excessive boldness, rashness, daring
	an omen or prophecy
	favorable
	strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic
	a soothing substance or one that gives relief
	kindness, generosity, charity
	not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
	to give a sign of
	destroyed or caused by decline or decay
	capable of floating; cheerful
	to make shiny or to polish by rubbing
	a serious event causing distress or misfortune
	changing, suddenly, fickle
	to dedicate or to declare sacred
	reliable and believable