AP English Literature Academic Vocabulary (Words 61-80)
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suggested or implied meaning of a word or expression | ||
long-lasting and recurrent; characterized by long suffering | ||
to prevent; to make impossible, especially beforehand | ||
wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; one who is wasteful and self-indulgent | ||
lacking energy or vitality; sluggish | ||
the pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess | ||
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken | ||
to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle | ||
eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice. | ||
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement | ||
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase | ||
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved | ||
without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling | ||
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system | ||
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence | ||
to praise highly; laud; eulogize | ||
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; a person of puzzling or contradictory character | ||
having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial | ||
to reject as having no authority or binding force | ||
a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others |