AP Lang Second Semester Vocab (Edwards) Part 2
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| 288378322 | accolade | award or honor, high praise | |
| 288378323 | anathema | something or someone loathed or intensely disliked | |
| 288378324 | apostasy | abandonment of a loyalty or religion | |
| 288378325 | assignation | a secret meeting, a tryst, or something assigned | |
| 288378326 | bathos | a transition from the illustrious to the commonplace, overdone pathos, triteness | |
| 288378327 | bivouac | temporary encampment | |
| 288378328 | cabal | a secret group of conspirators, a clique | |
| 288378329 | calumny | slander, deliberate false statements | |
| 288378330 | conflagration | a large, disastrous fire | |
| 288378331 | coterie | an intimate group of people with a common interest | |
| 288378332 | determinism | a philosophy that says things are determined in ways that are out of human hands | |
| 288378333 | dichotomy | division into two often contradictory parts | |
| 288378334 | ennui | boredom, listlessness, lack of interest | |
| 288378335 | gestalt | a structure whose parts cannot stand alone | |
| 288378336 | juggernaut | a massive, unstoppable object | |
| 288378337 | lassitude | a weariness, listlessness, a state of lethargy | |
| 288378338 | machination | scheming activity for an evil purpose | |
| 288378339 | malfeasance | an illegal act -- especially by public official | |
| 288378340 | martinet | one who adheres strictly to the rules | |
| 288378341 | myopia | nearsightendness, lacking foresight |