AP English 12 Vocab Units 7-9
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| 122978364 | austere | (adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor | |
| 122978365 | beneficent | (adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good | |
| 122978366 | cadaverous | (adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | |
| 122978367 | concoct | (v.) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate | |
| 122978368 | crass | (adj.) coarse, unfeeling; stupid | |
| 122978369 | debase | (v.) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate | |
| 122978370 | desecrate | (v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute | |
| 122978371 | disconcert | (v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of | |
| 122978372 | grandiose | (adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated | |
| 122978373 | inconsequential | (adj.) trifling, unimportant | |
| 122978374 | infraction | (n.) a breaking of a law or obligation | |
| 122978375 | mitigate | (v.) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity | |
| 122978376 | pillage | (v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty | |
| 122978377 | prate | (v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | |
| 122978378 | punctilious | (adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety | |
| 122978379 | redoubtable | (adj.) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent | |
| 122978380 | reprove | (v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke | |
| 122978381 | restitution | (n.) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage | |
| 122978382 | stalwart | (adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position | |
| 122978383 | vulnerable | (adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected | |
| 122978384 | acrimonious | (adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone | |
| 122978385 | bovine | (adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive | |
| 122978386 | consternation | (n.) dismay, confusion | |
| 122978387 | corpulent | (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body | |
| 122978388 | disavow | (v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with | |
| 122978389 | dispassionate | (adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion | |
| 122978390 | dissension | (n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion | |
| 122978391 | dissipate | (v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure | |
| 122978392 | expurgate | (v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify | |
| 122978393 | gauntlet | (n.) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal | |
| 122978394 | hypothetical | (adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation | |
| 122978395 | ignoble | (adj.) mean, low, base | |
| 122978396 | impugn | (v.) to call into question; to attack as false | |
| 122978397 | intemperate | (adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement | |
| 122978398 | odium | (n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct | |
| 122978399 | perfidy | (n.) faithlessness, treachery | |
| 122978400 | relegate | (v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish | |
| 122978401 | squeamish | (adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined | |
| 122978402 | subservient | (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end | |
| 122978403 | susceptible | (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance | |
| 122978404 | abate | (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit | |
| 122978405 | adulation | (n.) praise or flattery that is excessive | |
| 122978406 | anathema | (n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without the article) | |
| 122978407 | astute | (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom | |
| 122978408 | avarice | (n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth | |
| 122978409 | culpable | (adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation | |
| 122978410 | dilatory | (adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone | |
| 122978411 | egregious | (adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) | |
| 122978412 | equivocate | (v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous | |
| 122978413 | evanescent | (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | |
| 122978414 | irresolute | (adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating | |
| 122978415 | nebulous | (adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct | |
| 122978416 | novice | (n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience (also used adjectivally) | |
| 122978417 | penury | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency | |
| 122978418 | pretentious | (adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious | |
| 122978419 | recapitulate | (v.) to review a series of facts; to sum up | |
| 122978420 | resuscitate | (v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence | |
| 122978421 | slovenly | (adj.) untidy, dirty, careless | |
| 122978422 | supposition | (n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence | |
| 122978423 | torpid | (adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull |