AP Lit - Vocab List 6
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| 295471399 | Sybarite | A person devoted to pleasure of the senses and luxury, a voluptuary, sensualist. | |
| 295471400 | Demise | Death, passing. OR termination, end, failure, ruin, fall | |
| 295471402 | Apollonian | This philosophical concept refers to something as clear, harmonious and restrained in nature, balanced, ordered and reasonable in character | |
| 295471404 | Hector | v. Intimidate, harass badger, bully | |
| 295471406 | Epiphany | Sudden realization, moment of enlightenment OR Comes from a Christian festival marking the visit of the Magi to celebrate Jesus Christ's birth; Jesus Christ's baptism; appearance of god | |
| 295471408 | Confluence | n. Convergence, union, flowing or coming together | |
| 295471410 | Dionysian | This philosophical concept is in opposition to or represents the other half of the dichotomy of human nature, which is Apollonian, so this term refers to the sensuous, frenzied, or orgiastic in character, the spontaneous, wild, uninhibited. | |
| 295471412 | thrash | v. Beat, whip, batter, lash, flog, spank OR defeat, trounce, slaughter | |
| 295471415 | dearth | Lack, scarcity, deficiency, shortage, drought, want | |
| 295471417 | Penitence | Repentance, contrition, atonement, apology, regret, sorry | |
| 295471419 | Inebriate | To make drunk or intoxicated | |
| 295471420 | Inveigle | Persuade, charm, entice, to obtain something by persuading something to give it. | |
| 295471421 | Demarcate | Distinguish, differentiate, separate, segregate, discriminate | |
| 295471422 | Precipitous | Steep, sheer, abrupt | |
| 295471423 | Paucity | Scarcity, lack, rarity, dearth | |
| 295471424 | Recondite | Obscure, abstruse, esoteric, hidden, concealed, complex | |
| 295471425 | Cavort | Frolic, prance, caper, gambol, romp, dance or horse around, dance | |
| 295471426 | Imbroglio | n. Mess, entanglement, embrrassment, embarrassing situation | |
| 295471427 | Disingenuous | adj. Dishonest, insincere, duplicitous | |
| 295471428 | Marauder | Raider, looter, prowler, intruder | |
| 295471429 | Shorn | v. Having short hair or being deprived of something removed or taken away | |
| 295471430 | Chafe | v. Irate, abrade, rub, annoy, aggravate, vex, provoke | |
| 295471431 | Approbate | v. Affirm, approve, praise, acknowledge | |
| 295471432 | Implacable | adj. Pitiless, merciless, ruthless, callous, relentless, obdurate | |
| 295471433 | Polemic | n. Diatribe, tirade, a controversy or argument especially one that is a refutation of or an attack upon a specified opinion. |