AP Lang Vocab #4

225819102	Pragmatic	concerned with practical matters
225819103	Quixotic	not sensible about practical matters
225819104	Recondite	difficult to penetrate
225819105	Sedulous	marked by care and persistent effort
225819106	Tacit	indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
225819107	Vituperate	spread negative information about
225819108	Acerbic	harsh or corrosive in tone
225819109	Alchemy	a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
225819110	Anachronism	anything out of its proper historical time.
225819111	Desiccate	remove water from
225819112	Conundrum	a difficult problem
225819113	Wistful	showing pensive sadness
225819114	Embroil	force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
225819115	Contumacious	wilfully obstinate
225819116	Surreptitious	conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
225819117	Malingerer	someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
225819118	Charlatan	a flamboyant deceiver
225819119	Proclivity	a natural inclination
225819120	Emaciated	very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
225819121	Nettle	cause annoyance in
225819122	Whet	sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone