AP English Vocab Week 2 and 3
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| 223840397 | Admonish | Verb- to caution, advise, or councel against something | |
| 223840398 | Akimbo | Adverb- with hand on hip and elbow bent outward (more commonly- set in a bent postion) | |
| 223840399 | Lassitude | Noun- weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate,etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor | |
| 223840400 | Licentious | Adjective- unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral | |
| 223840401 | Muse (noun) | The goddess or power regarding as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like | |
| 223840402 | Muse (verb) | To think or meditate in silence, as on some subject | |
| 223840403 | Pecuniary | Adjective- of or pertaining to money | |
| 223840404 | Plight | Noun- a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one | |
| 223840405 | Presumptuous | Adjective- full of, or charcterized by, or showing the assumption of something as true, or readiness to take for granted, assume, or suppose in conduct or thought | |
| 223840406 | Subversive | Adjective- tending to overthrow/cause downfall, or advocating insistance of overthrowing, especially towards an established or legally constituted government | |
| 223840407 | Vacuous | Adjective- without contents, empty; (lack of ideas or intelligence) | |
| 223840408 | Avocation | Noun- something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, especially for pleasure; hobby | |
| 223840409 | Callous | Adjective- made hard, hardened (insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic) | |
| 223840410 | Capricious | Adjective- subject to, led by, or indicative of sudden, unpredictable changes, or whim; erratic | |
| 223840411 | Disparity | Noun- lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference | |
| 223840412 | Efficacy | Noun- capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness | |
| 223840413 | Epistle | Noun- a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication (New Testament letters) | |
| 223840414 | Hospice | Noun- a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order | |
| 223840415 | Impetus | Noun- a moving force; impulse; stimulus | |
| 223840416 | Moribund | Adjective- in a dying state; near death or termination | |
| 223840417 | Vacillate | Verb- to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |