AP English Vocab

216070989	rakish	marked by smartness in dress and manners
216070990	assimilate	to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
216070991	lanky	ungracefully tall and thin
216070992	apartheid	a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites
216070993	humanism	a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance
216070994	equity	fairness; justice; OP. inequity
216070995	dowry	money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
216070996	malady	a sickness, illness, disease, disorder
216070997	impeccable	not capable of sin
216070998	altruistic	showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
216070999	lampoons	to publicly criticize something or someone by using ridicule, sarcasm or irony
216071000	vile	wretchedly bad; highly offensive, unpleasant or objectionable
216071001	tenacious	determined, keeping a firm grip on
216071002	denigrates	To treat as worthless, critisize
216071003	extrapolate	extend; predict on the basis of known data
216071004	supercilious	having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
216071005	angst-ridden	consumed by anxiety and fear
216071006	sanguine	confidently optimistic and cheerful
216071007	base	having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
216071008	rationalize	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
216340554	satirizes	To use sarcasm
216363670	holistic	dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts