AP Lang Second Semester Vocab (Edwards) Part 3
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| 288704808 | nepotism | showing favoritism to friends or family, as in granting positions in jobs or politics | |
| 288704809 | nihilism | the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe, that exist is senseless or useless | |
| 288704810 | onus | burden, blame, obligation | |
| 288704811 | panacea | a remedy that cures everything | |
| 288704812 | paradigm | a model or example | |
| 288704813 | philistine | a smugly insensitive and ignorant person who has no knowledge or intellectual or artistic objects | |
| 288704814 | pluralism | a society in which distinct groups function together but retain their identities | |
| 288704815 | portent | an omen, a sign of something coming, a foreshadowing | |
| 288704816 | probity | honesty, uprightness | |
| 288704817 | recidivism | the act of repeating an offense | |
| 288704818 | remuneration | payment, recompense | |
| 288704819 | spate | a sudden outburst | |
| 288704820 | umbrage | displeasure or resentment | |
| 288704821 | vagary | a whim, an unpredictable | |
| 288704822 | wont | custom, habit | |
| 288708032 | ruminate | to muse upon | |
| 288708033 | venerate | to honor, to worship, to respect | |
| 288736003 | timorous | fearful, easily frightened | |
| 288736004 | veracious | truthful, honest | |
| 288736005 | vitriolic | corrosive, biting, bitterly scathing |