AP Lit Vocab 2011

250129799	abjure	renounce upon oath
250129800	affront	insult
250129801	allay	lessen the intensity of or calm
250129802	aplomb	(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
250129803	apostasy	the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
250129804	apocryphal	of questionable authority or authenticity
250129805	approbation	approval
250129806	approbation	approval, sanction
250129807	apropos	to the point, pertinent, relevant
250129808	arcane	hidden, secret
250129809	attenuate	to make slimmer
250129810	avant-garde	in the vanguard, experimental
250129811	beseech	beg
250129812	blase	bored, sophisticated
250129813	blatant	noisy
250129814	brazen	bold, brassy, shameless
250129815	bulwark	strong safeguard
250129816	cacophony	harsh sound
250129817	capitulate	surrender
250129818	chic	stylish
250129819	churlish	rude, boorish
250129820	cognizant	aware of
250129821	connubial	relating to marriage
250129822	contentious	quarrelsome
250129823	cowl	monk's hood, metal cover for engine
250129824	credo	statement of beliefs
250129825	crony	intimate friend
250129826	cryptic	secret, mystical
250129827	debauchery	excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
250129828	deprecate	express strong disapproval
250129829	diatribe	bitter speech or writing
250129830	disarming	charming
250129831	discreet	showing discernment
250129832	discrete	distinct
250129833	dissimulate	pretend
250129834	ecclesiastical	relating to a church
250129835	echelon	rank
250129836	egregious	conspicuously bad
250129837	elegy	song or poem expressing sorrow for one who is dead
250129838	endemic	prevalent in a particular people or region
250129839	ennui	bordem
250129840	ephemeral	transient, lasting a short time
250129841	epilogue	speech at end of play
250129842	erstwhile	former, one time
250129843	erudite	scholarly
250129844	eulogy	formal written or spoken praise, tribute
250129845	evanescent	fleeting, vanishing like vapor
250129846	exegesis	explanation or critical interpretation of a text
250129847	evince	indicate, show clearly
250129848	existentialism	no predetermined essence, acts of pure will
250129849	expedient	suitable to the circumstances
250129850	faze	deter, rattle
250129851	filial	of a son or daughter
250129852	fraught	full of, involving
250129853	frenetic	frenzied, erratic, uncontrolled
250129854	fruition	attainment, fulfillment
250129855	gargoyle	waterspout with grotesque carving
250129856	genre	type, style, category
250129857	gratuitous	uncalled for, undeserved
250129858	grotesque	fantastic, bizarre in appearance, absurd
250129859	guise	disguise
250129860	halcyon	calm
250129861	heinous	hateful, evil
250129862	herculean	extraordinarily powerful or difficult
250129863	hermetic	airtight
250129864	iconoclast	one who attacks established beliefs
250129865	imbroglio	confusion
250129866	immure	imprison
250129867	impecunious	poverty-stricken
250129868	imperious	commanding
250129869	incarnate	personified
250129870	innate	native
250129871	innocuous	inoffensive
250129872	insurgent	rebel
250129873	interim	intervening period
250129874	intransigent	uncompromising
250129875	inveigle	entice, seduce
250129876	ire	anger
250129877	jocund	cheerful
250129878	juxtapose	to place side by side
250129879	lambast	criticize
250129880	lampoon	satirize, slander, disparage
250129881	languish	droop, lose vigor
250129882	lexicon	dictionary, vocabulary
250129883	macabre	horrible, grim
250129884	maelstrom	whirlpool
250129885	maraud	raid
250129886	macabre	grim, gruesome, horrible
250129887	marital	of marriage
250129888	martial	warlike
250129889	matrix	womb, setting where an activity develops
250129890	maudlin	weakly sentimental
250129891	melange	mixture
250129892	meretricious	falsely attractive
250129893	mete	give out, allot, dole
250129894	miasma	influence, evil
250129895	milieu	setting, ambience
250129896	missal	prayer book
250129897	mnemonic	intended to assist memory
250129898	mutability	tendency to change, fickleness
250129899	myriad	countless numbers of people or things
250129900	nefarious	flagrantly wicked
250129901	nemesis	rival, tormentor
250129902	noisome	offensive, unpleasant
250129903	non sequitur	not logically following
250129904	nuance	subtle distinction
250129905	obfuscate	make obscure
250129906	obstreperous	unruly, noisy, defiant
250129907	obtrusive	protruding
250129908	obtuse	blunt, stupid
250129909	obviate	render unnecessary
250129910	oligarchy	rule by few
250129911	onus	a burden
250129912	pall	become pale or dim
250129913	panache	elegance
250129914	paradigm	example, pattern
250129915	parry	ward off, avert
250129916	peaked	pale and sickly looking
250129917	peccadillo	trifling fault, minor offense
250129918	pedagogic	scholarly
250129919	penultimate	next to last
250129920	phantasm	illusion, ghost
250129921	picayune	petty, trivial, of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded
250129922	pied	spotted
250129923	plentitude	abundance
250129924	plethora	large amount
250129925	polemic	argument
250129926	portent	warning
250129927	pragmatic	opinionated
250129928	precipitate	cause to move rapidly
250129929	profane	vulgar
250129930	proselytize	v. to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause.
250129931	quagmire	swamp
250129932	quarry	prey, target
250129933	query	question, investigation
250129934	quest	search
250129935	rabble	mob
250129936	rakish	loose in morals, corrupt
250129937	rapacious	greedy
250129938	recant	withdraw or retract previous statement
250129939	recapitulate	restate briefly, summarize
250129940	reconnoiter	scout in advance, spy
250129941	rectitude	moral integrity, virute
250129942	regress	withdraw
250129943	resurgent	reviving
250129944	rift	split
250129945	risible	arousing laughter, amusing
250129946	rueful	dejected
250129947	russet	reddish in color, reddish brown
250129948	sacrosanct	holy
250129949	savant	sage
250129950	savoir faire	finesse
250129951	seer	prophet
250129952	segue	to proceed without pause
250129953	sepulchral	gloomy
250129954	sere	dry, parched
250129955	skulk	lurk, sneak
250129956	sophistry	subtly deceptive reasoning
250129957	sophomoric	immature, juvenile
250129958	specious	falsely genuine
250129959	scrupulous	troubled with doubts or questions of conscience
250129960	serendipity	talent for making happy discoveries
250129961	soliloquy	dramatic monolauge
250129962	redolent	fragrant
250129963	retinue	body of people in the service of or accompanying someone
265352900	stymied	blocked
265352901	subterfuge	deception
265352902	subtle	crafty, cunning, artful
265352903	succor	assist, aid, comfort
265352904	superfluous	unnecessary, excessive
265352905	supplicate	beg, plead,
265352906	sycophant	toady,servile flatterer, parasite
265352907	syllogism	a form of argument with a major and minor premise
265352908	syndrome	set of symptoms or characteristics
265352909	tantamount	equal to, identical in effect or value
265352910	tawdry	tasteless, inferior, cheap
265352911	toady	flatterer, leech, sycophant
265352912	traduce	slander, defame, betray, disparage
265352913	travail	labor, painful toil, exertion
265352914	tremulous	fearfully timid, trembling, irresolute, unsteady
265352915	tryst	secret meeting, appointment
265352916	upstart	newcomer to power, pretender
265352917	uxorious	greatly or excessively fond of wife, doting
265352918	vaunt	brag, boast, gloat
265352919	vesige	trace, visible sign
265352920	vis-a-vis	positioned opposite, face to face with compared with
265352921	vitriolic	caustic, corrosive
265352922	volition	will, decision or choice
265352923	vortex	whirlpool, maelstrom
265352924	wayward	contrary, disobedient, perverse
265352925	whet	sharpen, incite, make keen
265352926	wile	trickery, cunning
265352927	wraith	apparition of a dead person, specter, ghost
265352928	wroth	extremely angry, wrathful, furious
265352929	wry	distorted, ironic, scornfully amusing