AP LIt Vocab # 15 Vocab
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366225857 | amoral (adj) | without moral discretion or standards, to act as though the distinctions of right and wrong are nonexistent | |
366225858 | aplomb (n) | assurance, poise, one's self confidence | |
366225859 | contrivance (n) | a device or artful means of acquiring or performing something | |
366225860 | confluence (n) | a point of meeting or flowing together | |
366225861 | gestation (n) | inception and creation | |
366225862 | megalomania (n) | delusions of wealth and/or power, describes people whose ambitions and sense of self-importance are overblown | |
366225863 | mentor (n) | a counselor or teacher | |
366225864 | narcolepsy (n) | the disorder of suddenly and unpredictably falling asleep | |
366225865 | nonentity (n) | something that does not exist | |
366225866 | omnivorous (adj) | accustomed to eating both animal and vegetable food items | |
366225867 | proclivity (n) | a predisposition | |
366225868 | purported (adj) | supposed | |
366225869 | replete (adj) | full | |
366225870 | reprieve (v) | a suspension or delay from imminent proceedings | |
366225871 | repugnance (n) | disgust | |
366225872 | septuagenarian (n) | a person in his or her seventies | |
366225873 | solace (n) | consolation | |
366225874 | sumptuous (adj) | extravagant | |
366225875 | testator (n) | a male who sets out his wishes in a legal will | |
366225876 | testatrix (n) | a female who sets out her wishes in a legal will | |
366225877 | trifling (adj) | insignificant |