AP Vocabulary Ch. 12
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340293531 | Aesthetic | pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty | |
340293532 | Defunct | no longer in existence or functioning, dead | |
340293533 | Discomfit | to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass | |
340293535 | Espouse | to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry | |
340293536 | Fetish | an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence | |
340293538 | Gregarious | living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others | |
340293540 | Hapless | marked by a persistent absence of good luck, unlucky | |
340293542 | Impeccable | faultless, beyond criticism or blame | |
340293544 | Importune | to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently | |
340293546 | Interpolate | to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction | |
340293547 | Irreparable | incapable of being repaired or rectified | |
340293548 | Laconic | concise, using few words | |
340293549 | Languish | to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect | |
340293550 | Mendacious | given to lying or deception; untrue | |
340293551 | Nadir | the lowest point | |
340293552 | Omnipresent | present in all places at all times | |
340293553 | Perfunctory | done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm | |
340293554 | Plaintive | sad, expressive of sorow or woe, melancholy | |
340293555 | Requite | to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate | |
340293556 | Tantamount | equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect |