Pre-AP Camp 2nd semester vocab

121254483	ablution	n a cleansing with water and or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual
121254484	acrid	adj harsh, acidic
121254489	bucolic	adj rural or rustic in nature; country-like
121254491	cajole	v to wheedle, coax, or persuade someone to do something
121254493	capacious	adj spacious, roomy, able to hold much
121254494	carapace	n a protective covering; shell
121254495	cavort	v to strut, frolic or prance
121254499	dichotomy	n division into two parts that are usually contradictory
121254500	diurnal	adj occurring everyday
121254503	enigma	n a mystery or a puzzle
121254505	explicate	v to explain in detail; to make clear or explain completely
121254506	filial	adj having the relationship of a child to a parent
121254508	hirsute	adj covered with hair, shaggy
121254509	impecunious	adj poor; having very little money lacking funds; penniless
121254510	itinerant	adj moving from place to place
121254511	kismet	n fate
121254512	laconic	adj brief, using few words
127566990	macerate	v dissolve; soften by soaking; to emaciate; to wither
127566993	moniker	n nickname; word or words by which one is addressed
127566994	mores	n customary, cultural standards
127566996	peripatetic	adj wandering, traveling continually, roving
127566999	porcine	adj reminiscent of or pertaining to a pig; resembling a pig
138775898	rapacious	adj covetous, mercenary, insatiable, greedy, plundering, avaricious
138775900	resurgent	adj able to rise after defeat
138775901	ribald	adj rude; vulgar, lewd, off-color
144595821	veracity	n truthfulness, integrity, honesty
144595822	verdant	adj covered with vegetation; green and leafy
144595823	wizened	adj shriveled or dried up; withered
144595824	wrest	v pull away; take by violence
144595826	yen	n strong longing or desire