AP Literature: Vocabulary Unit 6 (words & definitions) Flashcards

7930700528	acrimony (n)	harshness of speech, disposition, behavior	0
7930708901	alacrity (n)	1. cheerful promptness or willingness 2. liveliness	1
7930733121	brevity (n)	1. shortness of time 2. expression of much in short time	2
7930762314	conjecture (v/n)	1. to form an opinion without sufficient evidence for proof 2. the opinion so formed	3
7938104311	connubial (adj)	pertaining to marriage	4
7938105532	embargo (n)	a restraint or prohibition, esp. a legal or governmental one	5
7938108467	exigence (n)	1. urgency 2. a situation which demands prompt action	6
7938112903	expedite (v)	to speed up the progress of	7
7938114306	forlorn (adj)	unhappy, hopeless, or abandoned in feeling, condition, or appearance	8
7938116755	imprudent (adj)	lacking good judgement	9
7938119786	infamy (n)	an act or person with a reputation which is evil, shameful, criminal, or outrageous	10
7938124498	invective (n/adj)	1. strong denunciation 2. an insulting or abusive word or expression 3. verbally abusive	11
7938127690	licentious (adj)	1. sexually unrestrained 2. unrestrained by law or morality 3. going beyond customary or proper boundaries or limits	12
7938132156	palliate (v)	1. to attempt to lessen or conceal the seriousness of by excuses, apologies, etc. 2. to relieve without curing	13
7938137898	petulance (n)	irritation over some trifling annoyance	14
7938139858	profligate (adj)	1. utterly shameless and immoral 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant	15
7938144522	rapacious (adj)	1. inordinately greedy 2. predatory	16
7938146465	reprove (v)	to express disapproval	17
7938161692	requite (v)	to give or do in return, such as payment, love, retaliation	18
7938166367	sagacious (adj)	having keen practical sense and good judgement Latin = bloody	19
7938168567	sanguine (adj)	1. cheerful, hopeful, or confident 2. reddish	20
7938170853	supplicate (v)	to humbly ask, pray, or beg	21
7938172306	tincture (n)	a trace of some element or quality	22