AP12_Vocabulary


 * Use this Wiki to record unknown words you come to throughout your readings.
 * These can be literary terms or just regular words you find in novels.
 * Please do not repeat words or record terms that are also on the term handout given in class.
 * This will help us with AP exam vocabulary!
 * You need 5 words for your mid-term and 5 words for your final.


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Question 4 || Misanthrope || noun || someone who dislikes other people or mankind in general || The setting's description of //Wuthering Heights// truly does prove to be a MISANTHROPIST'S heaven. || Wuthering Heights page3 ||
 * **Student** || **Vocabulary Word** || **Part of Speech** || **Definition** || **Examples** || **Information regarding where you found the vocabulary word** ||
 * ** 1st Nine Weeks ** || You need 5 for midterm || You need 5 for report cards ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Ms. Murphy || Culpability || Noun || guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness. || The speaker in "The Thief" does not question his own CULPABILITY. || AP Practice Exam 1
 * Kaitlyn || inclement || adjective || severe, rough, or harsh; stormy || The meeting was canceled due to the INCLEMENT weather. || novel: The Scarlet Letter ||
 * Kaitlyn || slovenliness || adjective || unclean or untidy in appearance || His wrinkled and dirty outfit represented his SLOVENLINESS. || novel: The Scarlet Letter ||
 * Kaitlyn || obstinate || adjective || headstrong in a particular opinion or attitude || I tried to convince her to change her mind, but she was OBSTINATE. || novel: The Scarlet Letter ||
 * Rebecca || Vignettes || noun || decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or in the beginning or end of a chapter. || The words in these introductory pages connected themselves with the succeeding VIGNETTES. || novel: Jane Eyre pg.3 ||
 * Rebecca || Bilious || adjective || unpleasant or distasteful || which made him BILIOUS || novel: Jane Eyre pg.4 ||
 * Kaitlyn || Assimilate || verb || to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like || The new arrivals ASSIMILATED easily and quickly. || play: A Raisin in the Sun ||
 * Kaitlyn || Nostalgic || adjective || a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation. || He became NOSTALGIC when he heard the song from his childhood playing. || AP Practice Exam 1 ||
 * Rebecca || Opaque || adjective || not able to see through; not transparent || The windows were OPAQUE with steam. || Google search of common words on English AP Exam ||
 * Rebecca || acerbic || adjective || tasting sour or bitter || The fruit had a ACERBIC taste today. || Google search of common words on English AP Exam. ||
 * Rebecca || emulate || verb || match or surpass; typically by imitation || The men were trying to EMULATE his greatness. || Google search of common words on English AP Exam ||
 * Alyssa || crepuscular || adjective || pertaining to, or resembling twilight, dim, indistinct || The CREPUSCULAR lighting sometimes makes in difficult to read the menu. || Google search for "words that aren't commonly used" ||
 * Alyssa || quasi || adjective || resembling; seeming || Visitors arriving in a QUASI limousine were unheard of. || novel: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio ||
 * Alyssa || memorandum || noun || a note or record made for future use || The two countries signed a MEMORANDUM of understanding of economic cooperation || In the definition of bordereau ||
 * Alyssa || bordereau || noun || s detailed memorandum || We need a photograph of the BORDEREAU. || Dictionary.com word of the day ||
 * Alyssa || ambivalent || adjective || uncertain of which approach to follow || He guarantees jobs, an impossible-to-keep promise that tests well with AMBIVALENT voters. || Google search of "common vocab words on AP exam" ||
 * Rebecca || Verandah || noun || porch or portico, sometimes partly enclosed, along the outside a building || I observed my acquaintance of the VERANDAH. || novel: Jane Eyre pg.53 ||
 * Mikayla || bellicose || adjective || inclined or eager to fight || A group of BELLICOSE patriots stormed the battlefield. || AP Practice Exam 1 ||
 * Mikayla || avaricious || adjective || greedy; covetous || If she chooses to be AVARICIOUS she will be a hated and opposed leader. || AP Practice Exam 1 ||
 * Mikayla || ameliorate || verb || to make better or more satisfactory || I'm glad to see someone working to AMELIORATE the situation. || novel: Jane Eyre pg. 78 ||
 * Mikayla || ephemeral || adjective || to last a very short time; short-lived || The joys of childhood are EPHEMERAL. || AP Practice Exam 1 ||
 * Mikayla || animadversion || noun || criticism || She had many ANIMADVERSIONS on the performance. || novel: Jane Eyre pg. 53 ||
 * Ms. Murphy || Misanthropist/
 * Kaitlyn || Sundry || noun || an assortment of different kinds || Above the chimney were a SUNDRY of villainous old guns and a couple of horse-pistols. || google search of "vocab words from Wuthering Heights" ||
 * Kaitlyn || physiognomy || noun || the human face || I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my PHYSIOGNOMY so irritated madam that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees. || google search of "vocab words from Wuthering Heights" ||
 * Kaitlyn || ensconce || verb || fix firmly || "Take the road you came," she answered, ENSCONCING herself in a chair, with a candle, and the long book open before her || google search of "vocab words from Wuthering Heights" ||
 * Kaitlyn || vagabond || noun || a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support || Hindley calls him a VAGABOND, and won't let him sit with us, nor eat with us any more; and he says, he and I must not play together, and threatens to turn him out of the house if we break his orders || google search of "vocab words from Wuthering Heights" ||
 * Kaitlyn || curate || noun || a person authorized to conduct religious worship || At last, our CURATE advised that the young man should be sent to college, and Mr. Earnshaw agreed, though with a heavy spirit. || google search of "vocab words from Wuthering Heights" ||

out of keeping place, inappropriate; unbecoming || He was not an old man. In his present occupation he was an INCONGRUITY. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// || Sense and Sensibility || ( I know it is spelled with an "E" but Austen spells it with an "I") || noun || intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc || She saw with maternal complacency all the impertinent INCROACHMENTS. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * **Name** || **Vocabulary Word** || **Part of Speech** || **Definition** || **Example** || **Information regarding where you found the vocabulary word** ||
 * Rebecca || Malignant || adjective || spiteful, cruel || The lunatic is both cunning and MALIGNANT. || Jane Eyre pg.340 ||
 * Rebecca || Phlegmatic || adjective || having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition || The tall and PHLEGMATIC Lord Ingram leans with folded arms on the chair back of the little and lively Amy Eshton. || Jane Eyre pg. 190 ||
 * Rebecca || Cynosure || noun || person or thing at the center of attention || I beheld one the CYNOSURE of a ballroom, the other the inmate of a convent cell. || Jane Eyre pg. 265 ||
 * Mikayla || servile || adjective || having an excessive willingness to serve or please others || The maid always maintained a SERVILE attitude. || AP Wuthering Heights practice test ||
 * Mikayla || didactic || adjective || intending to teach someone something || The poet's works became increasingly DIDACTIC after his religious conversion. || AP Wuthering Heights practice test ||
 * Mikayla || anaphora || noun || the repitition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences || "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" || AP Wuthering Heights practice test ||
 * Mikayla || pragmatic || adjective || dealing with the problems that exist in a specific situation in a reasonable and logical way instead of depending on ideas and theories || His PRAGMATIC view of public education comes from years of working in city schools. || AP Wuthering Heights practice test ||
 * Mikayla || altruistic || adjective || feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness || N ot all celebrities are entirely ALTRUISTIC. || AP Wuthering Heights practice test ||
 * Alyssa || opaque || adjective || not shining or bright; dark; dull. || The air in the bathroom was almost OPAQUE, but I could see that the hot-water spigot on our .... || The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio ||
 * Alyssa || deter || verb || to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: || The loss didn't seem to DETER her. || The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio ||
 * Alyssa || dilapidated || adjective || reduced to or fallen in to partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect || She was always trying to replace the DILAPIDATED family Chevy with something a bit more dependable. || The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio ||
 * Alyssa || ecstasy || noun || an over powering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling || "He submitted to this grooming as though it were his due, his beady red eyes almost crossing in ECSTASY as Mother Cat's abrasive tongue sandpapered his scrawny head..." || The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio ||
 * Alyssa || euphoric || adjective || intensely happy or confident: || Dad would step on the gas just before hitting the rise, and the tires would leave the pavement for a second, making us feel that the car was flying and sending our stomachs into EUPHORIC flips. || The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio ||
 * Rebecca || Cogitations || noun || concerted thought or reflection || The boy was fully occupied with his own COGITATIONS for the remainder of the ride. || Wuthering Heights ||
 * Rebecca || ignominy || noun || a state of dishonor || This preparation for bonds, and the additional **IGNOMINY** it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me. || Jane Eyre ||
 * ** 2nd Nine Weeks ** || *You need 5 words for midterm ||  || *You need 5 words for report cards ||   ||   ||
 * Kaitlyn || assiduity || noun || constant or close attention to what one is doing || The motive of his ASSIDUITY was revealed to me, by a declaration of love. || Google search: vocab words from Wuthering Heights ||
 * Kaitlyn || lachrymose || adjective || tearful or weeping || The LACHRYMOSE child cried all day because he missed his mother. || Google search: vocab words from Wuthering Heights ||
 * Kaitlyn || pertinacious || adjective || holding firmly to an opinion || the PERTINACIOUS little boy could not take "no" for an answer. || Google search: vocab words from Wuthering Heights ||
 * Kaitlyn || inveterate || adjective || having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long established and unlikely to change || He was an INVETERATE gambler who throws the dice on every possible occasion. || Google search: vocab words from Wuthering Heights ||
 * Kaitlyn || vapid || adjective || offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging || I recently saw an interview with her and she came across as very VAPID and artificial American. || Google search: vocab words from Wuthering Heights ||
 * Alyssa || fatuousness || adjective || foolish or inane; unreal || He did not even have to be told in words that he had surely found the lost Lucas Burch; it seemed to him now that only the crassest FATUOUSNESS and imbecility should have kept him unaware. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Alyssa || crassest || adjective || gross; stupid; obtuse || He did not even have to be told in words that he had surely found the lost Lucas Burch; it seemed to him now that only the CRASSEST fatuousness and imbecility should have kept him unaware. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Alyssa || imbecility || noun || __ point of weakness ;__ feebleness; incapability; silliness || He did not even have to be told in words that he had surely found the lost Lucas Burch; it seemed to him now that only the crassest fatuousness and **imbecility** should have kept him unaware. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Rebecca || aubade || noun || a song or poem of lovers parting || John Donne's poem "The Rising Sun" is an example of an **aubade**. || Google search of common poetry terms. ||
 * Rebecca || Elegy || noun || a serious poem, usually has to do with death || Nothing could be more suitable than this exquisite and heartfelt **elegy.** || Google search of common poetry terms. ||
 * Rebecca || spondee || noun || a metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables. || An example of a **spondee** is KNICK-KNACK || Google search of common poetry terms. ||
 * Rebecca || villanelle || noun || A nineteen line lyric poem that relies heavily on repetition. || "One Art" by Bishop is an example of a **villanelle**. || Google search of common poetry terms. ||
 * Rebecca || trochee || noun || An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one. || An example of a **trochee** is FOOT-ball. || Google search of common poetry terms. ||
 * Alyssa || athwart || adverb || cross wise, across || The train could be stopped with a red flag, but by ordinary it appeared out of the devastated hills with apparition like suddenness and wailing like a banshee, **ATHWART** and past that little less-than-village like a forgotten bead from a broken string. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Alyssa || decorum || noun || regularity, orderliness || ....yet on Monday they morning they all came to work with a kind of gravity, almost DECORUM. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Kaitlyn || unorthodox || adjective || contrary to what is usual || Her unladylike demeanor and UNORTHODOX methods led to friction with some of her colleagues. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || proliferate || verb || to increase in number || Weapons PROLIFERATE, including explosives and rockets, in unguarded piles. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || heretic || noun || one who does not conform to a principle || As a HERETIC, he could not be given a proper church burial. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || cumbersome || adjective || burdensome || It can be rather CUMBERSOME to have to move a piano to a different location. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || sordid || adjective || shameful or disgusting || He'd then refer to some incident and twist the scenario into a SORDID situation that never took place. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Alyssa || incongruity || noun || the quality or condition of being
 * Alyssa || purlieus || noun || an outlying district or region, as of a town or city. || ... set un a grassless cinder strew packed compound surrounded by smoking factory PURLIEUS and enclosed by a ten foot steel-and-wire fence... || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Alyssa || mastodon || noun || a person of immense size, power, influence, etc. || ... a cotton warehouse, a horizontal and cylindrical tank like the torso of a beheaded MASTODON, a line of fright cars. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Alyssa || ratiocination || noun || the process of logical reasoning. || There was no RATIOCINATION in it, no design. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Alyssa || burlesque || noun || a humorous and provocative stage show featuring slap stick humor,comic skits,bawdy songs, strip tease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus. || Leaning against it, wearing nothing save her undergarment, she was like a puppet in some BURLESQUE of rapine and despair. || William Faulkner's //Light in August// ||
 * Rebecca || indefatigable || adjective || persisting tirelessly || She was impatient to be gone and INDEFATIGABLE in her inquiries. || Jane Austen's //Sense and Sensibility// ||
 * Rebecca || Barouche || noun || fashionably horse drawn carriage from the 19th century. || It would have quieted her ambition to see him driving a BAROUCHE || Jane Austen's //Sense and Sensibility// ||
 * Rebecca || Militated || verb || be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing. || That quietness of manner which MILITATED against all her established ideas of what a young man's address ought to be. || Jane Austen's //Sense and Sensibility// ||
 * Rebecca || Connoisseur || noun || an expert judge in matters of taste || He admires as a lover, not as a CONNOISSEUR. || Jane Austen's //Sense and Sensibility// ||
 * Rebecca || propensities || noun || an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way || I have not had so many opportunities of estimating the minuter PROPENSITIES of his mind, his inclinations, and taste. || Jane Austen's //Sense and Sensibility// ||
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 * Kaitlyn || Adulation || noun || excessive devotion || That shiny new car is the object of my ADULATION. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || Brazen || Adjective || shameless || They were BRAZEN enough to admit it openly. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || exonerate || verb || to free from guilt || He was EXONERATED of all blame. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || fetid || adjective || having an offensive odor || He had a FETID breath. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || elocution || noun || a person's manner of speaking || The actor's ELOCUTION is flawless. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Alyssa || Valetudinarian || noun || A person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments || .... for having been a VALETUDINARIAN all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years... || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * Alyssa || Ennui || noun || a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest || .... of Emma's losing a single pleasure, or suffering an hour's ENNUI from the want of her companionableness: but dear Emma was no feeble character... || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * Alyssa || Vicar || noun || a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector or as representative of a religious community || Mrs. Bates, the widow of a former VICAR of Highbury, was a very old lady, almost past everything but tea and quadrille. || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * Alyssa || Alacrity || noun || cheerful readiness, promptness or willingness || With an ALACRITY beyond the common impulse of a spirit which yet was never indifferent to the credit of doing everything well... || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * Alyssa || unfeigned || adjective || sincere, genuine || He was on foot, and after looking very well respectfully at her, looked with most UNFEIGNED satisfaction at her companion. || Jane Austen's Emma ||
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 * Rebecca || inquietude || noun || A physical or mental disturbance || A doubt of her regard need not give him more than INQUIETUDE. || Jane Austen's
 * Rebecca || aggrandizement || verb || to make greater || He might form a home for himself without strictly attending to her views of his AGGRANDIZEMENT. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || acquiescence || noun || the reluctant acceptance of something without protest || She made no attempt to stop her mom from sending her letter of ACQUIESCENCE. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || droll || adjective || curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement || He is so DROLL! || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || benevolent || adjective || well meaning and kindly || BENEVOLENT, philanthropic man! || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || philanthropic || adjective || of a person or organization; seeking to promote the welfare of others, esp. by donating money to good causes; generous and benevolent. || Benevolent. PHILANTHROPIC man || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || Foibles || noun || a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character || Fortunately for those who pay court through such FOIBLES. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || Incroachments
 * Rebecca || Rapacious || adjective || aggressively greedy or grasping || The pursuit of praise for her children, the most RAPACIOUS of human beings, is likewise the most credulous. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || Credulous || adjective || having or showing too great a readiness to believe things. || The pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most CREDULOUS. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Rebecca || éclat || verb || praise, applause || Being simple and just, she came in without any éclat. || Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ||
 * Kaitlyn || asceticism || noun || practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline || This involved a regimen of strict ASCETICISM and rejection of the things of the world. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || dint || noun || force;power || By DINT of hard work, she became head of the company. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || defray || verb || to provide for the payment of || My student loan will DEFRAY most of my college tuition. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || crass || adjective || lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence || Men make CRASS assumptions about women. || Google Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
 * Kaitlyn || beguile || verb || to lead by deception || She tried to BEGUILE everyone into doing what she wanted. || oogle Search for AP Lit Vocabulary ||
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 * Alyssa || gruel || noun || A light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meat, especially oatmeal, in water or milk || You must go to bed early, my dear- and I recommend a little GRUEL to you before you go. || Jane Austen's Emma ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * || sanguine || adjective || cheerfully optimistic, hopeful or confident || I cannot be so SANGUINE as Mr.Weston. I am very much afraid that it will all end in nothing. || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * || vouchsafed || verb || to grant, or give, as by favor, or graciousness || We shall know more about them all, in half an hour, from you, than from Miss Fairfax would have VOUCHDAFED in half a year. || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * || ostensible || adjective || outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended || I cannot deny that Miss Woodhouse was my OSTENSIBLE object... || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * || vicarage || noun || the residence of a vicar || ... but when they did meet her composure was || Jane Austen's Emma ||
 * Alyssa || ebulliently || adjective || over flowing with enthusiasm or excitement, high spirited || Fitzgerald EBULLIENTLY proclaimed in 1920 that "An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters for ever afterwards." || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || tawdry || adjective || low or mean, showy and cheap || Yet at the same time the adjective indicates the TAWDRY and exaggerated aspects of his life: || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || appellation || noun || a name, title or designation || The APPELLATION great as applied to Gaby reverberates with irony. || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || reverberates || verb || to rebound or recoil || The appellation great as applied to Gaby REVERBERATES with irony. || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || divan || noun || a sofa or couch, without arms, or a back || She was extended full length at her end of the DIVAN, completely motionless and wither chin raised a little as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall. || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || appellation || noun || a name, title or designation || The APPELLATION great as applied to Gaby reverberates with irony. || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || reverberates || verb || to rebound or recoil || The appellation great as applied to Gaby REVERBERATES with irony. || The Great Gatsby ||
 * Alyssa || divan || noun || a sofa or couch, without arms, or a back || She was extended full length at her end of the DIVAN, completely motionless and wither chin raised a little as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall. || The Great Gatsby ||