Vocabulary

AP Language Arts with Russell at Norcross High School

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By: Jennifer Sokolow
Created: 2011-02-17
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urbane

elegant

parsimony

stingyness, frugalness

coterie

clique

burgeon

to grow

chicanery

trickery

baroque

gaudy, extravegant

corpulent

bulky, fat

anachronism

not in correct order

equivocal

deliberatly ambiguous

abet

to encourage a crime

dichotomy

2 opposed/contradictory groups

felicitous

happy, good fortune

juxtapose

to place together to compare/contrast

mercenary

motivated by material gain

emolument

salary

hapless

unlucky

pragmatic

concerning facts

opprobrium

cause of shame/disgrace

quiescent

quiet

inchoate

unorganized, chaotic

sagacity

wiseness, sound judgement

vacuous

empty, lacking in ideas/intelligence

citadel

fortress

feral

wild

supercilious

showing arrogant superiority

covenant

agreement/promise

didactic

intended for instruction

enervate

to weaken

abscond

to leave quickly and secretly as to avoid capture

anathema

person/thing that is hated

meretricious

attracting attention in a vulgar way; gaudy

laconic

concise, few words

quietus

anything that ends/settles

precipitate

to bring about prematurely

incipient

initial stage, beginning to appear

salient

obvious, conspicuous

vagary

unpredictable, wild, erratic

surfeit

excess, surplus

pall

cover, shroud

harbinger

omen, sign

ineffable

inexpressible/indescribable

histrionic

emotional, overly dramatic, hysterical

foible

flaw, defect, weakness

erudite

scholarly, knowledgable

dilettante

dabbler, one who takes up an activity for fun

craven

cowardly, timid

clandestine

secret

bellicose

aggressive, hostile

anomaly

different

abstemious

sparing, moderate

About this deck

By: Jennifer Sokolow
Created: 2011-02-17
Size: 50 flashcards
Views: 14

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