aggregate vocab words AP Lit sem 1, part 1 - Mrs. Watson

Question 1

plight

Answer 1

danger, difficult situation

Question 2

avocation

Answer 2

hobby

Question 3

perspicuity

Answer 3

clear as glass; enunciation; clear representation

Question 4

acquiesce

Answer 4

accept relunctantly

Question 5

allocation

Answer 5

distributing

Question 6

droll

Answer 6

interesting/ unusual
causes amusement

Question 7

dissimulation

Answer 7

concealing thoughts/ not being your true self

Question 8

muse

Answer 8

person used as a creative persons inspiration
or
greek goddesses — those daughters of zeus

Question 9

lassitude

Answer 9

tired as fuck
weary mind
dozing off studying

Question 10

akimbo

Answer 10

hands on ya hips

Question 11

brazen

Answer 11

bold and brave
w/ out shame

Question 12

licentious

Answer 12

purposely ignoring the moral or legal laws

Question 13

dint

Answer 13

dent bruh

Question 14

admonish

Answer 14

cautioning someone to not do som
scolding
“don’t do that bruh”
“bruh, stop admonishing me”

Question 15

viarious

Answer 15

imagining experiences through the legitimate experiences of another

Question 16

interloper

Answer 16

intruder
interferes in affairs of others
“bro can you stop climbing through my bedroom window at 2:17am”
“but i’m an interloper”

Question 17

ribald

Answer 17

talking ab sex indecently
not discreet
“your mom…”
“stop.”

Question 18

phlegmatic

Answer 18

emotionless stoic statue
“those easter island statues do be stoic af bro”

Question 19

propitious

Answer 19

likely to happen
favorable chances

Question 20

prostrate

Answer 20

lying face down

Question 21

ascetic

Answer 21

abstinence
severe self-discipline
“nononono I’m ascetic”
“you can’t have sex cos religion?”
“no I said acidic, yes ascetic”

Question 22

vauous

Answer 22

vacant
empty mindedness
patrick the starfish frfr

Question 23

capacious

Answer 23

spacious
can contain much
“I love my capacious trunk, so many dead bodies can fit”

Question 24

extricate

Answer 24

freeing someone from constraint

“get me out of these handcuffs fool!”
“but it’s not time for your extrication sir, that happens after prison dawg”

Question 25

palpitate

Answer 25

heart beating so fast

Question 26

hegemony

Answer 26

when a country dominates the other in bed
can happen within social groups as well (not always in bed lol)

Question 27

collusion

Answer 27

a secret agreement
may be illegal

Question 28

cognizant

Answer 28

knowledge of/ aware of
“bruh shush, I’m quite cognizant that there is a bird in the road, I am GOING TO STOP.”

Question 29

barrage

Answer 29

boom boom
concentrated bombardment

Question 30

aplomb

Answer 30

belief you can do it
confidence

Question 31

voluble

Answer 31

comfy as fuck w talking
fluent
ready to speak at any moment

Question 32

preposterous

Answer 32

ridiculous behavior
contrary to common sense
“I enjoy wearing shoes 5 sizes too big and skate with them”
“that’s just not a good idea bro”
“you mean preposterous”

Question 33

trepidation

Answer 33

fear
thinking something bad is going to happen

Question 34

capricious

Answer 34

mood swings

Question 35

exonerate

Answer 35

clearing charges
absolving someone from blame

Question 36

suppliant

Answer 36

humbly pleading to someone of authority

Question 37

paradigm

Answer 37

theory from pattern

Question 38

expectorate

Answer 38

coughing/ spitting from throat/ lungs
me when i’m full of phlegm

Question 39

palpate

Answer 39

examining body for medical purposes
“nurses palpate patients when doing physicals and such”

Question 40

crass

Answer 40

unrefined behavior
gross/ stupid
without sensitivity to delicate matters