AP LIT Vocab

29 cards·by alextamayo

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adroit

skillful

recalcitrant

resisting authority

euphemism

gentle rephrasing

obdurate

stubborn or unyielding

lascivious

lewd, lustful

obsequious

servile; always do as told

existentialism

freedom of choice & responsibility for one's action

salacious

obscene

litigious

inclined to sue

bucolic

rural; rustic

maladroit

awkward; unskilled

cognizant

to be aware

facile

act with ease

panacea

cure all

sycophant

flatterer; suck up

dissident

someone who publicly disagrees w/ established political or religious systems

paucity

poor supply; scarcity

pernicious

malicious

pacifist

someone who does not believe in war

vacuous

empty headed

ebullient

high spirited; exuberant

inculcate

to teach through persistence

insidious

slowly destructive

messianic

describes someone who is meant to be a liberator or survivor

phlegmatic

apathetic; sluggish

dogmatic

opinionated in an arrogant

kinetic

having to do with motion

nihilism

philosophy that preaches the abandonment of laws

endemic

peculiar to a place