AP Lit Vocab Words #2 Flashcards
Admonish
(verb): to advise or caution against something.
Akimbo
(adj.): With hands on hips and elbows projecting outwards
Lassitude
(noun): laziness or weariness in mind and body; a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
Licentious
(adj.): sexually unrestrained by morality; promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
Muse
(noun) : any goddess presiding over art.
(verb) : be absorbed in thought; meditate on.
Pecuniary
(adj.): relating to or consisting of money; economic, monetary, financial.
Plight
(noun): a situation or predicament (usually not a good situation); a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.
Presumptuous
(adj.): bold, audacious, rudely assumptive; (of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
Subversive
(adj.) seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution; revolutionary.
Vacuous
(adj.): airhead, empty, meaningless; having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence.