AP LIT VOCABULARY QUARTER 1

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

difficult to understand; incomprehensible

Question 2

clemency

Answer 2

the quality of showing compassion, forgiveness, or mercy

Question 3

rebuff

Answer 3

to snub; to treat with contempt, especially by ignoring

Question 4

virtuoso

Answer 4

a highly skilled artist

Question 5

despondent

Answer 5

depressed, gloomy.

Question 6

epic

Answer 6

long heroic poem, or similar work of art; related to a long epic poem, ambitious or grand in scale

Question 7

hardy

Answer 7

sturdy, robust, able to stand inclement weather

Question 8

oblivion

Answer 8

the state of being completely forgotten or unknown

Question 9

volatile

Answer 9

explosive; threatening to break out into violence

Question 10

concise

Answer 10

brief and compact

Question 11

kindle

Answer 11

start a fire (literal); to inspire (figurative)

Question 12

ascetic

Answer 12

a person who leads a simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life; (adj) abstaining from pleasures

Question 13

cacophony

Answer 13

harsh, meaningless mixture of sounds; discord

Question 14

garbled

Answer 14

mixed up, confused, jumbled

Question 15

rectify

Answer 15

to correct

Question 16

unkempt

Answer 16

disheveled; uncared for or neglected in appearance

Question 17

torpid

Answer 17

slow, dull, inactive, sluggish

Question 18

nurture

Answer 18

to feed and protect; to support and encourage

Question 19

discursive

Answer 19

moving randomly from one subject to another, digressing, rambling

Question 20

adroit

Answer 20

cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious

Question 21

document

Answer 21

to provide written evidence

Question 22

fallacious

Answer 22

deceptive, misleading, based on logically unsound reasoning

Question 23

hackneyed

Answer 23

commonplace; trite

Question 24

lethargic

Answer 24

drowsy, dull, sluggish, torpid

Question 25

fabricate

Answer 25

to make or create, often in order to deceive

Question 26

parody

Answer 26

a humorous imitation

Question 27

ratify

Answer 27

approve formally, verify

Question 28

taciturn

Answer 28

habitually silent, taking little, reluctant to join into a conversation

Question 29

vacillation

Answer 29

fluctuation, wavering, indecision

Question 30

bequeath

Answer 30

to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will, to pass on, hand down.