ap lit vocab

Jovial

Someone who is cheerful, friendly, and has a good sense of humor

Mercurial

To be changeable and unpredictable in mood or behavior

Turbulent

A state of agitation, tumult, or disturbance

Crestfallen

Sadness/ disappointment

Pompous

Too serious and full of importance

Insinuate

You imply or suggest something that may or may not be true.

Laconic

Using very few words to express what you mean

Remiss

Negligent in the performance of work or duty

Monotonous

Having an unvarying pitch or tone

Audacity

Willingness or boldness

Saccharine

Too pleasant or charming, with too much feeling to be believed

Yearning

A strong feeling of wishing for something

Recitation

Saying a piece of writing aloud from memory

Carte Blanche

Complete freedom to do something

Raucous

Loud and unpleasant

Befuddled

Utterly confused and puzzled

Implacable

cannot be soothed, mostly meaning trouble

Contemptuous

Manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred

Idyllic

Extremely pleasant

Elegiac

Expressing sorrow often for something now past

Brazen

Bold

Compunction

Feeling of guilt

Indiscretion

Lack of care in saying or doing things that should be kept secret

Sepulcher

Place of burial

Tumult

A loud noise or commotion by crowd

Lassitude

Physical or mental tiredness

Subversive

Attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or system

Vacuous

Emptied of or lacking content

Disparity

The condition of being unequal

Moribund

Near death

Insipid

Lacking in flavor or interest

Suppliant

Someone who begs or prays for something

Peremptory

Insisting immediate attention or obedience

Surfeit

An overabundant supply of something

Ignominious

Marked by great disgrace or humiliation

Deleterious

Harmful

Hegemony

Which a country, organization, or group has more power/control than others

Ennui

Feeling of dissatisfaction or boredom

Prognosticate

Forecast or predict

Fecund

Greatly productive, fertile