The Ap English Vocabulary

Eint Phoo

3/21/2014

6th period

Vocab 17

1.abscond - verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

2.adjure - verb command solemnly; ask for or request earnestly

3.aspersion - noun the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare); an abusive attack on a person's character or good name; a disparaging remark

4.circumvent - verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); beat through cleverness and wit; surround so as to force to give up

5.ethereal - adj. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; of or containing or dissolved in ether; characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; of heaven or the spirit

6.ignominy - noun a state of dishonor

7.malign - adj. evil or harmful in nature or influence; having or exerting a malignant influence; verb speak unfavorably about

8.malinger - verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

9.prognosis - noun a prediction of the course of a disease; a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

10.remonstrate - verb argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition; censure severely or angrily

11.biennial - adj. having a life cycle lasting two seasons; occurring every second year; noun a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season

12.capricious - adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable

13.elicit - verb derive by reason; deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

14.emaciate - verb grow weak and thin or waste away physically; cause to grow thin or weak

15.equivocal - adj. uncertain as a sign or indication; open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; open to question...