AP Literature and CompositionMs. Nebe
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT VOCABULARY
Acquiesces
• Part of speech: intransitive verb • Pronunciation: \ˌa-kwē-ˈes\• Definition: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively —often used with in and sometimes with to
Affable
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˈa-fə-bəl\• Definition: being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
Alacrity
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ə-ˈla-krə-tē\ • Definition: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
Asperity
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \a-ˈsper-ə-tē• Definition: rigor, severity
Auspicious
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \o-ˈspi-shəs\• Definition: showing or suggesting that future success is likely
Bacchus
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ˈba-kəs, ˈbä-\• Definition: the Greek god of wine —called also Dionysus
Benefactor
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ˈbe-nə-ˌfak-tər\ • Definition: one that confers a benefit
Calumny
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ˈka-ləm-nē-\• Definition: a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
Capricious
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \kə-ˈpri-shəs• Definition: impulsive, unpredictable
Captious
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˈkap-shəs\• Definition: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
Casuistic
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ˈka-zhü-ist\ • Definition: one skilled in or given to casuistry, specious argument
Chagrined
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \shə-ˈgrin\• Definition: disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
Circumstantial
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ˌsər-kəm-ˈstan(t)-shəl\ • Definition: belonging to, consisting in, or dependent on circumstances
Corroborative
• Part of speech: transitive verb• Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ • Definition: to support with evidence or authority : make more certain
Credulous• Part of speech: transitive verb• Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ • Definition: ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
Disparagingly
• Part of speech: transitive verb• Pronunciation: \di-ˈsper-ij\ • Definition: to lower in rank or reputation : degrade
Dissipated
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: • Definition: given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute
Eradicate
• Part of speech: transitive verb• Pronunciation: \i-ˈra-də-ˌkāt\ • Definition: to pull up by the roots
Exacerbated
• Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \ig-ˈza-sər-ˌbāt\• Definition: to make more violent, bitter, or severe
Exonerated
• Part of speech: transitive verb • Pronunciation: \ig-ˈzä-nə-ˌrāt, eg-\• Definition: to clear from accusation or blame
Expatiating
• Part of speech: intransitive verb• Pronunciation: \ek-ˈspā-shē-ˌāt\ • Definition: to move about freely or at will
Forensic
• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: \fə-ˈren(t)-sik• Definition: belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
Imprecations
• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: \ˌim-pri-ˈkā-shən\• Definition: curse
Ignominiously
• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: \ˌig-nə-ˈmi-nē-əs\• Definition: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame
Incoherent
• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: • Definition: lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance
• Part of speech: adverb • Pronunciation: • Definition: coolly and patronizingly haughty
Superciliously
• Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \-sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\• Definition: something verisimilar, the quality or state of being verisimilar
Verisimilitude
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: e \i-ˈre-və-kə-bəl, ˌi(r)- • Definition: not possible to revoke
Irrevocable
• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: \mə-ˈle-və-lənt\ • Definition: having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
Malevolent
• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˈvir-ə-lənt, ˈvir-yə-\• Definition: marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
virulent
circumstantial• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: \ˌsər-kəm-ˈstan(t)-shəl\• Definition: pertinent but not essential
• Part of speech: adjetive• Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrä-bə-ˌrāt\ • Definition: to support with evidence or authority : make more certain
corroborative
Platitude• Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: \ˈpla-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\• Definition: the quality or state of being dull or insipid
Monomania• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə• Definition: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought
monomaniac• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə• Definition: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought
Salutary• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē• Definition: producing a beneficial effect
Samovar• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: ˈsa-mə-ˌvär• Definition: an urn with a spigot at its base used especially in Russia to boil water for tea
Capricious• Part of speech: adjective • Pronunciation: kə-ˈpri-shəs, -ˈprē-• Definition: governed or characterized by caprice
Disparagingly• Part of speech: adverb • Pronunciation: dis·par·ag·ing·ly• Definition: to depreciate by indirect means (as invidious comparison) :speak slightingly about
Calumny• Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: ˈka-ləm-nē• Definition: a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
Captious• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: ˈkap-shəs• Definition: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
Insinuating• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: in-sin-yuh-ate-ing• Definition: winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees
Verisimilitude• Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: -sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd, • Definition: the quality or state of being verisimilar
Asperity• Part of speech: noun• Pronunciation: a-ˈsper-ə-tē• Definition: roughness of surface : a tiny projection from a surface
Dissipated• Part of speech: verb• Pronunciation: ˈdi-sə-ˌpāt• Definition: to break up and drive off (as a crowd)
Lamentable• Part of speech: adjective• Pronunciation: lə-ˈmen-tə-bəl • Definition: that is to be regretted or lamented
Chagrined• Part of speech: noun • Pronunciation: shə-ˈgrin• Definition: disquitude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure