AP Lit Vocab 4

________: gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant, easy, mild, easygoing, undemanding, mild, benign, soft, mellow, meek, quiet, luxurious.

________: ignore, disregard, neglect, miss, overlook, passover, overpass.

________: unwilling, loath, averse, improper, wrong, unsuitable, unfit.

________: cease, stop, end, vanish, conclude, disappear, finish, disembody.

________: unwise, unperceptive, purblind, obtuse, foolish, dense, dumb, thoughtless, stupid.

________: respect, esteem, honor.

1. to make an earnest request to someone 2) to say something as a request in a sincere or urgent manner 3)to ask or beg for something earnestly

1. implore (transitive verb) 2) imploringly (adverb)

beg, petition, appeal, beseech, conjure, entreat, pray, solicit, importune

suggest, imply, please

1. of keen and farsighted penetration and judgement 2) caused by or indicating acute discernment 3) keen in sense of perception

1. sagacious (adjective) 2) sagaciously (adverb) 3) sagaciousness (noun)

wise, prudent, insightful, perceptive, sage, clever, discerning, thoughtful, intelligent, brilliant, scholarly

unwise, unperceptive, purblind, obtuse, foolish, dense, dumb, thoughtless, stupid

1(transitive)) to detect with the eyes or with senses other than vision 2) to recognize or identify as separate and distinct 3) to come to know or recognize mentally 4(intransitive)) to see or understand the difference

1. Discern (transitive and intransitive verb) 2) discerner (noun)

notice, spot, see, eye, regard, perceive, distinguish, view, observe, note, identify

ignore, disregard, neglect, miss, overlook, passover, overpass

1. calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments 2) conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence 3) impressive by reason of age 4) deserving to be venerated→used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity 5) made sacred especially by religious or historical association

1. venerable (adjective) 2) venerability (noun) 3) venerableness (noun) 4) venerably (adverb)

venerated, revered, respected, respectable, sacred, distinguished, honorable

notorious, infamous, ignominious, loose, bad, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable

1. unusually fitted or qualified 2) having a tendency 3) ordinarily disposed 4) suited to a purpose, especially being to the point 5)keenly intelligent and responsive

1. apt (adjective) 2) aptness (noun) 3) apt (abbreviation for apartment and aptitude)

prone, inclined, tending, willing, suitable, appropriate, fitting, proper, good, applicable, happy, needed

unwilling, loath, averse, improper, wrong, unsuitable, unfit

1. a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true, especially one held in common members of an organization, movement, or profession

1. tenet (noun)

principle, rule, standard, law, doctrine, belief

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1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace 2) disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

1. ignominy (noun)

disgrace, shame, humiliation, infamy, contempt, dishonor

respect, esteem , honor

1. austere (adjective) 2) austerely (adverb) 3) austereness (noun)

strict, harsh, tough, rigid, authoritarian, stern, rigorous, severe, intimidating, grim, fierce, bleak, forbidding, hostile, spartan

gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant, easy, mild, easygoing, undemanding, mild, benign, soft, mellow, meek, quiet, luxurious

1(transitive)) to make material/cause to appear in bodily form 2) to cause to be materialistic 3 (intransitive)) to assume bodily form 4) to appear especially suddenly 5) to come into existence

1. materialize (transitive and intransitive verb) 2) materializer (noun)

begin , originate, arise, appear, start, commence, emerge, be, actualize, exist, show, surface, occur, embody, manifest

cease, stop, end, vanish, conclude, disappear, finish, disembody