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