AP Lit Week 2

admonish

• warn or reprimand someone firmly
• a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
• a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
• be absorbed in thought.

akimbo

• failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
• a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
• with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward
• warn or reprimand someone firmly

lassitude

• be absorbed in thought.
• with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward
• having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.
• a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

licentious

• failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
• seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution
• promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters
• a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

muse

• be absorbed in thought.
• a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
• warn or reprimand someone firmly
• seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution

pecuniary

• having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.
• relating to or consisting of money.
• a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.
• a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.

plight

• a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
• be absorbed in thought.
• a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority.
• bold and without shame.

presumptuous

• promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters
• warn or reprimand someone firmly
• failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
• a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position.

subversive

• relating to or consisting of money.
• seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution
• a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
• going about in search of things to steal or people to attack.

vacuous

• seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution
• relating to or consisting of money.
• behavior or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgment.
• having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.