AP Lit Vocab-Week 8

alacrity

• brisk and cheerful readiness.
• (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily.
• having knowledge or being aware of.
• courteous and refined in manner

aplomb

• self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.
• a typical example or pattern of something; a model.
• secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.
• brisk and cheerful readiness.

barrage

• bombard (someone) with something.
• Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
• leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others
• having knowledge or being aware of.

cognizant

• having knowledge or being aware of.
• brisk and cheerful readiness.
• self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.
• a typical example or pattern of something; a model.

collusion

• secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.
• courteous and refined in manner
• Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
• (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily.

deleterious

• Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
• bombard (someone) with something.
• courteous and refined in manner
• self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.

hegemony

• leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others
• having knowledge or being aware of.
• brisk and cheerful readiness.
• secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.

paradigm

• a typical example or pattern of something; a model.
• leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others
• bombard (someone) with something.
• Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

unctuous

• (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily.
• secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.
• a typical example or pattern of something; a model.
• leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

urbane

• courteous and refined in manner
• self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.
• (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily.
• bombard (someone) with something.