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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E