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Explore the words from Lesson Eight AP Vocabulary, including terms like asperity, inveigh, renunciation, puerile, vitiate, aleatory, unimpeachable, recalcitrant, otiose, exegesis. Improve your vocabulary and language skills with definitions and examples!
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asperity • Roughness or harshness; severity
inveigh • To disapprove angrily; to protest
renunciation • Rejection; refusal to acknowledge
puerile • Childish; juvenile
vitiate • To corrupt morally; to contaminate
aleatory • Dependent on luck or chance
unimpeachable • Unquestionable; beyond doubt
recalcitrant • Stubbornly resistant; showing opposition
otiose • Useless; futile
exegesis • An explanation of a text; a critical interpretation
allay • To relieve; to alleviate
profligate • Wasteful and immoral
pander • To exploit weaknesses of other; to cater to the vices of others
lionize • To assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity
ameliorate • To make better; to improve