AP English III Vocab Terms 241-270

Millennium

(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

Hiatus

(n.) an interruption in continuity, a break

Deplore

(v.) to feel or express regret or disapproval

Mesmerize

(v.) to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

Revel

(v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration

Maudlin

Excessively sentimental, tearful

Transience

Forgetting what occurs with the passage of time

Lachrymose

Tearful, mournful

Distraught

deeply upset and agitated

Eon

long period of time; an age

Tirade

long, harsh speech or verbal attack

Mercurial

quick, shrewd, and unpredictable

Trauma

serious physical or emotional injury

Silhouette

the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light.

Vex

to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse

Inure

to harden; accustom; become used to

Chauvinism

unreasoning and boastful devotion to one's group

Pristine

(adj) in an original, pure state; uncorrupted

Herculean

(adj.) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

Disconsolate

(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Irrevocable

(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back

Titanic

(adj.) of enormous size, strength, power, or scope

Extant

(adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

Halcyon

Calm and peaceful, carefree; prosperous, successful, happy

Concomitant

accompanying in a subordinate fashion

Bedlam

A state or scene of uproar and confusion

Perpetuity

a state of infinite or indefinitely long duration

Martinet

a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Draconian

extremely harsh, severe, cruel

Stentorian

extremely loud