AP ENG III Vocabulary List # 6

Hackneyed

Made commonplace or trite (worn out)

Medieval

Of pertaining to, characteristic of, or in style of the middle ages

Obsolete

No longer in general use

Austere

Severe in manner or appearance

Mundane

Common; ordinary

Ponderous

Of great weight

Prosaic

Commonplace or dull

Premonition

Feeling of anticipation

Sedentary

Characterized by or requiring a sitting posture

Harbinger

A person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another

Ominous

Portending evil or harm (an ominous crime)

trepidation

Fear; alarm

Innovative

Introducing something new

Novel

Fictious prose narrative of considerable lenght and complexity

Novie

Begginner

Candor

Freedom from bias

Frank

Straightforward

Ample

Fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs

Comprehensive

Understandable

Copious

Large in quantity or number

Pervasive

Spread thourghout

Prodigious

Extraordinary in size

Replete

Abundantly supplied

Exemplary

Worthy of imitation

Laudatory

Expressing praise

Paramount

Supreme

Facile

Moving, acting

Fastidious

Critical or demanding

Meticulous

Taking or showing extreme care about minute details

Pragmatic

Pertaining to particular point of view

Alienate

Something to take form

Anachronism

An error to dates