AP Literature and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

7263050773	Altruistic	unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous	0
7263052768	Ambivalent	having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action	1
7263056584	Angular	lean; sharp cornered; gaunt	2
7263060047	Arrogant	overbearingly assuming; insolently proud	3
7263062733	Aversion	strong disinclination, disliking	4
7263064828	Discern	to differentiate between two or more things	5
7263066775	Disdain	intense disliking; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy	6
7263070314	Disparage	to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner	7
7263073840	Disparity	inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree	8
7301217438	Embellish	to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation	9
7301218994	Engender	to cause, to produce, to create	10
7301219836	Innocuous	harmless, producing no injury	11
7301220366	Insipid	boring and stupid	12
7301221407	Lament	to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner	13
7301222448	Laud	to praise, to extol	14
7301223078	Obscure	difficult to see, vague	15
7301225119	Ostentatious	showy, pretentious	16
7301225476	Prodigal	wasteful, a person given to extravagance	17
7350011009	Repudiate	to reject, to disown, to disavow	18
7350012611	Reticence	restraint in speech, reluctance to speak	19
7350013661	Revere	to honor, to regard with respect	20
7350014787	Serene	calm, placid	21
7350016582	Superfluous	beyond what is needed, an overflow	22
7350017356	Taciturn	quiet, not verbose	23
7387866187	Antithesis	a direct opposite, a contrast	24
7387868519	Ascend	to move upward, to rise from a lower station	25
7387873061	Austere	strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic	26
7387879625	Autonomous	independent, self-contained	27
7387881432	Banal	common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed	28
7387888505	Benign	not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial	29
7387894151	Capricious	changing suddenly, fickle	30
7387896217	Dawdle	to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in lackadaisical manner	31
7387904039	Defamation	act of harming or ruining another's reputation	32
7387910621	Esoteric	understood only by a small group or a select few	33
7387914158	Exacerbate	to aggravate, to irritate, to vex	34
7387918278	Extol	to praise, to glorify	35
7387920838	Fastidious	reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme	36
7387925784	Furtive	secret in a underhanded way, stealthy	37
7387931260	Gregarious	sociable and outgoing	38
7387933709	Hypocrite	one who is insincere or deceitful	39
7387937714	Innate	existing from birth, inborn	40
7387940718	Lethargic	sluggish, languid	41
7387944042	Melancholy	depression of spirits	42
7387947084	Opaque	not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand	43
7387956718	Prolific	abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity	44
7387961775	Reprove	to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent	45
7387967909	Symmetry	balanced proportions	46
7387972463	Tranquil	peaceful, calm	47
7387975729	Venerate	to honor, to revere	48
7594255179	Abstruse	difficult to understand, recondite, concealed	49
7594255180	Affable	friendly, courteous, amiable	50
7594255181	Audacity	excessive boldness, rashness, daring	51
7594255182	Contrite	extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	52
7594255183	Credulous	believing on slight evidence, gullible	53
7594255184	Depravity	moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act	54
7594255185	Deprecate	to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval	55
7594255186	Didactic	instructive, designed to teach	56
7594255187	Dormant	inactive, sleeping	57
7594255188	Enigmatic	mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling	58
7594255189	Erudite	scholarly	59
7594255190	Exotic	foreign, unfamiliar	60
7594255191	Fuse	to mix or to join (usually by melting)	61
7594255192	Immutable	unchanging	62
7594255193	Incorrigible	incapable of being reformed or improved	63
7594255194	Loathe	to detest	64
7594255195	Mitigate	to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe	65
7594255196	Nullify	to cause not to be in effect, to negate	66
7594255197	Pacifistic	opposed to war or use of force	67
7594255198	Pretentious	making an extravagant outward show, self-important	68
7594255199	Prologue	introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action	69
7594255200	Recant	to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke	70
7594255201	Servile	overly submissive	71
7594255202	Trepidation	fear, trembling, agitation	72
7594255203	Vilify	to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against	73
7857569303	Asethetic	relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art	74
7857569304	Aloof	apart, indifferent	75
7857569305	Archaic	antiquated, old, out of use	76
7857569306	Assuage	to ease, to mitigate, to makes less painful or burdensome, to calm	77
7857569307	Belie	to contradict, to give a false impression	78
7857569308	Contentious	quarrelsome, stirring controversy	79
7857569309	Daunt	to intimidate, to dismay	80
7857569310	Debilitate	to weaken, to enfeeble	81
7857569311	Discord	lack of agreement, tension, strife	82
7857569312	Dissemination	the act of spreading widely; scattering	83
7857569313	Dogmatic	strongly opinionated in a unwarranted manner	84
7857621279	Duplicity	double-dealing, hypocrisy	85
7857621280	Egocentric	self-centered, selfish	86
7857621281	Euphemism	substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive	87
7857621282	Gluttonous	greedy for food and drink	88
7857621283	Mundane	ordinary, commonplace	89
7857621284	Ominous	threatening	90
7857621285	Petulance	unreasonable touchiness or irritability	91
7857621286	Pompous	exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic	92
7857621287	Precocious	exceptionally early in development or occurrence	93
7857621288	Slothful	lazy, indolent	94
7857621289	Trivia	insignificant matters	95
7857621290	Verbose	wordy, very talkative	96
7857621291	Virulent	extremely poisonous; hateful	97
7857621292	Volatile	quickly changeable, easily vaporized	98

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