3356013440 | sycophant | a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage | 0 | |
3356016650 | temerity | excessive confidence or boldness; audacity | 1 | |
3356020485 | quagmire | an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation | 2 | |
3356030125 | pragmatic | dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical situations | 3 | |
3356031659 | ostentatious | characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice | 4 | |
3356033522 | ameliorate | make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better | 5 | |
3356035840 | antecedent | a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another | 6 | |
3356039449 | ascertain | find (something) out for certain; make sure of | 7 | |
3356041305 | bereft | deprived of or lacking of something, especially a non-material asset | 8 | |
3356045599 | bourgeois | of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes | 9 | |
3356050168 | insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects | 10 | |
3356055259 | insipid | lacking vigor or interest | 11 | |
3356056868 | licentious | going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules | 12 | |
3356058360 | magnanimous | very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself | 13 | |
3356062122 | mollify | appease the anger or anxiety of (someone) | 14 | |
3356064194 | mercurial | (of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind | 15 | |
3356072620 | laconic | (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words | 16 | |
3356078056 | juxtaposition (juxtaposed) | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect (place or deal with close together for contrasting effect) | 17 | |
3356083069 | maudlin | self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness | 18 | |
3356085217 | nefarious | (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal | 19 | |
3356088123 | pugnacious | eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight | 20 | |
3356093084 | allay | diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry) | 21 | |
3356098788 | sanctimonious | making a show of being morally superior to other people | 22 | |
3356101552 | reprehensible | deserving censure or condemnation | 23 | |
3356108762 | fatuous | silly and pointless | 24 | |
3356110764 | abet | encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, such as a crime | 25 | |
3356112899 | contentious | causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial | 26 | |
3356114028 | sagacious | having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewn | 27 | |
3356130457 | acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest | 28 | |
3356138051 | enervate | verb-cause to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken adjective-lacking in energy or vitality | 29 | |
3356141142 | pejorative | expressing contempt or disapproval | 30 | |
3356144642 | nuance | a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound | 31 | |
3356146316 | bloviate | talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way | 32 | |
3356148666 | sanguine | optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation (a blood-red color) | 33 | |
3356151088 | wizened | shriveled or wrinkled with age | 34 | |
3356153556 | incessant | (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption | 35 | |
3356158554 | poignant | evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret | 36 | |
3356160360 | vacillate | alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive | 37 | |
3356162980 | fortitude | courage in pain or adversity | 38 | |
3356164486 | vicarious | experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person | 39 | |
3356167551 | ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere | 40 | |
3356177341 | superfluous | unnecessary, especially through being more than enough | 41 | |
3356186916 | tantamount | equivalent in serious to; virtually the same as | 42 | |
3356189801 | admonish | 43 | ||
3723991026 | calumnious | slanderous; of, involving, or using calumny (a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something) | 44 |
AP Literature and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards
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