5864108799 | acumen | (n.) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement | 0 | |
5864108800 | adjudicate | (v.) to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal | 1 | |
5864108801 | anachronism | (n.) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other | 2 | |
5864108802 | apocryphal | (adj.) of doubtful or questionable authenticity | 3 | |
5864108803 | disparity | (n.) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness | 4 | |
5864108804 | dissimulate | (v.) to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions | 5 | |
5864108805 | empirical | (adj.) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable | 6 | |
5864108806 | flamboyant | (adj.) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold | 7 | |
5864108807 | fulsome | (adj.) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening | 8 | |
5864108808 | immolate | (v.) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another | 9 | |
5864108809 | imperceptible | (adj.) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind | 10 | |
5864108810 | lackey | (n.) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower | 11 | |
5864108811 | liaison | (n.) the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking | 12 | |
5864108812 | monolithic | (adj.) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity | 13 | |
5864108813 | mot juste | (n.) the most suitable or exact word or expression | 14 | |
5864108814 | nihilism | (n.) a total rejection of existing laws; extreme radicalism | 15 | |
5864108815 | patrician | (n.) a member of the ruling class; a person of high rank; (adj.) belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person | 16 | |
5864108816 | propitiate | (v.) to make someone or something favorable inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease | 17 | |
5864108817 | sic | (adv.) thus so; intentionally written so | 18 | |
5864108818 | sublimate | (v.) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctive impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel | 19 |
AP Literature Unit 10 Vocabulary Flashcards
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