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AP Literature Vocab #1 Flashcards

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3046376850Acquisitive(adj.) able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property0
3046376851Arrogate(v.) to claim or take without right1
3046376852Banal(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace2
3046376853Belabor(v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly3
3046376854Carping(adj.) tending to find fault (criticism), especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism4
3046376855Coherent(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful5
3046376856Congeal(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid6
3046376857Emulate(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model7
3046376858Encomium(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute8
3046376859Eschew(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from9
3046376860Excoriation(n.) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin10
3046376861Germane(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos11
3046376862Insatiable(adj.) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied12
3046376863Intransigent(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconciliable13
3046376864Invidious(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment14
3046376865Largesse(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions15
3046376866Ramify(v.) to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions16
3046376867Reconnaissance(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination ex: reconissance mission to map out enemies17
3046376868Substantiate(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to18
3046376869Taciturn(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little ex: Matthew19
3046376870Temporize(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise20
3046376871Tenable(adj.) capable of being held or defended21

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