7985817730 | erudite | (adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | 0 | |
8020440544 | recrudesce | verb: to break out or happen again | 1 | |
8020441048 | stupor | a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility | 2 | |
8020441049 | felicity | happiness; bliss | 3 | |
8020441050 | intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable | 4 | |
8020441051 | fidelity | faithfulness; loyalty | 5 | |
8020441371 | inexplorable | impossible to stop or prevent | 6 | |
8020441372 | imminence | the state or fact of being about to happen | 7 | |
8020441706 | bestowal | the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | 8 | |
8020441707 | absconded | departed suddenly | 9 | |
8020442087 | improbable | not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | 10 | |
8020442088 | bewildering | extremely confusing | 11 | |
8020442089 | desolation | a state of complete emptiness or destruction | 12 | |
8020442090 | gallantly | politely; in the manner of a gentleman | 13 | |
8020442454 | audacity | excessive boldness, rashness, daring | 14 | |
8020442455 | unscathed | wholly unharmed, not injured | 15 | |
8020442456 | fatalism | the belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means | 16 | |
8020442457 | indignantly | Angry at something unworthy, unjust, unfair | 17 | |
8020442782 | languor | lack of physical or mental energy | 18 | |
8020442783 | factitious | artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; | 19 | |
8020443149 | colossal | extremely large | 20 | |
8020443150 | deplorable | deeply regrettable; unfortunate. | 21 | |
8020443708 | odious | deserving hate or contempt | 22 | |
8085805761 | sodden | (adj.) soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless | 23 | |
8085805762 | liturgies | public rites; what people do in church | 24 | |
8085805763 | euphemisms | words or terms used to make something sound less unpleasant | 25 | |
8085805764 | akin | related to or alike | 26 | |
8085807070 | infirmity | physical or mental weakness | 27 | |
8085807071 | smug | self-satisfied | 28 | |
8085808602 | intuitive | instinctive, untaught | 29 | |
8085808603 | impassive | showing no emotion | 30 | |
8085808604 | metaphysical conceits | analogy between one entity's spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem. | 31 | |
8085809721 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 32 | |
8085809722 | self-parody | poking fun at one's self through a piece of literature | 33 | |
8085811006 | trite | commonplace; overused, stale | 34 | |
8085811007 | rabble | a disorderly crowd, a mob | 35 | |
8085811008 | analogous | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to | 36 | |
8085811009 | precedent | an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action | 37 | |
8085812391 | implicitly | absolutely; completely; totally | 38 | |
8085812392 | plight | A difficult or dangerous condition or situation | 39 | |
8085812393 | astuteness | the quality or state of having or displaying shrewd discernment and sagacity. | 40 | |
8085813342 | facility | aptitude, ease in doing something | 41 | |
8085821484 | dismayed | troubled, distressed | 42 | |
8085821485 | peril | serious and immediate danger | 43 | |
8085821486 | admonition | gentle warning; friendly reproof | 44 | |
8085821487 | effaced | eliminated or made indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface | 45 | |
8085821488 | torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness | 46 | |
8085821489 | anguish | agonizing physical or mental pain | 47 | |
8085821490 | metrical | of, relating to, or arranged in a rhythmic pattern of beats : of or relating poetic meter | 48 | |
8085821491 | sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | 49 | |
8085821492 | sinister | evil, ominous | 50 | |
8085821493 | sepulcher | a tomb or burial chamber | 51 | |
8085821494 | exultation | the utterance of sounds expressing great joy | 52 | |
8086221566 | palimpsest | parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased | 53 | |
8086221984 | insatiability | the condition of having unlimited wants and thus never being satisfied | 54 |
AP Literature Vocab #2 Flashcards
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