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AP Literature Vocab. Unit 10 Flashcards

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5248165642Acumen(n) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment syn: perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity ant: ignorance, stupidity, obtuseness0
5248169445Adjudicate(v) to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal syn: arbitrate, referee, mediate1
5248173889Anachronism(n) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other syn: chronological error2
5248178495Apocryphal(adj) of doubtful or questionable authenticity syn: fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus ant: authentic, genuine, true3
5248191064Disparity(n) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness syn: discrepancy, incongruity ant: similarity, likeness, congruity4
5248196647Dissimulate(v) to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions syn: pretend, misrepresent ant: reveal5
5248200281Empirical(adj) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable syn: observed, pragmatic ant: theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural6
5248207223Flamboyant(adj) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold syn: ostentatious, florid ant: staid, sedate, decorous, seemly, sober7
5248212504Fulsome(adj) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening syn: inordinate, repulsive ant: understand, muted, restrained, agreeable8
5248217811Immolate(v) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another syn: kill ant: save, preserve9
5248220921Imperceptible(adj) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind syn: minimal, undetectable ant: conspicuous, noticeable, flagrant10
5248225223Lackey(n) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower syn: toady, flunky, hanger-on ant: lord, liege, boss11
5248229986Liaison(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 syn: intermediary, channel12
5248251087Monolithic(adj) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity syn: undifferentiated, massive, dense ant: diversified, variform, multifarious13
5248255679Mot Juste(n) the most suitable or exact word or expression ant: misnomer, misusage, malapropism14
5248262409Nihilism(n) a total rejection of existing laws; extreme radicalism ant: conservatism15
5248265623Patrician(n) a member of the ruling class; a person of high rank; (adj) belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person syn: aristocrat, peer, highborn ant: commoner, plebeian16
5248275882Propitiate(v) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease syn: mollify ant: alienate, provoke, annoy17
5248282986Sic(adv) thus so; intentionally written so18
5248285122Sublimate(v) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctive impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel syn: elevate19

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