5501342661 | Accolade | (n.) praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting syn: kudos, acclaim, cheers, plaudits ant: boos, disapproval, censure | 0 | |
5501344773 | Acerbity | (n.) sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression syn: acidity, astringency, mordancy, asperity ant: blandness, mellowness, mildness | 1 | |
5501347554 | Attrition | (n.) the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment syn: abrasion, erosion, reduction ant: augmentation, proliferation, enlargement | 2 | |
5501349974 | Bromide | (n.) a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative syn: platitude | 3 | |
5501352258 | Chauvinist | (adj.) extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; (n.) such a person syn: superpatriot, flag-waver, jingoist | 4 | |
5501357703 | Chronic | (adj.) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often syn: recurrent, persistent, inveterate, habitual ant: transitory, transient, sporadic | 5 | |
5501360800 | Expound | (v.) to explain in detail syn: elucidate, delineate | 6 | |
5501361793 | Factionalism | (n.) party strife and intrigue syn: infighting ant: unanimity, harmony, agreement, consensus | 7 | |
5501367814 | Immaculate | (adj.) spotless; without blemish or fault syn: unsoiled ant: blemished, tarnished, stained, sullied | 8 | |
5501369467 | Imprecation | (n.) a curse; the act of cursing syn: execration ant: benediction | 9 | |
5501370907 | Ineluctable | (adj.) not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome syn: unavoidable, inevitable ant: avoidable, escapable, reversible, revocable | 10 | |
5501388911 | Mercurial | (adj.) characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant syn: erratic, capricious, volatile ant: phlegmatic, sluggish, constant, steady | 11 | |
5501391775 | Palliate | (v.) to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate syn: alleviate, extenuate ant: intensify, magnify, aggravate | 12 | |
5501397167 | Protocol | (n.) customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats; a type of international agreement; a memorandum, official account, or record syn: code of conduct, minutes | 13 | |
5501406492 | Respendent | (adj.) shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent syn: radiant, dazzling, glorious ant: dull, lusterless | 14 | |
5501409462 | Stigmatize | (v.) to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious syn: sully, taint ant: whitewash, laud, extol | 15 | |
5501412081 | Sub Rosa | (adv.) in secret; confidentially; privately; (adj.) secretive syn: secretly, covertly, stealthily, furtively ant: overtly, openly | 16 | |
5501415982 | Vainglory | (n.) excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display syn: vanity, conceit, swagger, pretentiousness ant: humility, modesty, diffidence | 17 | |
5501420219 | Vestige | (n.) a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanished syn: artifact, remains | 18 | |
5501421959 | Volition | (n.) the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding syn: free will, choice ant: coercion, compulsion, duress | 19 |
AP Literature Vocab. Unit 13 Flashcards
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