30944183 | dichotemy | a division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups. | |
30944184 | ascetic | a person who leads an austere, simple life. abstains from unnecessary pleasures of life. | |
30944185 | aesthetic | pertaining to sense of the beautiful or to science of aesthetics. visually pleasing. | |
30944186 | beguile | charm or divert. | |
30944187 | crass | without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid. | |
30944188 | defray | bear or pay all or part of. | |
30944189 | visceral | characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect. | |
30944190 | enjoin | prescribe with authority or emphasis. | |
30944191 | interloper | someone who trespasses, an intruder, an uninvited person. | |
30944192 | vicarious | felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others. | |
31401849 | admonish | to advise another against something to be avoided; caution; warn; or to scold. | |
31401850 | sepulchral | of or relating to a burial vault or a receptacle for sacred relics; suggestive of grave, gloomy, tomb-like. | |
31401851 | assuage | take away; to make less intense or severe. | |
31401852 | licentious | sexually unrestrained or promiscuous, having no regard for accepted rules of behavior. | |
31401853 | muse | source of inspiration, a spirit; to think or reflect on something. | |
31401854 | pecuniary | of or relating to money. | |
31401855 | plight | a situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one. | |
31401856 | presumptuous | bold and insolent, going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward. | |
31401857 | subversive | intended or serving to subvert, especially intended to overthrow or undermine an established government. | |
31401858 | vacuous | lacking intelligence; stupid; devoid of substance or meaning. | |
31401859 | garrulous | pointlessly or annoyingly talkative. | |
31401860 | abidence | adherence, compliance; to abide by the rules. | |
31401861 | microscopic | too small to be seen by the naked eye. | |
31994092 | acerbic | biting, bitter tone or taste. | |
31994093 | acrimony | bitterness, discord. | |
31994094 | brusque | short, abrupt, dismissive. | |
31994095 | cacophony | tremendous noise, disharmonious sound. | |
31994096 | capricious | subject to whim, fickle. | |
31994097 | bucolic | relating to idyllic pastoral country life. | |
31994098 | eschew | to shun, avoid. | |
31994099 | evanescent | fleeting, momentary. | |
31994100 | fallacious | incorrect, misleading. | |
31994101 | fastidious | meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards. | |
31994102 | anachronism | when something is chronologically out of place. | |
31994103 | statuesque | having the grace or poise of a statue. | |
32483769 | inherently | established as an essential part of something. | |
32483770 | insidious | corrupting, artful, cunning, wily, subtle, crafty. | |
32483771 | inextricably | incapable of being disentangled, undone, loosed, or solved. | |
32483772 | obsequious | obedient; dutiful. | |
32483773 | multifarious | numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold. | |
32483774 | ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations. | |
32483775 | imminent | likely to occur at any moment; impending | |
32484795 | eminent | prominent; projecting; protruding. | |
32484796 | conflated | to fuse into one entity; merge. | |
32484797 | diametric | in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete. | |
32484798 | waif | a stray item or article. | |
34155767 | disparity | inequality or difference in some respect | |
34155768 | inexorable | not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course | |
34155769 | ineffable | inexpressible | |
34155770 | vacillate | to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another | |
34155771 | akin to | like | |
34155772 | pique | to arouse or excite | |
34155773 | whet | sharpen; stimulate | |
34155774 | mellifluous | having a rich, smoothly flowing sound | |
34155775 | mysogyny | dislike of women | |
34155776 | sycophantic | a person who flatters influential people to further themself | |
34155777 | impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse | |
34155778 | moribund | close to death; in a dying state | |
34155779 | reticent | quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings | |
34155780 | insipid | lacking interest or flavor | |
34155781 | nefarious | extreme wickedness | |
34155782 | ennui | weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom | |
34155783 | torrid | very hot, scorching; passionate, ardent | |
34155784 | blase | bored in life, unimpressed | |
34155785 | cajole | to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises | |
34155786 | specificity | the quality or state of being specific | |
34155787 | infused | to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; to fill with emotion or feelings | |
34155788 | suppliant | petitioner | |
34155789 | magnum opus | a great work; the chief work of a writer or artist | |
34155790 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special | |
34155791 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original | |
34155792 | fissure | a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts |
AP Literature Vocabulary
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