1218612360 | allay | (v) to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain | 0 | |
1218612361 | capacious | (adj.) able to hold much, roomy | 1 | |
1218612362 | diurnal | (Adj) 1) Daily; occurring in a day or every day 2) Active during the daytime rather than at night | 2 | |
1218612363 | extricate | (v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort | 3 | |
1218612364 | ignominious | Adj. Disgraceful and dishonorabl | 4 | |
1218612365 | mitigate | v. make less severe, serious or, painful | 5 | |
1218612366 | palpitate | (v) to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter | 6 | |
1218612367 | phlegmatic | (adj) calm, unexcitable, sluggish. | 7 | |
1218612368 | propitious | (adj) of good omen, fortunate or lucky | 8 | |
1218612369 | prostrate | adj. Lying facedown, especially to show repect | 9 | |
1218612370 | acquiesce | (v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit | 10 | |
1218612371 | amity | (n.) friendship; peaceful relations, as between countries | 11 | |
1218612372 | arduous | (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort | 12 | |
1218612373 | gestalt | A unified whole (n) | 13 | |
1218612374 | inundate | (v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size | 14 | |
1218612375 | perjury | (noun) The deliberate act of misleading, lying or withholding information from a testimony in court. | 15 | |
1218612376 | perspicuity | (n) Clearness, lucidity | 16 | |
1218612377 | preposterous | (adj) ridiculous, senseless, absurd | 17 | |
1218612378 | trepidation | (n.) fear, fright, trembling | 18 | |
1218612379 | voluble | (adj.) characterized by a ready flow of words; glib, fluent | 19 | |
1218612380 | admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty | 20 | |
1218612381 | aplomb | (n) poise, assurance, great self-confidence | 21 | |
1218612382 | barrage | (n) a rapid, large-scale outpouring of something | 22 | |
1218612383 | cognizant | (adj.) (usually followed by 'of') having knowledge or understanding; aware, informed | 23 | |
1218612384 | collusion | (N) A conspiracy; A secret agreement for fraudulent purposes | 24 | |
1218612385 | hegemony | (noun) the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others | 25 | |
1218612386 | nebulous | (adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct | 26 | |
1218612387 | paradigm | (n) Model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc. | 27 | |
1218612388 | unctuous | (adj.) Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable | 28 | |
1218612389 | urbane | (adj.) suave, cool,refined, sophisticated, polished in manners and style | 29 |
AP Literature Vocabulary List #3 Flashcards
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