10724653728 | plaintive (adj.) | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful | 0 | |
10724653729 | portend (v.) | to signify, indicate | 1 | |
10724653730 | semblance (n.) | outward aspect or appearance, unreal appearance | 2 | |
10724653731 | penury (n.) | extreme poverty, impoverishment | 3 | |
10724653733 | desolate (v.) | to abandon, devastate or depopulate | 4 | |
10724653735 | ascetic (adj.) | characterized or suggesting the practice of severe self discipline | 5 | |
10724653736 | sullen (adj.) | bad tempered and sulky, gloomy | 6 | |
10724653737 | peremptory (adj.) | insisting on immediate attention/obedience | 7 | |
10724653738 | soporific (adj.) | sleepy, drowsy or tediously boring | 8 | |
10724653740 | ludicrous (adj.) | so foolish, unreasonable or out of place as to be amusing | 9 | |
10724653741 | facade (n.) | a deceptive outward appearance | 10 | |
10724653742 | approbation (n.) | approval or praise | 11 | |
10724653743 | interminable (adj.) | endless (often used hyberbollically) | 12 | |
10724653745 | calumny (v.) | slander (towards someone) | 13 | |
10724653746 | acquiesce (v.) | accept something reluctantly but w/o protest | 14 | |
10724653747 | propitious (adj.) | giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable | 15 | |
10724653748 | venerate (v.) | regard with great respect, revere | 16 | |
10724653749 | phlegmatic (adj.) | having an unemotional and stolidly calm desparation | 17 | |
10724653750 | enigma (n.) | a person/thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand | 18 | |
10724653751 | deprecate (v.) | express disapproval of | 19 | |
10724653752 | noxious (adj.) | harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant | 20 | |
10724653753 | assiduous (adj.) | showing great care and perseverance | 21 | |
10724653754 | solicitous (adj.) | characterized by or showing interest or concern | 22 | |
10724653755 | fastidious (adj.) | very concerned about accuracy and detail | 23 | |
10724653756 | insipid (adj.) | lacking flavor; weak or tasteless | 24 | |
10724653757 | inveterate (adj.) | having a particular habit that is unlikely to change | 25 | |
10724653759 | enervate (adj.) | lacking in energy | 26 | |
10724653760 | trepidation (n.) | a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that is unlikely to change | 27 | |
10724653761 | evince (v.) | reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate | 28 | |
10724653762 | engender (v.) | cause or give rise to | 29 | |
10724653763 | capricious (adj.) | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood/behavior | 30 | |
10724653764 | countenance (n.) | a person's face or support | 31 | |
10724653766 | conjecture (n.) | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information | 32 | |
10724653767 | inexorable (n.) | impossible to stop or prevent | 33 | |
10724653768 | sardonic (adj.) | grimly mocking or cynical | 34 | |
10724653769 | impetuous (adj.) | acting or done quickly and w/o thought or care | 35 | |
10724653770 | equivocal (adj.) | open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 36 | |
10724653771 | transitory (adj.) | not permanent | 37 | |
10724653772 | ephemeral (adj.) | lasting for a very short time | 38 | |
10724653775 | obscure (v.) | to keep from being seen | 39 | |
10724653776 | sanguine (adj.) | optimistic or positive (esp: in a bad situation) | 40 | |
10724653779 | prodigal (n.) | a person who spends money recklessly | 41 | |
10724653780 | discern (v.) | to recognize or find out | 42 | |
10724653781 | profligate (adj.) | recklessly extravagant/wasteful in the use of resources | 43 | |
10724653782 | profligate (n.) | a promiscuous and dissolute person | 44 | |
10724653783 | languid (adj.) | having/showing a disinclination for physical exertion/effort, unenergetic | 45 | |
10724653784 | sententious (adj.) | given to moralizing in a pompous manner, self- righteous | 46 | |
10724653785 | disposition (n.) | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character, constitution | 47 | |
10724653786 | apoplexy (n.) | bleeding within the organs | 48 | |
10724653787 | insuperable (adj.) | impossible to overcome | 49 | |
10724653788 | indefatigable (adj.) | persisting tirelessly | 50 | |
10724653789 | capacious (adj.) | spacy, roomy | 51 | |
10724653790 | fervent (adj.) | energetic, ardent | 52 | |
10724653791 | ascertain (v.) | to verify | 53 | |
10724653792 | innocuous (adj.) | harmless, benign | 54 | |
10724653793 | dauntless (adj.) | brave | 55 | |
10724653794 | picayune (adj.) | worthless | 56 | |
10724653795 | querulous (adj.) | whiny, grouchy | 57 | |
10724653796 | puerile (adj.) | immature, callow | 58 | |
10724653797 | indemnity (n.) | payment, compensation | 59 | |
10724653798 | effluence (n.) | outflow, wordiness, verbosity | 60 | |
10724653799 | irascible (adj.) | irritant, billious | 61 | |
10724653800 | imbibe (v.) | consume, absorb | 62 | |
10724653801 | dross (n.) | trash, dreg | 63 | |
10724653802 | physiognomy (n.) | outward appearance, countenance | 64 | |
10724653803 | confabulation (n.) | conversation, palaver | 65 | |
10724653804 | Noisome (adj.) | Disgusting; offensive | 66 | |
10724653805 | Conciliate (v.) | To calm; to satisfy | 67 | |
10724653806 | Automaton (n.) | A robot; a gadget | 68 | |
10724653807 | misconstrue (v.) | to interpret wrongly; to misjudge | 69 | |
10724653808 | Propinquity (n.) | Proximity (nearness in place); kinship (nearness in relationship) | 70 | |
10724653809 | Asperity (n.) | Bitterness, irritability, meanness | 71 | |
10724653810 | Tyro (n.) | Beginner, newcomer, novice | 72 | |
10724653811 | panegyric (n.) | Speech praising someone (often dead), an encomium | 73 | |
10724653812 | Assuage (v.) | To ease, to listen, conciliate | 74 | |
10724653813 | Invidious (adj.) | Offense; hateful, full of enmity | 75 | |
10724653814 | effrontery (n.) | shameless boldness, impudence | 76 | |
10724653815 | disquieting (adj.) | unsettling; disturbing | 77 | |
10724653816 | rapt (adj.) | wholly absorbed; captivated; immersed | 78 | |
10724653817 | sapient (adj.) | wise; intelligent | 79 | |
10724653818 | mien (n.) | manner; personality; disposition | 80 | |
10724653819 | capitulate (v.) | to surrender | 81 | |
10724653820 | preclude (v.) | to prevent; to hinder; to impede | 82 | |
10724653821 | disputatious (adj.) | argumentative; fond of argument | 83 | |
10724653822 | salient (adj.) | significant; remarkable; obvious | 84 | |
10724653823 | facile (adj.) | effortless; deft; hasty | 85 | |
10724653824 | maladroit (adj.) | clumsy; unskillful | 86 | |
10724653825 | fait accompli (n.) | An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed | 87 | |
10724653826 | pedantry (n.) | slavish attention to rules; meticulousness; extreme exactness | 88 | |
10724653827 | ineffable (adj.) | inexpressible; indescribable; unspeakable | 89 | |
10724653828 | eclectic (adj.) | assorted; diversified; multifarious | 90 |
AP Literature Vocabulary (Summer) Flashcards
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