5247205196 | acquiesce (adj) | to comply silently and without protest | 0 | |
5247205197 | alacrity (noun) | willingness, liveliness | 1 | |
5247205198 | beneficence (noun) | the doing of good | 2 | |
5247205199 | benevolent (adj) | expressing good will or desire to help others | 3 | |
5247205200 | capitulate (verb) | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms | 4 | |
5247205201 | connubial (adj) | of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal | 5 | |
5247205202 | convivial (adj) | friendly; agreeable | 6 | |
5247205203 | corroborate (verb) | to make more certain; confirm | 7 | |
5247205204 | discriminate (verb) | a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group to which the person or thing belongs | 8 | |
5247205205 | emulate (verb) | to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass | 9 | |
5247205206 | indifferent (adj) | without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic | 10 | |
5247205207 | malevolent (adj) | wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; malicious: | 11 | |
5247205208 | nefarious (adj) | extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous | 12 | |
5247205209 | objective (noun, adj) | purpose; goal; target | 13 | |
5247205210 | predilection (noun) | a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference | 14 | |
5247205211 | prudent (adj) | wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious | 15 | |
5247205212 | rancor (noun) | bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. | 16 | |
5247205213 | rectitude (noun) | rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue; correctness | 17 | |
5247205214 | sanguine (adj) | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident | 18 | |
5247205215 | sully (verb) | to soil, stain, or tarnish | 19 | |
5247205216 | advocate (verb) | to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly | 20 | |
5247205217 | amiable (adj) | having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable | 21 | |
5247205218 | antipathy (noun) | a natural, basic, or habitual opposition | 22 | |
5247205219 | apathy (noun) | absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement | 23 | |
5247205220 | chaste (adj) | not engaging in sexual relations; celibate | 24 | |
5247205221 | disparage (verb) | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle | 25 | |
5247205222 | duress (noun) | compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint. | 26 | |
5247205223 | efficacy (noun) | capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness | 27 | |
5247205224 | enigma (noun) | a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation | 28 | |
5247205225 | inveterate (adj) | settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like | 29 | |
5247205226 | militant (adj) | vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause | 30 | |
5247205227 | patrimony (noun) | any quality, characteristic, etc., that is inherited; heritage | 31 | |
5247205228 | pompous (adj) | characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance | 32 | |
5247205229 | reticent (adj) | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. | 33 | |
5247205230 | sagacity (noun) | acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment | 34 | |
5247205231 | somber (adj) | gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted | 35 | |
5247205232 | succor (noun) | a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc. | 36 | |
5247205233 | tirade (noun) | a prolonged outburst of bitter speech | 37 | |
5247205234 | venerate (verb) | to regard or treat with reverence; revere | 38 | |
5247205235 | vindicate (verb) | to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition | 39 | |
5247205236 | affinity (noun) | a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea | 40 | |
5247205237 | ambiguous (adj) | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal | 41 | |
5247205238 | anachronism (noun) | something or someone that is not in its correct time | 42 | |
5247205239 | arduous (adj) | requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult | 43 | |
5247205240 | candid (adj) | frank; outspoken; open and sincere | 44 | |
5247205241 | complacent (adj) | pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, self-satisfied | 45 | |
5247205242 | condescending (adj) | showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from superiority | 46 | |
5247205243 | deference (noun) | respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will | 47 | |
5247205244 | flout (verb) | to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock | 48 | |
5247205245 | gregarious (adj) | fond of the company of others; sociable | 49 | |
5247205246 | guile (noun) | insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity | 50 | |
5247205247 | incongruous (adj) | out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming | 51 | |
5247205248 | innuendo (noun) | an indirect intimation about a person, especially of a derogatory nature. | 52 | |
5247205249 | intimidate (verb) | to make timid; fill with fear | 53 | |
5247205250 | irrevocable (adj) | not to be revoked or recalled | 54 | |
5247205251 | pecuniary (adj) | of or relating to money | 55 | |
5247205252 | repudiate (verb) | to reject as having no authority or binding force | 56 | |
5247205253 | subtle (adj) | fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand | 57 | |
5247205254 | supercilious (adj) | haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression | 58 | |
5247205255 | ubiquitous (adj) | existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent | 59 | |
5247205256 | altruistic (adj) | unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others | 60 | |
5247205257 | amenities (noun) | an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility | 61 | |
5247205258 | aplomb (noun) | imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance | 62 | |
5247205259 | apocryphal (adj) | of doubtful authorship or authenticity | 63 | |
5247205260 | banal (adj) | devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite | 64 | |
5247205261 | behoove (verb) | to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage | 65 | |
5247205262 | decadent (adj) | characterized by falling into an inferior condition or state | 66 | |
5247205263 | deference (noun) | respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, of another | 67 | |
5247205264 | gauche (adj) | lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless | 68 | |
5247205265 | incessant (adj) | continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending | 69 | |
5247205266 | infamous (adj) | having an extremely bad reputation | 70 | |
5247205267 | insouciance (noun) | lack of care or concern; indifference | 71 | |
5247205268 | intrepid (adj) | feeling no fear : very bold or brave | 72 | |
5247205269 | inviolable (adj) | prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration | 73 | |
5247205270 | loquacity (noun) | the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity | 74 | |
5247205271 | maudlin (adj) | tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental | 75 | |
5247205272 | ostracize (verb) | to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation,privileges | 76 | |
5247205273 | posthumous (adj) | arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death | 77 | |
5247205274 | repartee (noun) | a quick, witty reply | 78 | |
5247205275 | travesty (noun, verb) | a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter, parody. | 79 |
Lesson (1-4) Vocabulary - AP Literature & Composition Flashcards
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