AP LITERATURE Flashcards

3083095414	aggrieved	troubled	0
3083095415	degenerate	inferior	1
3083096201	obstinately	stubbornly; inflexibly	2
3083097246	plaintive	mournful; sad	3
3083097988	reticent	restrained or reserved, especially in speech	4
3083099292	taciturnity	silence or extreme reserve; unwillingness to speak	5
3083102160	discomfiture	confusion; embarrassment	6
3083104645	scintillating	brilliant; sparkling	7
3083104646	spectral	ghostly	8
3083105532	almshouse	publicly supported home for the poor; poorhouse	9
3083109687	destitute	lacking the necessities of life; in absolute want	10
3083110888	incessant	continuing without interruption; unceasing	11
3083112122	inexorable	unchangeable; unyielding; unstoppable	12
3083113273	squalid	having a wretched, poverty-stricken appearance	13
3083114746	stoicism	indifference to pleasure or pain; impassivity	14
3083116511	exaltation	feeling of great rapture or well-being	15
3083117866	imploring	asking earnestly	16
3083119288	inarticulate	not clearly expressed	17
3083119289	lineaments	distinctive features, especially of the face	18
3083121162	querulous	whining or complaining	19
3083122183	slatternly	neglected and dirty	20
3083123266	uncouth	odd or clumsy; lacking good manners or grace	21
3083124625	exanimate	showing no sign of life; lifeless	22
3159306653	supercilious	having or showing arrogant superiority	23
3159308494	prodigal	spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant	24
3159312040	innuendo	an indirect comment about a person or thing, especially a disparaging or derogatory one	25
3159316817	dilatory	tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy	26
3159318499	rancor	bitter, rankling resentment or ill will, hatred, malice	27
3159324085	impetuous	impulsive; characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.	28
3159327534	garrulous	excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters	29
3159331837	nebulous	hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused	30
3159334146	punctilious	showing great attention to detail or correct behavior	31
3159336437	ambiguity	open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations	32
3159338532	meretricious	apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity	33
3159341116	laudable	deserving praise; commendable	34
3159342775	libertine	a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or responsibility, especially in sexual matters	35
3159347275	prig	a self-righteously moralist person who behaves as if superior to others	36
3159351135	magnanimous	very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself	37
3159354665	erroneous	wrong; incorrect; containing error	38
3159356709	vacuous	having or showing a lack in ideas or intelligence; mindless	39
3159358890	debauchee	a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures	40
3159360957	redolent	bringing to mind; strongly reminiscent or suggestive of	41
3159364484	feigned	pretended to feel or be affected by something; insincere	42
3159368427	subterfuge	deceit used in order to achieve one's goal; trickery	43
3159369879	hauteur	haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride; snobbery	44
3159371828	cordial	courteous and gracious; friendly; warm	45
3671583355	truculent	eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant	46
3671584746	docile	ready to accept control or instruction; submissive	47
3671587358	lecherous	having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire	48
3671589544	vagrant	a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging	49
3671591709	imperious	assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering	50
3671594035	petulant	(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered	51
3671597834	fatuous	silly and pointless	52
3671600310	titular	holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority; in title or name only; honorary	53
3671604524	doleful	expressing sorrow; mournful	54
3671605898	languid	lacking energy	55
3671607877	servile	having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others	56
3671609835	declivity	a downward slope	57
3671612141	veneration	great respect; reverence	58
3671613372	sidle	move sideways, especially in a shy or stealthy manner	59
3671616052	zenith	point of culmination; highest peak	60
3671617126	cantankerous	bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative	61
3671619685	denunciation	public condemnation of someone or something	62
3671621695	gaunt	lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age	63
3671623576	proprietor	the owner of a business, or a holder of property	64
3671626798	arable	(of land) used or suitable for growing crops	65
3671629096	wrath	extreme anger aroused by a real or supposed wrong	66
3671631223	sodden	saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through	67
3671632547	forlorn	pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely	68