AP LITERATURE VOCABULARY (Fall 2016) Flashcards
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| 5335353619 | prodigious | adj. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree. (syn. enormous, tremendous) | 0 | |
| 5335392654 | surreptitious | adj. stealthy, hidden (syn. secretive, stealthy) | 1 | |
| 5335394869 | tactile | adj. of or connected with the sense of touch | 2 | |
| 5335397636 | maudlin | adj. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental. sometimes associated with drunkenness | 3 | |
| 5335402153 | intrinsic | adj. belonging naturally; essential | 4 | |
| 5335403988 | satiate | v. to satisfy to the full (adj. satiated) | 5 | |
| 5335406098 | languish | v. to suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation. | 6 | |
| 5335598483 | strumpet | n. a female prostitute or a promiscuous woman | 7 | |
| 5335600074 | palpitate | v. (of the heart) beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly | 8 | |
| 5335602541 | abject | adj. (of a situation or condition) extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading (of a person or his behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing | 9 | |
| 5335609998 | ephemeral | adj. lasting for a very short time | 10 | |
| 5335612042 | futile | adj. incapable of producing any useful result; pointless | 11 | |
| 5335617733 | limpid | adj. (of a liquid) free of anything that darkens; completely clear. (syn. transparent, translucent) | 12 | |
| 5335620833 | austere | adj. severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding 2. rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent 3. grave; sober; solemn; serious 4. without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe | 13 | |
| 5335634753 | rustic | adj. 1. of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural. 2. simple, artless, or unsophisticated. 3. uncouth, rude, or boorish. 4. made of roughly dressed limbs or roots of trees, as garden seats. 5. (of stonework) having the surfaces rough or irregular and the joints sunken or beveled. n. 6. a country person. 7. an unsophisticated country person. | 14 | |
| 5335640983 | vindictive | adj. 1. disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful. 2. proceeding from or showing a revengeful spirit. | 15 | |
| 5335650569 | poignant | adj. 1. keenly distressing to the feelings 2. keen or strong in mental appeal 3. affecting or moving the emotions 4. pungent to the smell | 16 | |
| 5335661156 | apocryphal | adj. 1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity 2. ecclesiastical - of doubtful sanction; uncanonical 3. false; spurious | 17 | |
| 5335667089 | misanthrope | n. hater of humanity (ant. philanthropist) | 18 | |
| 5335671306 | circumspect | adj. cautious; wary and unwilling to take risks | 19 | |
| 5335673575 | malignant | adj. 1. mean, vindictive, malevolent 2. of a disease, very virulent or infectious | 20 | |
| 5335677110 | insipid | adj. bland | 21 | |
| 5335679335 | discerning | adj. having or showing good judgment | 22 | |
| 5335681880 | disconcerting | adj. unsettling; concerning but in a disturbing way | 23 | |
| 5335684657 | reproach | v. to address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment. n. the expression of disapproval or disappointment. | 24 | |
| 5335698735 | excoriate | v. to censure or criticize severely | 25 | |
| 5335703311 | upbraid | v. to find fault (with someone); to scold | 26 | |
| 5335704768 | abhorrent | adj. inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant | 27 | |
| 5619162347 | petulant | adj. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered | 28 | |
| 5619179536 | auspicious | adj. conducive to success; favorable, propitious, lucky | 29 | |
| 5619183877 | perverse | adj. (of a person or their actions) showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences | 30 | |
| 5619198878 | malevolent | adj. having or showing a wish to do evil to others; malicious | 31 | |
| 5619202253 | deplorable | adj. deserving strong condemnation (think shameful and unforgivable); or shockingly bad in quality (think atrocious) | 32 | |
| 5619217278 | pragmatic | adj. dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical consideration; relating to philosophical or political pragmatism | 33 | |
| 5619233285 | phlegmatic | adj. (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition (calm, cool and composed) | 34 | |
| 5619243921 | splenetic | adj. bad-tempered; spiteful | 35 | |
| 5619249430 | sanguine | adj. optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation (optimistic) n. a blood-red color | 36 |