AP Literature Vocab 8 Flashcards

6126214817	recreant	(n.) a coward; a traitor	0
6126218806	miscreant	(n.) a vicious or depraved person; a villain	1
6126220753	desultory	(adj.) wandering from subject to subject; rambling; lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order	2
6126225234	sibilant	(adj.) hissing; characterized by a hissing sound	3
6126228016	apotheosis	(n.) the finest example; epitome; quintessence	4
6126231284	proletariat	(n.) a member of the working class	5
6126236031	specious	(adj.) pleasing to the eye but deceptive; misleading; superficially pleasing or plausible	6
6126239625	fulminate	(v.) to voice disapproval or protest	7
6126241617	jejune	(adj.) without interest; dull; insipid	8
6126243706	hegemony	(n.) influence or domination over; leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over another	9
6126249144	dross	(n.) refuse or waste	10
6126251650	verisimilitude	(n.) authenticity; the appearance of truth	11
6126253799	abnegate	(v.) to refuse or deny oneself; to renounce	12
6126256013	polyglot	(n.) someone who knows/uses two or more languages	13
6126258651	gravitas	(n.) seriousness, as in conduct or speech	14