AP Literature Flashcards
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| 4861842420 | plaintive | adj. sad | 0 | |
| 4861842421 | portentous | adj. foreboding | 1 | |
| 4861842423 | semblance | n. alikeness, resemblance | 2 | |
| 4861842424 | penury | n. extreme poverty | 3 | |
| 4861842425 | desolate | adj. abandoned | 4 | |
| 4861842426 | ascetic | adj. abstinent | 5 | |
| 4861842427 | sullen | adj. gloomy | 6 | |
| 4861842428 | peremptory | adj. domineering | 7 | |
| 4861842429 | soporific | adj. boring | 8 | |
| 4861842430 | ludicrous | adj. ridiculous; PREPOSTEROUS | 9 | |
| 4861842431 | façade | n. exterior | 10 | |
| 4861842432 | approbation | n. approval | 11 | |
| 4861842433 | interminable | adj. never-ending | 12 | |
| 4861842434 | calumny | n. slander | 13 | |
| 4861842435 | acquiesce | v. to yield | 14 | |
| 4861842436 | propitious | adj. favorable | 15 | |
| 4861842437 | venerate | v. to admire | 16 | |
| 4861842438 | phlegmatic | adj. indifferent | 17 | |
| 4861842439 | enigma | n. puzzle | 18 | |
| 4861842440 | deprecate | v. to belittle; to discommend | 19 | |
| 4861842441 | noxious | adj. deadly | 20 | |
| 4861842442 | assiduous | adj. hard-working; SEDULOUS | 21 | |
| 4861842443 | solicitous | adj. concerned | 22 | |
| 4861842444 | fastidious | adj. picky; METICULOUS | 23 | |
| 4861842445 | insipid | adj. dull | 24 | |
| 4861842446 | enervate | v. to fatigue; to VITIATE | 25 | |
| 4861842447 | trepidation | n. fear | 26 | |
| 4861842448 | intrepid | adj. brave | 27 | |
| 4861842449 | evince | v. to show clearly | 28 | |
| 4861842450 | indefatigable | adj. tireless | 29 | |
| 4861842451 | insuperable | adj. impossible to overcome | 30 | |
| 4861842452 | engender | v. to generate | 31 | |
| 4861842453 | capricious | adj. erratic; IRRESOLUTE; IMPETUOUS | 32 | |
| 4861842454 | countenance | n. outward appearance; PHYSIOGNOMY | 33 | |
| 4861842455 | conjecture | n; v. a guess; to guess | 34 | |
| 4861842456 | inexorable | adj. relentless | 35 | |
| 4861842457 | sardonic | adj. bitterly sarcastic | 36 | |
| 4861842458 | impetuous | adj. impulsive; CAPRICIOUS | 37 | |
| 4861842459 | equivocal | adj. uncertain | 38 | |
| 4861842460 | transitory | adj. temporary; EPHEMERAL | 39 | |
| 4861842461 | ephemeral | adj. fleeting; TRANSITORY | 40 | |
| 4861842462 | obscure | adj/v. cryptic; to hide | 41 | |
| 4861842463 | sanguine | adj. optimistic | 42 | |
| 4861842464 | prodigal | adj. wasteful, PROFLIGATE | 43 | |
| 4861842465 | discern | v. to detect | 44 | |
| 4861842466 | profligate | adj. reckless, PRODIGAL | 45 | |
| 4861842467 | languid | adj. indifferent | 46 | |
| 4861842468 | sententious | adj. pithy | 47 | |
| 4861842469 | disposition | n. frame of mind | 48 | |
| 4861842470 | apoplexy | n. stroke | 49 | |
| 4861842471 | picayune | adj. cheap | 50 | |
| 4861842472 | querulous | adj. whiny | 51 | |
| 4861842473 | puerile | adj. childish; CALLOW | 52 | |
| 4861842474 | effluence | n. outflow, VERBOSITY | 53 | |
| 4861842475 | fervent | adj. intense; ARDENT | 54 | |
| 4861842476 | ascertain | v. to verify | 55 | |
| 4861842477 | innocuous | adj. harmless | 56 | |
| 4861842478 | dauntless | adj. brave | 57 | |
| 4861842479 | indemnity | n. payment | 58 | |
| 4861842480 | capacious | adj. spacious | 59 | |
| 4861842481 | inveterate | adj. habitual | 60 | |
| 4861842482 | noisome | adj. offensive; disgustive | 61 | |
| 4861842483 | dross | n. trash | 62 | |
| 4861842484 | irascible | adj. irritable; BILIOUS; PETULANT; QUERULOUS | 63 | |
| 4861842485 | misconstrue | v. to misjudge | 64 | |
| 4861842486 | automaton | n. robot | 65 | |
| 4861842487 | conciliate | v. to calm | 66 | |
| 4861842488 | tyro | n. beginner; newcomer; novice | 67 | |
| 4861842489 | asperity | n. bitterness | 68 | |
| 4861842490 | propinquity | n. proximity | 69 | |
| 4861842491 | assuage | v. to ease | 70 | |
| 4861842492 | invidious | adj. offensive | 71 | |
| 4861842493 | panegyric | n. eulogy; encomium | 72 | |
| 4861842494 | imbibe | v. consume, swallow, ingest, absorb | 73 | |
| 4861842495 | physiognomy | n. outward appearance; COUNTENANCE | 74 | |
| 4861842496 | confabulation | n. conversation; PALAVER | 75 | |
| 4861842497 | effrontery | n. audacity | 76 | |
| 4861842498 | disquieting | adj. unsettling | 77 | |
| 4861842499 | rapt | adj. captivated | 78 | |
| 4861842500 | sapient | adj. intelligent | 79 | |
| 4861842501 | mien | n. manner; DISPOSITION | 80 | |
| 4861842502 | capitulate | v. to surrender | 81 | |
| 4861842503 | preclude | v. to prevent | 82 | |
| 4861842504 | disputatious | adj. argumentative | 83 | |
| 4861842505 | salient | adj. significant | 84 | |
| 4861842506 | facile | adj. effortless | 85 | |
| 4861842507 | maladroit | adj. clumsy | 86 | |
| 4861842508 | fait accompli | n. irreversible deed | 87 | |
| 4861842509 | pedantry | n. meticulousness | 88 | |
| 4861842510 | ineffable | adj. inexpressible | 89 | |
| 4861842511 | salubrious | adj. wholesome | 90 | |
| 4967633124 | misanthropy | hatred for mankind | 91 | |
| 4967633125 | eclectic | assorted, *multifarious* | 92 | |
| 4967636354 | cursory | superficial | 93 | |
| 4967639734 | dissimulate | to feign | 94 | |
| 4967639736 | immutable | unchanging | 95 | |
| 4967641063 | ameliorate | to make better | 96 | |
| 4967641966 | palliate | to soothe, *mitigate* | 97 | |
| 4967643516 | fetter | to restrain, to *trammel* | 98 | |
| 4967644805 | arrogate | to take or claim without right | 99 | |
| 4967648292 | predilection | a passion, *proclivity* | 100 | |
| 4967649975 | choleric | hot tempered | 101 | |
| 4967651310 | ambivalent | indecisive, *irresolute* | 102 | |
| 4967652607 | contumelious | insolent | 103 | |
| 4967652654 | prurient | obscene, *lascivious* | 104 | |
| 4967654264 | machinations | schemes | 105 | |
| 4967657019 | ignominious | shameful | 106 | |
| 4967658010 | pedantic | unimaginative, *didactic* | 107 | |
| 4967659971 | imperious | insistent, *peremptory* | 108 | |
| 4967661192 | rankle | to irritate | 109 | |
| 4967661193 | exculpate | to pardon | 110 |