AP Literature Flashcards

2822498972	gynarchy	n. government by women	0
2822499697	ambience	n. atmosphere	1
2822501575	sententious	adj. pompously moralizing	2
2822502056	vindicate	v. clear from blame	3
2822502057	wry	adj. cleverly humorous	4
2822502652	lachrymose	adj. tearful	5
2822502653	denouement	n. final resolution	6
2822503245	traduce	v. humiliation by bad comments	7
2822503246	dispassionate	adj. not affected by emotions	8
2822504189	apostrophe	n. speaking to someone who is not there	9
2822504490	allegory	n. extended metaphor	10
2822504491	picaresque	adj. relating to rascals	11
2822505351	truculent	adj. scathingly harsh	12
2822505352	efficacious	adj. effectiveness	13
2822505991	motif	n. recurring theme	14
2828001179	pristine	adj. unspoiled	15
2828001180	ribald	adj. coarsely humorous	16
2828002293	expunge	v. to remove, delete, or erase	17
2828002294	insouciant	adj. carefree	18
2828003457	caesura	n. a break or line in poetry; divides a four beat line in half	19
2919658588	epistolary	adj. in the style or form of letters	20
2919662253	courtesan	n. mistress of a wealthy man	21
2919665520	panegyric	n. formal or elaborate praise	22
2919671559	temerity	n. rashness	23
2919675944	in media res	n. technique of starting a story in the middle	24
2919680792	pastoral	n. portraying countryside	25
2919683204	petulance	n. impatience	26
2919685045	sycophant	n. toady	27
2919687209	pragmatic	adj. practical	28
2919689175	frame story	n. an introductory narrative in which one or more of the characters proceeds to tell a story	29
3212932652	placate	v. To Pacify	30
3212934304	simian	adj. Apelike	31
3212936103	incipient	adj. Beginning to exist	32
3212936805	phantasmagoria	n. Shifting of imagery	33
3212937579	conceit	n. Far-Fetched extended metaphor	34
3212937580	obdurate	adj. Stubborn	35
3212937581	abet	v. to encourage	36
3212938344	tableau	n. Picturesque presentation	37
3212939201	parsimony	n. Stinginess	38
3212928815	naivete	n. Irony innocence and simplicity	39
3219800224	jejune	adj. void of value, dull	40
3219803898	schadenfreude	n. enjoyment obtained from others pain	41
3219804398	enervate	v. to derive of vigor	42
3219804399	craven	adj. cowardly	43
3219805028	dirge	n. expression of grief of someone's death, meant to be sung	44
3219805029	usurp	v. seize wrongfully	45
3219805904	recalcitrant	adj. disobedient	46
3219806123	avarice	n. extreme greed	47
3219806471	ineffable	adj. indescribable	48
3219806904	satire	n. making fun of something to insight change	49
3336498680	debase	v. to lower in quality	50
3336498999	ascetic	adj. person who practices severe self-discipline	51
3336500457	Torpor	adj. sluggishness	52
3336501909	ubiquitous	adj. present everywhere	53
3336502596	foil	n. character who highlights main character's temperaments	54
3336503851	vitiate	v. to corrupt	55
3336504222	deleterious	adj. harmful	56
3336504682	perfidious	adj. deceitful	57
3336505951	stygian	adj. dark and gloomy	58
3336506441	metaphysical	adj. excessively subtle or theoretical	59
3345479154	Remonstrate	To say or plead in protest	60
3345479155	Slavish	Without originality	61
3345479156	Lament	To express grief	62
3345479157	Castigate	To subject to severe punishment or reproof	63
3345479158	Epiphany	Any moment of great revelation	64