AP Literature Vocabulary 9 Flashcards
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| 3977055454 | mercurial | emotionally unpredictable; known for mood swings | 0 | |
| 3977085871 | miasma | poisonous swamp vapor: harmful influence or atmosphere | 1 | |
| 3977089901 | milieu | environment, surroundings | 2 | |
| 3977091232 | mirthful | merry, happy, gleeful | 3 | |
| 3977093533 | mordant | bitingly sarcastic, caustic | 4 | |
| 3977095335 | moribund | being in a dying or decaying condition | 5 | |
| 3977097745 | muckrake | to expose political misconduct | 6 | |
| 3977099587 | munificent | generous | 7 | |
| 3977101320 | myopia | nearsightedness, lacking foresight | 8 | |
| 3977103440 | nabob | wealthy, influential person | 9 | |
| 3977105085 | nascent | coming into existence, being born | 10 | |
| 3977106760 | neophyte | a beginner, novice | 11 | |
| 3977108350 | nepotism | showing favoritism to friends and family, as in granting positions in jobs or politics | 12 | |
| 3977112963 | niggardly | stingy, small in a mean way, ignorantly | 13 | |
| 3977117610 | nihilism | the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe, existence is senseless or useless | 14 | |
| 3977155820 | nirvana | a blissful, painless state, supreme happiness | 15 | |
| 3977157655 | noisome | harmful, unwholesome, stinking, putrid | 16 | |
| 3977159688 | nonplus | to bewilder, puzzle, confuse | 17 | |
| 3977161439 | obdurate | stubborn | 18 | |
| 3977163740 | obsequious | fawning, subservient, servile | 19 |