AP Literature Summer Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 4693999143 | Plaintive | (adj.) expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy | 0 | |
| 4693999619 | Portend/Portentous | (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of | 1 | |
| 4693999620 | Semblance | (n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition | 2 | |
| 4693999621 | Penury | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency | 3 | |
| 4693999791 | Desolate | (adj.) deserted, dreary, lifeless (She found the desolate landscape quite a contrast to the hustle and bustle of the overcrowded city.) | 4 | |
| 4693999792 | Ascetic | N. ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL, ADJ. SELF-DENYING OR AUSTERE | 5 | |
| 4693999793 | Sullen | (adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish. | 6 | |
| 4693999998 | Peremptory | (adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute | 7 | |
| 4693999999 | Soporific | (adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep | 8 | |
| 4694000084 | Ludicrous | (adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd | 9 | |
| 4694000085 | Facade | (n.) the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind) | 10 | |
| 4694000186 | Approbation | (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval | 11 | |
| 4694000187 | Interminable | (adj.) without possibility of end (The fact that biology lectures came just before lunch made them seem interminable.) | 12 | |
| 4694000300 | Calumny | (n.) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies (The local official's calumny ended up ruining his opponent's prospect of winning the election.) | 13 | |
| 4694000301 | Acquiesce | (v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit | 14 | |
| 4694000467 | Propitious | (adj.) favorable | 15 | |
| 4694000468 | Venerate | (v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect | 16 | |
| 4694000469 | Phlegmatic | (adj.) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional | 17 | |
| 4694000549 | Enigma | (n) puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person | 18 | |
| 4694000550 | Deprecate | (v.) to express mild disapproval; to belittle | 19 | |
| 4694000551 | Noxious | (adj.) harmful, unwholesome | 20 | |
| 4694000639 | Assiduous | (adj.) persistent, attentive, diligent | 21 | |
| 4694000640 | Solicitous | (adj.) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something | 22 | |
| 4694000912 | Fastidious | (adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards | 23 | |
| 4694000913 | Insipid | (adj.) dull, boring | 24 | |
| 4694001010 | Ascetic | N. ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL, ADJ. SELF-DENYING OR AUSTERE | 25 | |
| 4694001011 | Enervate | (v) weaken, tire | 26 | |
| 4694001103 | Trepidation/Intrepid | (n.) fear, fright, trembling | 27 | |
| 4694001104 | Evince | (v.) to show, reveal | 28 | |
| 4694001319 | Indefatigable | (adj.) incapable of defeat, failure, decay | 29 | |
| 4694001320 | Insuperable | (adj.) incapable of being overcome | 30 | |
| 4694001629 | Engender | TO CAUSE; PRODUCE | 31 | |
| 4694001875 | Capricious | ADJ. FICKLE, N. INCLINATION TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND COMPULSIVELY | 32 | |
| 4694002139 | Countenance | (n, v) facial expression or face (noun); approve or tolerate (verb) | 33 | |
| 4694002140 | Conjecture | (n.) the expression of or formulation of a theory without sufficient evidence or proof; (v.) to guess or formulate a theory without sufficient evidence or proof | 34 | |
| 4694002552 | Inexorable | (adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding | 35 | |
| 4694002837 | Sardonic | (adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | 36 | |
| 4694002838 | Impetuous | (adj) acting or done quickly and without thought or care | 37 | |
| 4694002839 | Equivocal | (adj.) ambiguous, uncertain, undecided | 38 | |
| 4694002920 | Transitory | (adj) temporary, short-lived, not lasting | 39 | |
| 4694002921 | Ephemeral | (adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting | 40 | |
| 4694002923 | Obscure | (adj.) unclear, partially hidden | 41 | |
| 4694003199 | Prodigal | (adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent | 42 | |
| 4694003200 | Discern | (v.) to see clearly, recognize | 43 | |
| 4694003201 | Profligate | (adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n.) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending | 44 | |
| 4694003294 | Languid | (adj) drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow; lacking in spirit | 45 | |
| 4694003295 | Sententious | (adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy | 46 | |
| 4694003475 | Disposition | (n) a person's general or natural mood; tendency | 47 | |
| 4694003596 | Apoplexy | (N) a stroke resulting from loss of blood to the brain; a hemorrhage in an organ cavity or tissue which may cause marked loss of bodily function. | 48 | |
| 4694003696 | Sanguine | (adj) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful | 49 |