AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

5012431468	Piety	Deep religious devotion	0
5012431469	Tempestuous	Characterized by strong and turbulent; conflicting emotion	1
5012484064	Colloquial	Informal speech; ordinary conversation or slang	2
5012484065	Lexicon	Vocabulary of a person/group; a language or a discipline	3
5012484066	Ephemeral	Transitory; short-lived	4
5012484067	Voracious	Wanting or devouring great quantities of food	5
5012484068	Pervasive	Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people	6
5012484069	Iniquity	Repulsive injustice, wicked violation of one's decency	7
5012484070	Unctuous	Excessive or ingratiatingly flattering; oily	8
5012484071	Misanthropist	A person who avoids social interactions	9
5023829508	Nebulous	Cloudy or hazy; confused	10
5023829509	Lucid	Expressed clearly; easy to understand	11
5023829510	Cathartic	Providing psychological relief through expression of strong emotions	12
5023829511	Placate	To make someone less angry or upset	13
5023829512	Paradigm	An established standard of the way things are	14
5074198686	Mellifluous	Sweet or musical, pleasant to the ear	15
5074198687	Trepidation	A fear about something that might happen	16
5074198688	Covetous	Showing great desire to acquire something	17
5074198689	Vicissitudes	Unfortunate alteration in a circumstance or event	18
5074198690	Jarring	Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing	19
5145496036	Obfuscate	Make something more difficult to understand	20
5145496037	Querulously	Characterized by or spoken using complaints	21
5145496038	Espy	To catch sight of something or to catch a glimpse	22
5145496039	Ireful	Full of intense anger; wrathful	23
5145496040	Ineffable	Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words	24
5329306978	Rapt	To be completely engrossed or immersed in something	25
5329306979	Derisive	Expressing contempt or ridicule	26
5329306980	Bombastic	High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated	27
5329306981	Explicate	To analyze and develops (an idea or principle) in detail	28
5329306982	Incessantly	Constantly, without interruption	29
5329306983	Absolved	Set or declare someone free from blame, guilt, or responsibility	30
5329306984	Guile	Cunning deception	31
5329306985	Ignominious	Deserving or causing a public disgrace or shame	32
5329306986	Meritocratic	Based upon personal achievement or success	33
5329306987	Perturb	To unsettle someone or fill them with anxiety	34
5543241378	Inexorable	Impossible to stop or prevent	35
5543241379	Debauchery	Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures	36
5543241380	Vindictive	Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge	37
5543241381	Venerate	Regard with great respect	38
5543241382	Clandestonely	Executed with secrecy or concealment	39
5543241383	Superseded	Take the place of, take over from	40
5543241384	Staid	Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous	41
5543241385	Etiolated	(Of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light	42
5543241386	Niggle	Cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety	43
5543241387	Aquiline	Like an eagle	44
5543241388	Myriad	Countless or extremely large number	45
5543241389	Avaricious	Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain	46
5543241390	Titular	Holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority; denoting a person or thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken	47
5543241391	Persiflage	Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter	48
5543241392	Deprecate	Express strong disapproval of	49
6051977886	Quail	Feel or show fear or apprehension	50
6051977887	Premonition	Anticipation of an event without conscious reason; previous notice or warning	51
6051977888	Itresolutr	Showing or feeling hesitancy	52
6051977889	Haranguing	Lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner	53
6051977890	Schism	Split or division between strongly opposed parties due to opinion or belief	54
6051977891	Susceptible	Likely to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing	55
6051977892	Vicarious	Experienced in he imagination though the feelings or actions of another person	56
6051977893	Pyrrhic	(Of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor	57
6051977894	Demur	To raise doubts or objections, or to show reluctance	58
6051977895	Solipsism	The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist	59
6051977896	Acquiesce	To accept something with reluctance or dread	60
6051977897	Mendacious	Lying	61
6051977898	Cloistered	Kept away from the outside world; sheltered	62
6051977899	Placid	Serene without disturbance	63
6051977900	Languorous	Lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness	64
6051977901	Extemporaneous	Spoken or done without preparation	65
6051977902	Chastise	Rebuke or reprimand severely	66
6051977903	Cajole	Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery	67
6051977904	Inextricably	In a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate	68
6051977905	Supercilious	Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others	69
6051977906	Lament	To express grief for or about; to mourn	70
6051977907	Wilful	Intentional; deliberate	71
6051977908	Amicable	Having a spirit of friendliness	72
6051977909	Vexatious	Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry	73
6051977910	Erroneous	Mistaken; containing error	74
6051977911	Equivocate	To be ambiguous (in language) as a result of uncertainty	75
6051977912	Sinewy	Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful	76
6051977913	Desultory	Lacking a plan purpose or enthusiasm	77
6051977914	Insipid	Lacking interest or significance	78
6051977915	Succinct	Briefly and clearly expressed	79
6103860687	Compunctious	A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad	80
6103872109	Despondent	Without it almost without hope	81
6103872110	Lechery	Offensive or excessive sexual desire; lustfulness	82
6103872111	Trifle	Something of little value	83
6103872112	Multitudinous	Very numerous	84
6259400737	Febrile	Having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement or energy; having or showing symptoms of a gevee	85
6259400738	Lucrative	Producing a great deal of profit	86
6259400739	Taciturn	Reserved or uncommunicative in soeech	87
6259400740	Plebeian	A commonor	88
6259400741	Fatuous	Silly and pointless	89
7306358230	Perfunctory	(Of an action or gesture) Carrie it with a minimum of effort or reflection	90
7306358231	Gregarious	(Of a person) fond of company; sociable	91
7306358232	Garrulous	Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters	92
7306358233	Guise	An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something	93
7306358234	Mawkish	Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way	94
7306358235	Ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	95
7306358236	Haggard	Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering	96
7306358237	Jocund	Cheerful and lighthearted	97
7306358238	Circumspect	Wary and unwilling to take rosks	98
7306358239	Austere	Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance	99
7306358240	Ken	Ones range of knowledge or sight	100
7306358241	Odious	Extremely unpleasant; repulsive	101
7306358242	Esoteric	Intended for it likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest	102
7306358243	Squalid	(Of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect	103
7306358244	Animosity	Strong hostility	104
7306358245	Dogma	A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true	105
7306358246	Dejected	Sad and depressed; dispirited	106
7306358247	Benevolent	Well meaning and kind	107
7306358248	Paroxysm	A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion of activity	108
7306358249	Capricious	Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior	109
7306358250	Ascetic	Characterized by practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons	110
7306358251	Benign	Gentle; kindly	111
7306358252	Declivity	A downward slope	112
7306358253	Calamity	An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster	113
7306358254	Lugubrious	Looking or sounding sad and dismal	114
7306358255	Efface	Make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous	115
7306358256	Insolence	Rude or disrespectful behavior	116
7306358257	Farcical	Resembling a farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects	117
7306358258	Perdition	(I'm Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death	118
7306358259	Abscond	Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft	119