AP LITERATURE Flashcards

5692733333	aggrieved	troubled	0
5692733334	degenerate	inferior	1
5692733335	obstinately	stubbornly; inflexibly	2
5692733336	plaintive	mournful; sad	3
5692733337	reticent	restrained or reserved, especially in speech	4
5692733338	taciturnity	silence or extreme reserve; unwillingness to speak	5
5692733339	discomfiture	confusion; embarrassment	6
5692733340	scintillating	brilliant; sparkling	7
5692733341	spectral	ghostly	8
5692733342	almshouse	publicly supported home for the poor; poorhouse	9
5692733343	destitute	lacking the necessities of life; in absolute want	10
5692733344	incessant	continuing without interruption; unceasing	11
5692733345	inexorable	unchangeable; unyielding; unstoppable	12
5692733346	squalid	having a wretched, poverty-stricken appearance	13
5692733347	stoicism	indifference to pleasure or pain; impassivity	14
5692733348	exaltation	feeling of great rapture or well-being	15
5692733349	imploring	asking earnestly	16
5692733350	inarticulate	not clearly expressed	17
5692733351	lineaments	distinctive features, especially of the face	18
5692733352	querulous	whining or complaining	19
5692733353	slatternly	neglected and dirty	20
5692733354	uncouth	odd or clumsy; lacking good manners or grace	21
5692733355	exanimate	showing no sign of life; lifeless	22
5692733356	supercilious	having or showing arrogant superiority	23
5692733357	prodigal	spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant	24
5692733358	innuendo	an indirect comment about a person or thing, especially a disparaging or derogatory one	25
5692733359	dilatory	tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy	26
5692733360	rancor	bitter, rankling resentment or ill will, hatred, malice	27
5692733361	impetuous	impulsive; characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.	28
5692733362	garrulous	excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters	29
5692733363	nebulous	hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused	30
5692733364	punctilious	showing great attention to detail or correct behavior	31
5692733365	ambiguity	open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations	32
5692733366	meretricious	apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity	33
5692733367	laudable	deserving praise; commendable	34
5692733368	libertine	a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or responsibility, especially in sexual matters	35
5692733369	prig	a self-righteously moralist person who behaves as if superior to others	36
5692733370	magnanimous	very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself	37
5692733371	erroneous	wrong; incorrect; containing error	38
5692733372	vacuous	having or showing a lack in ideas or intelligence; mindless	39
5692733373	debauchee	a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures	40
5692733374	redolent	bringing to mind; strongly reminiscent or suggestive of	41
5692733375	feigned	pretended to feel or be affected by something; insincere	42
5692733376	subterfuge	deceit used in order to achieve one's goal; trickery	43
5692733377	hauteur	haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride; snobbery	44
5692733378	cordial	courteous and gracious; friendly; warm	45
5692733379	truculent	eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant	46
5692733380	docile	ready to accept control or instruction; submissive	47
5692733381	lecherous	having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire	48
5692733382	vagrant	a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging	49
5692733383	imperious	assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering	50
5692733384	petulant	(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered	51
5692733385	fatuous	silly and pointless	52
5692733386	titular	holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority; in title or name only; honorary	53
5692733387	doleful	expressing sorrow; mournful	54
5692733388	languid	lacking energy	55
5692733389	servile	having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others	56
5692733390	declivity	a downward slope	57
5692733391	veneration	great respect; reverence	58
5692733392	sidle	move sideways, especially in a shy or stealthy manner	59
5692733393	zenith	point of culmination; highest peak	60
5692733394	cantankerous	bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative	61
5692733395	denunciation	public condemnation of someone or something	62
5692733396	gaunt	lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age	63
5692733397	proprietor	the owner of a business, or a holder of property	64
5692733398	arable	(of land) used or suitable for growing crops	65
5692733399	wrath	extreme anger aroused by a real or supposed wrong	66
5692733400	sodden	saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through	67
5692733401	forlorn	pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely	68