AP Literature Flashcards
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| 4125709560 | Audacious | (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 0 | |
| 4125709561 | Prudent | (adj) wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future | 1 | |
| 4125709948 | Perfunctory | (adj.) Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm | 2 | |
| 4125709949 | Prone | (adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely | 3 | |
| 4125710190 | Succumb | (v.) to give way to superior force, yield | 4 | |
| 4125710792 | Chide | (v.) to blame; scold | 5 | |
| 4125710793 | Respite | (n.) a period of relief or rest | 6 | |
| 4125710976 | Ostracize | (v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away | 7 | |
| 4125710977 | Paragon | (n.) a model of excellence or perfection | 8 | |
| 4125714479 | Pretensions | (n.) a claim or the assertion of a claim to something | 9 | |
| 4125714480 | Paradigm | (n.) an example that is a perfect pattern or model (Because the new SUV was so popular, it became the paradigm upon which all others were modeled.) | 10 | |
| 4125714757 | Anachronism | (n.) Something out of place in time | 11 | |
| 4125714758 | Colloquial | (adj.) characteristic of informal conversation (Adam's essay on sexual response in primates was marked down because it contained too many colloquial expressions.) | 12 | |
| 4125715026 | Ambiguous | (adj.) (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning. | 13 | |
| 4125715027 | Veracity | (n.) truthfulness, accuracy (With several agencies regulating the reports, it was difficult for Latifah to argue against its veracity.) | 14 | |
| 4125715191 | Truncate | (v.) to shorten by cutting off (After winning the derby, the jockey truncated the long speech he had planned and thanked only his mom and his horse.) | 15 | |
| 4125715192 | Derisive | (adj.) abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicul | 16 | |
| 4125715356 | Convoluted | (adj.) intricate, complicated (Grace's story was so convoluted that I couldn't follow it.) | 17 | |
| 4125715530 | Surfeit | (n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess | 18 | |
| 4125715531 | Ferocity | (n.) Savageness. | 19 | |
| 4125715532 | Ardent | (adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned | 20 | |
| 4125715773 | Qualms | (n.) an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction | 21 | |
| 4125715774 | Carnal | (adj.) Sensual. | 22 | |
| 4125716269 | Perogative | (n) a right or privilege, especially acquired through rank or class | 23 | |
| 4125716270 | Ingenious | (adj.) clever, resourceful (Her ingenious use of walnuts instead of the peanuts called for by the recipe was lauded by the other garden club members who found her cake delicious.) | 24 |