AP LITERATURE VOCABULARY SET TWO Flashcards
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| 3600696954 | phlegmatic | (adj) CALM IN TEMPERAMENT; SLUGGISH | 0 | |
| 3600698385 | splenetic | (adj) bad-tempered, irritable (hint: think of spleen) | 1 | |
| 3600700961 | sanguine | (adj) Cheerfully confident; optimistic | 2 | |
| 3600701861 | choleric | (adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered | 3 | |
| 3600702170 | redundant | (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush | 4 | |
| 3600703156 | strumpet | (n) a female prostitute or a promiscuous woman. | 5 | |
| 3600703648 | sycophant | (n) servile flatterer, parasitic person, one who fawns in order to get ahead | 6 | |
| 3600704090 | unctuous | (adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable | 7 | |
| 3600705324 | auspicious | (adj.) favorable; fortunate | 8 | |
| 3600707657 | perquisite | (n.) a privilege that goes along with a job; a perk | 9 | |
| 3600709792 | stoic | (adj. or n.) indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast; (or a person who is...) | 10 | |
| 3600710365 | hackneyed | (adj) So commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original, trite | 11 | |
| 3600710366 | jaded | (adj) tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical | 12 | |
| 3600710954 | jejune | (adj.) lacking in nutritive value, lacking in interest or substance, immature, juvenile, naive | 13 | |
| 3600711545 | solipsist | (adj.) believing that oneself is all that exists | 14 | |
| 3600711546 | trite | (adj) lacking freshness or originality, lacking effectiveness due to overuse, cliche, hackneyed | 15 | |
| 3600712420 | hamartia | (n.) a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine | 16 | |
| 3600712421 | hubris | (n.) Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy | 17 | |
| 3600712880 | didactic | (adj.) A term used to describe fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking; Intended to teach | 18 | |
| 3600713210 | mawkish | (adj) excessively and objectionably sentimental to the point of disgust; having a mildly sickening flavor | 19 | |
| 3600713211 | ameliorate | (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming | 20 | |
| 3600713678 | fastidious | (adj.) Difficult to please; squeamish; easily disgusted by unpleasant things | 21 | |
| 3600713679 | ephemeral | (adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting | 22 | |
| 3600714299 | vacillate | (v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will | 23 | |
| 3600714864 | altruistic | (adj.) unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others | 24 |