AP BRITISH LITERATURE VOCABULARY FOR FINAL Flashcards
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4535119266 | austere | severe or stern in manner | 0 | |
4535120618 | austere | without adornment or luxury, simple, plain | 1 | |
4535122180 | austere | harsh or sour in flavor | 2 | |
4535123227 | austere | forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned | 3 | |
4535125514 | cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | 4 | |
4535127371 | cadverous | corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly | 5 | |
4535132059 | concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish) | 6 | |
4535134624 | concoct | to devise, invent, fabricate | 7 | |
4535135458 | concoct | create, fashion, rustle up | 8 | |
4535137685 | debase | to lower in character, quality, or value | 9 | |
4535140203 | debase | to degrade, adulterate | 10 | |
4535142874 | debase | to cause to deteriorate | 11 | |
4535144711 | debase | cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate | 12 | |
4535147911 | desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently | 13 | |
4535150788 | desecrate | to contaminate, pollute | 14 | |
4535153807 | desecrate | profane, defile, violate | 15 | |
4535156764 | disconcert | to confuse | 16 | |
4535158201 | disconcert | to disturb the composure of | 17 | |
4535159527 | disconcert | upset, rattle, ruffle, faze | 18 | |
4535161515 | inconsequential | trifling, unimportant | 19 | |
4535162553 | inconsequetial | trivial, negligible, paltry | 20 | |
4535163674 | infraction | a breaking of law or obligation | 21 | |
4535163675 | infraction | violation, transgression, offense | 22 | |
4535174210 | prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion | 23 | |
4535178329 | prate | prattle, blab, palaver | 24 | |
4535180063 | redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe | 25 | |
4535182266 | redoubtable | illustrious, eminent | 26 | |
4535183201 | redoubtable | formidable, august | 27 | |
4535185452 | restitution | the act of restoring someone or someting to the rightful owner or to a former state or position | 28 | |
4535190120 | restitution | making good on a loss or damage | 29 | |
4535192456 | restitution | reimbursement, redress restoration | 30 | |
4535194034 | stalwart | strong and sturdy | 31 | |
4535195642 | stalwart | brave | 32 | |
4535196891 | stalwart | resolute | 33 | |
4535196892 | stalwart | study, stout, intrepid, valiant | 34 | |
4535200224 | consternation | dismay, confusion | 35 | |
4535201760 | consternation | shock, amazement, bewilderment,dismay | 36 | |
4535206127 | corpulent | fat | 37 | |
4535208001 | corpulent | having a large, bulky body | 38 | |
4535208748 | corpulent | overweight, heavy obese, stout, portly | 39 | |
4535209929 | expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text | 40 | |
4535213085 | expurgate | to cleanse, purify | 41 | |
4535214508 | expurgate | purge, censor, bowdlerize | 42 | |
4535216697 | ignoble | mean, low, base | 43 | |
4535217525 | ignoble | inferior, unworthy, sordid | 44 | |
4535220105 | intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control | 45 | |
4535221090 | intemperate | inclement | 46 | |
4535221091 | intemperate | excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate | 47 | |
4535223192 | odium | hatred, contempt | 48 | |
4535226988 | odium | disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct | 49 | |
4535228188 | odium | abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy | 50 | |
4535229859 | perfidy | faithlessness, treachery | 51 | |
4535231958 | perfidy | betrayal, disloyalty, treason | 52 | |
4535234849 | relegate | to place in a lower position | 53 | |
4535236421 | relegate | to assign, refer, turn over | 54 | |
4535237242 | relegate | banish | 55 | |
4535237243 | relegate | transfer, consign, demote, exile | 56 | |
4535239051 | subservient | subordinate in capacity or role | 57 | |
4535240567 | subservient | submissively obedient | 58 | |
4535241621 | subservient | serving to promote some end | 59 | |
4535243366 | subservient | secondary, servile, obsequious, useful | 60 | |
4535251507 | abate | to make less in amount, degree, etc. | 61 | |
4535252373 | abate | to subside, become less | 62 | |
4535253327 | abate | to nullify | 63 | |
4535253328 | abate | to deduct, omit | 64 | |
4535254896 | abate | diminish, decrease, subside, let up | 65 | |
4535256997 | anathema | an object of intense dislike | 66 | |
4535258649 | anathema | a curse or strong denunciation | 67 | |
4535263952 | anathema | malediction, imprecation, abomination | 68 | |
4535266442 | astute | shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom | 69 | |
4535268126 | astute | acute, sagacious, judicious, wily | 70 | |
4535843232 | culpable | deserving blame, worthy of comdemnation | 71 | |
4535844369 | culpable | guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy | 72 | |
4535847362 | dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate | 73 | |
4535849506 | dilatory | not prompt | 74 | |
4535849507 | dilatory | intended to delay or postpone | 75 | |
4535850908 | dilatory | stalling, slow, tardy, laggard | 76 | |
4535854031 | egregious | conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) | 77 | |
4535857429 | egregious | glaring, flagrant, blatant | 78 | |
4535860138 | irresolute | unable to make up one's mind, hesitating | 79 | |
4535861376 | irresolute | indecisive, vacillating, wavering | 80 | |
4535862370 | penury | extreme povery | 81 | |
4535863643 | penury | barrenness, insufficiency | 82 | |
4535864926 | penury | destitution, indigence | 83 | |
4535866126 | recapitulate | to review a series of facts | 84 | |
4535868244 | recapitulate | to sum up | 85 | |
4535869157 | recapitulate | review, summarize, go over | 86 | |
4535870484 | slovenly | untidy, dirty, careless | 87 | |
4535871989 | slovenly | unkempt, slatternly, lax | 88 | |
4535876005 | accrue | to grow or accumulate over time | 89 | |
4535877154 | accure | to happen as a natural result | 90 | |
4535877155 | accure | collect, accumulate, proceed from | 91 | |
4535878890 | annotation | a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work | 92 | |
4535880273 | bedlam | a state or scene of uproar and confusion | 93 | |
4535883066 | bedlam | commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy | 94 | |
4535884826 | efficacious | effective, producing results | 95 | |
4535886380 | efficacious | effectual, efficient, potent, powerful | 96 | |
4535888201 | equanimity | calmness, composure, refusal to panic | 97 | |
4535890123 | equanimity | tranquility, impertubability | 98 | |
4535892953 | fortuitous | accidental, occurring by a happy chance | 99 | |
4535895102 | fortuitous | unintentional,unplanned, random, lucky | 100 | |
4535897418 | imperious | overbearing, arrogant | 101 | |
4535898629 | imperious | seeking to dominate | 102 | |
4535898630 | imperious | pressing, compelling | 103 | |
4535899836 | imperious | domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative | 104 | |
4535903282 | invective | a strong denunciation or condemnation | 105 | |
4535905698 | invective | abusive language | 106 | |
4535907539 | invective | vituperation, abuse, philippic | 107 | |
4535909162 | motley | showing great variety | 108 | |
4535911154 | motley | composed of different elements of many colors | 109 | |
4535912524 | motley | a jester's costume | 110 | |
4535913987 | motley | a jester | 111 | |
4535915008 | motley | variegate, heterogeneous, diverse | 112 | |
4535916433 | munificent | extremely generous, lavish | 113 | |
4535918096 | munificent | bounteous,liberal | 114 | |
4535919832 | recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding | 115 | |
4535921956 | recondite | arcane, abstruse | 116 | |
4535923504 | reprobate | a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel | 117 | |
4535925915 | reprobate | corrupt or unprincipled | 118 | |
4535928910 | reprobate | to disapprove of, condemn | 119 | |
4535930660 | reprobate | scoundrel,blackguard, immoral, corrupt | 120 | |
4535951393 | reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke | 121 | |
4535952730 | reprove | chastise, upbraid, reproach | 122 | |
4535958379 | equivocate | to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation | 123 | |
4535959865 | equivocate | to be deliberately vague or ambiguous | 124 | |
4535960972 | equivocate | to talk out of both sides of one's mouth, palter, hedge | 125 |