AP Literature Flashcards

2942882986	hiatus	a gap, opening, or break.	0
2942882987	coalition	a combination or alliance.	1
2942882988	intercede	to act as a go-between in an argument.	2
2942882989	expostulate	to attempt to dissuade someone from a decision by earnest reasoning.	3
2942882990	assuage	to make milder or less severe.	4
2942882991	hackneyed	used so often as to lack freshness or originality.	5
2942882992	elicit	to draw forth	6
2942882993	approbation	expression of approval	7
2942882994	decadence	decline, decay, or deterioration	8
2942882995	jaded	worn-out or dulled Syn; sated, surfeited, cloyed	9
2942882996	unctuous	excessively smooth or smug Syn; mealy-mouthed, servile, fawning, greasy	10
2942882997	transcend	to rise above or go beyond Syn; surpass, outstrip	11
2942882998	provincial	pertaining to an outlying area; local Syn; narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive	12
2942882999	prerogative	a special right or privilege Syn; perquisite, perk	13
2942883000	Lurid	causing shock, horror, or revulsion Syn; gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly	14
2942883001	meritorious	worthy, deserving recognition, and praise Syn; praiseworthy, laudable, commendable	15
2942883002	simulate	to make a pretense of; imitate Syn; feign, pretend, affect	16
2942883003	umbrage	to take offense; resentment Syn; irritation, pique, annoyance	17
2942883004	petulant	easily irritated and upset Syn; irritable, testy, waspish	18
2942883005	precipitate	to cause to happen suddenly or Characterized by excessive haste Syn; provoke, produce Syn; reckless, impetuous	19
2942883006	occult	supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena Syn; supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane	20
2942883007	stringent	strict, precise, severe Syn; stern, rigorous, tough urgent imperative	21
2942883008	aplomb	self-confidence or assurance Syn; composure, self-possession, levelheadedness	22
2942883009	infringe	actively break the terms of Syn; encroach, impinge, intrude, poach	23
2942883010	permeate	spread throughout; pervade	24
2942883011	millenium	a period of a thousand years or period of great joy Syn; chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace	25
2942883012	callow	inexperienced and immature Syn; green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced	26
2942883013	drivel	silly nonsense Syn; balderdash, hogwash	27
2942883014	epitome	A summary Syn; abstract, digest, model, archetype	28
2942883015	interloper	One who moved in where he is not wanted Syn; trespasser, meddler	29
2942883016	lassitude	a state of physical or mental weakness Syn; fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor	30
2942883017	intrinsic	belonging naturally; essential Syn; immanent, organic	31
2942883018	inveigh	to speak or write about with great hostility Syn; rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate	32
2942883019	exhort	to strongly encourage or urge Syn; entreat, implore, adjure	33
2942883020	ameliorate	to make better Syn; amend, better	34
2942883021	ex officio	by virtue of one's status or position	35
2942883022	ingratiate	bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them Syn; curry favor	36
2942883023	surmise	to suppose that something is true w/o having evidence to confirm it syn; infer, gather	37
2942883024	bombastic	high sounding but with little meaning Syn; inflated, highfalutin, pretentious	38
2963536013	expiate	atone for Syn; redeem, atone, make reparation	39
2963536014	ferment	A state of great excitement(n.) worked into state of great excitement(v.) Syn; commotion, turmoil, unrest	40
2963536732	enjoin	to instruct or urge to do something Syn; bid, charge, command, adjure	41
2973900304	circuitous	longer than the most direct way Syn; indirect, meandering, winding	42
2973900305	ascribe	to attribute to Syn; impute, credit	43
2973900306	adventitious	happening according to chance rather than design or inherit nature Syn; extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous	44
2973900307	abominate	to detest Syn; loathe, abhor, despise, detest	45
2973900308	acculturation	cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture Syn; adaption	46
2963535249	commiserate	express or feel sympathy or pity Syn; empathize	47
2963535250	expedite	to make happen soon or make easy Syn; accelerate, facilitate, speed up	48
3215984536	sleazy	ethically low, mean, or disreputable Syn; inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty	49
3215988906	remonstrate	make forcefully reproachful protest Syn; reason against, expostulate	50
3215994480	sedulous	showing dedication and diligence Syn; assiduous, tireless, indefatigable	51
3215995932	scurrilous	coarsely abusive, vulgar, or low Syn; obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative	52
3215999719	resilient	able to return to an original shape Syn; springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy	53
3216001966	reverberate	to re-echo or resound Syn; rumble, boom, echo	54
3216003876	propensity	a natural inclination or predilection toward Syn; natural, proclivity, penchant	55
3216006434	repudiate	deny the validity of Syn; disavow, abjure, renounce	56
3216008127	querulous	complaining in a petulant manner Syn; petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable	57
3216010222	irrevocable	incapable of being changed Syn; irreversible, inalterable	58
3216021943	vitriolic	bitter, sarcastic Syn; withering, acerbic, mordant	59
3216023540	sangfroid	composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances Syn; poise, self-assurance, equanimity	60
3216027236	nominal	existing in name only, not real Syn; titular, token, trifling, inconsequential	61
3216029679	noncommittal	not decisive or definite Syn; cagey, uninformative	62
3216030832	wheedle	to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end Syn; cajole, inveigle	63
3216033847	proclivity	a natural or habitual inclination or tendency Syn; natural, penchant, propensity	64
3216036229	seditious	resistant to lawful authority Syn; mutinous, rebellious, subversive	65
3216037600	surmise	suppose that something is true w/o having evidence to confirm it Syn; infer, gather	66
3216068404	peculate	to steal something that has been given into one's trust Syn; embezzle, defraud, misappropriate	67
3216073937	inadvertent	resulting from or marked by lack of attention Syn; accidental, unconsidered	68
3216077436	tenuous	thin, slender, not dense Syn; flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy	69
3566201354	Affable	Courteous and pleasant, easy to speak to Syn; genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial	70
3566435039	Aggrandize	To increase in greatness, power or wealth Syn; augment, amplify, enhance, exalt	71
3566435040	Armorphous	Shapeless, w/o definite form Syn; formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate	72
3566435041	Aura	That wil hoco surrounds-as an atmosphere Syn; ambience, atmosphere	73
3566435042	Contrband	(N.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods (Adj.) illegal, prohibited Syn; illicit, bootleg, unlawful	74
3566435043	Erudite	Scholarly, having or showing knowledge gained by studying Syn; well-read, learned, lettered, literate	75
3566435044	Gossamer	(Adj.)Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial (N.)a very thin light cloth Syn; filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy	76
3566435045	Infer	To find out by reasoning Syn; gather, deduce, presume, speculate	77
3566435046	Inscrutable	Incapable of being understood Syn; impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic	78
3566435047	Insular	Narrow or isolated in outlook or experience Syn; narrow-minded, parochial, provincial	79
3566435048	Amnesty	A pardon for an offense against a gov. Syn; pardon, reprieve, absolution, clemency	80
3566435049	Autonomy	Self-government Syn; sovereignty, individualism, home rule	81
3566435050	Aciomatic	Self-evident Syn; granted, understood, given, undeniable	82
3566435051	Blazon	To display publicly Syn; broadcast, trumpet	83
3566435052	Caveat	A warning or caution Syn; admonition, caution, proviso, comdition	84
3566435053	Eauitable	Fair or just Syn; right, reasonable, evenhanded	85
3566435054	Extricate	To fee from entanglement Syn; disentangle, extract, disengage	86
3566435055	Filch	To steal in a casual way Syn; pilfer, purloin, swipe	87
3566435056	Flout	To mock or treat w comtempt Syn; scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn	88
3566435057	Fractious	Irritable and quarrelsome Syn; refractory, recalcitrant, peevish	89
3566435058	Precept	A rule of conduct Syn; principle, maxim	90
3566435059	Salutary	Favorable to health Syn; salubrious, curative	91
3566435060	Scathing	Bitterly sever, as a remark Syn; searing, harsh, ferocious, savage	92
3566435061	Scourge	(N.) a whip or lash (V.)whip or punish severely Syn; bane, plague, pestilence Syn; flog, beat	93
3566435062	Sepulchral	Gloomy Syn; doleful, lugubrious, mortuary	94
3566435063	Soporific	(Adj.)tending to cause sleep (N.)something that induces sleep Syn; baring Syn; narcotic, anesthetic	95
3566435064	Strait-laced	Excessively strict Syn; conventional, stuffy	96
3566435065	Transient	(Adj.)Not lasting (N.)one who stays only a short time Syn;impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent Syn; temp	97
3566538616	Unwieldy	Not easily managed Syn; cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical	98
3566538617	Anomalous	Abnormal Syn; exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant	99
3566538618	Aspersion	A derogatory remark Syn; innuendo, calumny, denigration	100
3566538619	Bizzare	Markedly unusual Syn; grotesque, fantastic, outlandish	101
3566538620	Brusque	Abrupt in manner Syn; curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough	102
3566538621	Cajole	To persuade by flatter or promises Syn; wheedle, inveigle	103
3566538622	Castigate	To criticize severely Syn; chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid	104
3566538623	Contrive	To plan with ingenuity Syn; devise, concoct, fabricate	105
3566538624	Demagogue	A person who gains power by arousing the emotions of the people using false claims Syn; rabble-rouser, firebrand	106
3566538625	Disabuse	To free from deception Syn; undeceived, enlighten	107
3566538626	Ennui	Feeling of utter weariness & discontent resulting from satiety Syn; languor, listlessness	108
3566538627	Fetter	(N.)A chain placed on the feet To chain or shackle Syn; bond, restraint Syn: bind, hamper	109
3566538628	Heinous	Offensive or hateful Syn; evil, odious, abominable, outrageous	110
3566538629	Immutable	Not capable of being changed Syn; Unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable	111
3566538630	Insurgebt	(N.)A rebel (Adj.)rising in revolt Syn; rebel, revolutionary, insurrectionist Syn; rebellious, mutinous	112
3566538631	Megalomania	Delusion marked by feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc. syn; delusions of grandeur	113
3566562212	Sinecure	A position requiring little or no work Syn; appointment, cushy	114
3566562213	Surreptitious	Secret, intended to escape observation Syn; furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed	115
3566562214	Transgress	To go beyond a limit or boundary Syn; overstep, exceed, trespass	116
3566562215	Transmute	To change from one nature to another Syn; transform, convert, translate, metamorphose	117
3566562216	Vicarious	Performed by one person in place of another Syn; surrogate, substitute, imagined	118