AP Literature Vocabulary (All Words) Flashcards

3147838947	brazen	Bold and without shame	0
3147838948	compunction	A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; regret, sorrow	1
3147838949	din	Loud sustained noise	2
3147838950	edict	An official order	3
3147838951	indiscretion	A minor misdeed	4
3147838952	perquisites	Benefits and privileges	5
3147838953	sepulcher	A tomb, grave, or burial place	6
3147838954	tumult	1.A disorderly commotion or disturbance: 2. A state of agitation of the mind or emotion	7
3147838955	marauding	Roaming about in search of plunder	8
3147838956	suppliant	(adj.) Asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor	9
3147838957	admonish	To reprimand	10
3147838958	akimbo	With hands on hips and elbows extending outward	11
3147838959	lassitude	A state of diminished energy	12
3147838960	licentious	Displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints	13
3147838961	muse	(v.) To think about in a dreamy way, ponder (n.) A source of inspiration; a guiding spirit	14
3147838962	pecuniary	Consisting of or relating to money	15
3147838963	plight	A difficult or dangerous condition or situation	16
3147838964	presumptuous	Assuming too much; arrogant	17
3147838965	subversive	(adj.)Intended to undermine or overthrow; (n.) One who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system	18
3147838966	vacuous	Empty	19
3147838967	avocation	A hobby	20
3147838968	callous	Emotionally hardened; insensitive; unfeeling	21
3147838969	capricious	Changing one's mind quickly and often	22
3147838970	disparity	Inequality	23
3147838971	efficacy	Effectiveness	24
3147838972	Epistle	A letter	25
3147838973	Auspicious	Favorable	26
3147838974	Insipid	Dull; lacking in flavor	27
3147838975	Nefarious	Evil	28
3147838976	Impetus	A moving force, impulse, stimulus	29
3147838977	Moribund	Dying	30
3147838978	Vacillate	To physically sway or be indecisive	31
3147838979	Akin	Related by blood; having similar qualities or character	32
3147838980	Corroborate	To support with evidence	33
3147838981	Inexorable	Relentless	34
3147838982	Physiognomy	Facial features	35
3147838983	Retinue	A group that attends an important person	36
3147838984	Tedium	Boredom	37
3147838985	Torrid	Very hot, parching, burning; passionate	38
3147838986	Affront	Insult	39
3147838987	Blasé	(adj.) indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic	40
3147838988	Cajole	Coax	41
3147838989	Choleric	Easily angered	42
3147838990	Encumber	(v.) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); hinder	43
3147838991	Feckless	(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable	44
3147838992	Impasse	blocked path; dilemma with no solution	45
3147838993	Indolent	Lazy, slothful	46
3147838994	Lugubrious	sorrowful; mournful; dismal	47
3147838995	Ribald	humorous in a vulgar way	48
3147838996	Adulation	High praise	49
3147838997	Censure	To criticize harshly	50
3147838998	Dissemble	(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression	51
3147838999	Droll	Amusingly odd	52
3147839000	Expectorate	to spit	53
3147839001	palpate	examine by touch	54
3147839002	dissimulation	the act of deceiving	55
3147839003	peremptory	leaving no choice	56
3147839004	pusillanimous	cowardly	57
3147839005	surfeit	excessive amount	58
3147839006	allay	to lessen	59
3147839007	capacious	spacious	60
3147839008	didactic	Instructive often with moral intent	61
3147839009	diurnal	daily	62
3147839010	ignominious	shameful	63
3147839011	mitigate	to soften; to lessen	64
3147839012	palpitate	beat rapidly	65
3147839013	phlegmatic	sluggish	66
3147839014	Propitious	favorable	67
3147839015	Prostrate	lying flat	68
3147839016	Acquiesce	To accept without protest; to agree or submit	69
3147839017	Amity	friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations	70
3147839018	Arduous	Difficult	71
3147839019	Gestalt	The principle that maintains that the human eye sees objects in their entirety before perceiving their individual parts.	72
3147839020	Inundate	to overwhelm; to cover with water	73
3147839021	Perjury	lying under oath	74
3147839022	Perspicuity	clarity	75
3147839023	Preposterous	Ridiculous	76
3147839024	Trepidation	Fear	77
3147839025	Voluble	Talkative	78
3147839026	Alacrity	Cheerful or speedy willingness	79
3147839027	Aplomb (noun)	Self confidence	80
3147839028	Barrage (verb or noun)	heavy attack	81
3147839029	Cognizant (adjective)	aware	82
3147839030	Collusion (noun)	Conspiracy	83
3147839031	Deleterious (adjective)	harmful	84
3147839032	Hegemony (noun)	Influence or domination	85
3147839033	Paradigm (noun)	model or example	86
3147839034	Unctuous (adjective)	excessively flattering	87
3147839035	Urbane (adjective)	sophisticated	88
3147839036	Ambulatory (noun)	able to walk	89
3147839037	Brazen (adjective)	Bold and without shame	90
3147839038	Churlish (adjective)	rude	91
3147839039	Diffident	shy, modest, lacking confidence - adj	92
3147839040	Ennui	boredom - noun	93
3147839041	Inscrutable	impossible to understand or interpret - adj	94
3147839042	Prognosticate	to predict - verb	95
3147839043	Schism	division - noun	96
3147839044	Sedition	rebellion or resistance against the government - noun	97
3147839045	Wizened	shriveled; withered; wrinkled - adj	98
3147839046	Austere	severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance - adj	99
3147839047	Corpulent	excessively fat - adj	100
3147839048	Derisive	ridiculing, mocking - adj	101
3147839049	Effeminate	having womanly traits - adj	102
3147839050	Jocund	cheerful adj	103