AP Literature WOTD 2015 Flashcards

2932361980	Laconic	Using few words. Tense. Concise. ADJ	0
2932368069	Bamboozle	To deceive. Be elaborate. Trickery. Hoodwink. V	1
2932372749	Decorum	Proper behavior or conduct propriety. N	2
2932378000	Despondent	Feeling depression from loss of home, confidence, or courage. Defeated. ADJ	3
2932384191	Fallacy	A false notion or mistaken belief. N	4
2932387402	Renaissance	Rebirth or revival. N	5
2932389550	Tumult	Noisy and disorderly activity. Commotion. Uproar. N	6
2932395943	Vacillate	To be unable to decide between opinion or course of action and another. Waver. V	7
2932401036	Voracious	Ravenous. Insatiable appetite for food or activity. ADJ	8
2932406603	Calamity	A terrible disaster or catastrophe. N	9
2932413318	Formidable	Fearsome. Causing dread. Difficult to deal with. Inspiring respect or wonder because of size strength ability. ADJ	10
2932424643	Indignant	Upset. Angry. Annoyed at a perceived injustice. Offended. ADJ	11
2932432659	Insolent	Disrespect. Rude. Insulting. Outspoken in speech and behavior. ADJ	12
2932436444	Irate	Extremely angry. Furious. Incensed. ADJ	13
2932439600	Ubiquitous	Being everywhere at the same time. ADJ	14
2932445193	Pasimonious	Stingy. Frugal. ADJ	15
2932446473	Rhetoric	The art of formal speaking or writing. Inflated discause. N	16
2932450169	Nemesis	A dreadful rival. Opponent. N	17
2932451933	Nostalgia	Feeling of sadness, happiness and/or bittersweet longing for people or things in the past. N	18
4029932364	Persnickety	Fussy about small details, fastidious	19
4029933292	Ennui	Boredom, feeling of weariness	20
4029934170	Pontificate	To be pompous or dogmatic, to speak about something in a knowing and self-important way, especially when not qualified to do so	21
4029938351	Oxymoron	Combination of contradictory/incongruent words	22
4029939496	Juxtapose	To put two or more things together, to suggest a link between them or emphasize the contrast	23
4029942210	Heinous	Abominable, reprehensible, very bad or evil	24
4029942912	Impertinent	Not restrained within proper bounds, especially of good taste, also characterized by rudeness	25
4029944487	Altruistic	Concerned with the welfare of others, unselfish	26
4029945363	Loquacious	Very talkative	27
4029947614	Pandemonium	Wild disorder or noise	28
4029947615	Myopic	A narrow view of something, single vision nearsightedness	29
4029950274	Taciturn	Almost always silent, not liking to talk	30
4029950986	Countenance	Face, physiognomy	31
4029951830	Juggernaut	Something (force, campaign, or movement) that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped	32
4029953615	Obstreperous	Noisily and stubbornly defiant, unruly	33
4029954516	Nugatory	Trifling, worthless, inconsequential	34
4029955701	Pathos	Sense of compassion, pity	35
4029956428	Verisimilitude	The quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable	36
4029957334	Antithesis	The direct opposite, the contrast of two opposites	37
4029958102	Pundit	A learned person, one who gives authoritative opinions	38
4029959400	Desecrate	To violate the sacredness of, treat with disrespect	39
4029960299	Capricious	Unpredictable, Impulsive	40
4029960987	Winnow	To rid of undesirable parts	41
4029961884	Depravity	Extreme wickedness	42
4029962907	Pratfall	A humiliating defeat or failure, a fall to the buttocks	43
4029964223	Bane	A cause of ruin, worry, or destruction, a person or thing that ruins or spoils	44
4029965143	Debacle	A sudden collapse or overthrow, an overwhelming defeat, a rout	45
4029967265	Egregious	Remarkably bad, flagrant	46
4029967801	Augment	To increase, to make bigger or greater	47
4029968330	Mercurial	Changeable, fickle following no predictable pattern	48
4029969076	Pernicious	Highly injurious or destructive, deadly	49
4029969805	Misogyny	The hatred of women	50
4029970358	Proclivity	Natural or habitual inclination or tendency, predisposition	51
4029971758	Perfunctory	Done merely as a routine, superficial, without concern, indifferent	52
4029974726	Anomalous	Unusual, irregular	53
4029975570	Avarice	Greed	54
4029975571	Paradigm	An example or model	55
4029977008	Nefarious	Very wicked, villainous	56
4029977618	Curmudgeon	Somebody considered to be bad tempered, disagreeable or stubbornly	57
4029978571	Sequester	To seclude, isolate set apart	58
4029979635	Opulent	Very wealthy, abundant	59
4029979652	Macabre	Grim and horrible, gruesome	60
4029980864	Vilify	Defame, speak evil of	61
4029981314	Hoodwink	To deceive, delude	62
4029981786	Equivocal	Ambiguous, usually intended to deceive	63
4029982581	Rhapsodize	To express in an overly enthusiastic manner	64
4029983308	Machiavellian	Subtle or unscrupulous, cunning, deception, expediency, dishonest	65