AP Literature Flashcards

3898842582	hegemony	-preponderant* influence or authority over others -the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group	0
3898849662	pedantic	-ostentatious in one's learning -overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching	1
3898855551	disjunction	-the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined -a compound proposition that is true if and only if at least one of a number of alternatives is true	2
3898858713	adjure	urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something	3
3898865902	nepotism	patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:	4
3898865903	palpable	readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity. capable of being touched or felt; tangible.	5
3898866600	emanate	to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. to send forth, emit	6
3898869588	equivocal	-allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous -of doubtful nature or character; questionable; dubious; suspicious: -of uncertain significance; not determined	7
3898869589	stipulate	-to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement -to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement -to require as an essential condition in making an agreement	8
3898869590	instigate	-to cause by incitement; foment -to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course	9
3898871095	modicum	-a moderate or small amount	10
3898871096	meticulous	careful	11
3907039961	anachronism	a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.	12
3907039962	antepenultimate	last but two in a series; third last.	13