AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

5151501990	diametrical	exactly the opposite; contrary	0
5151501991	Pharisee	a member of an ancient Jewish sect, strict observance of the traditional law, sanctimonious; self- righteous, a hypocrite	1
5151501992	dissever	divide or separate	2
5151501993	carrion	the decaying flesh of a dead animal	3
5151501994	lambent	(of light or fire) glowing, gleaming or flickering with a soft radiance, flickering, fluttering	4
5151501995	decry	publicly denounce, condemn, censure, vilify, lambaste	5
5151501996	repugnance	intense disgust, revulsion, abhorrence, loathing, aversion	6
5151501997	antipode	the direct opposite of something	7
5151501998	fidelity	faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support	8
5151501999	meritocracy	government by people selected based on ability	9
5151502000	retaliatory	to match evil with evil, to get revenge, to strike back	10
5151502001	incarnation	a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit or abstract quality	11
5151502002	choler	one of the 4 bodily humors (in medieval medicine), identified with bile; anger or irascibility	12
5151502003	vehemence	the display of strong feeling; passion, force, fervor, urgency, zeal	13
5151502004	inimical	tending to obstruct or harm, destructive, pernicious ruinous, unfriendly, hostile	14
5151502005	sequester	isolate or to hide away (someone or something)	15
5151502006	penultimate	the second to last	16
5151502007	sanctity	the state or quality of being holy, sacred or saintly	17
5151502008	beset	trouble or threaten persistently beleaguer, torment, rack OR to be covered or studded with	18
5151502009	ambivalence	having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	19
5151502010	paradigm	a typical example or pattern of something; a model	20
5151502011	intemperate	having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate, excessive unrestrained	21
5151502012	pivotal	of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else	22
5151502013	lamentable	deplorably bad or unsatisfactory; full of or expressing sorrow or	23
5151502014	subversive	seeking or intended to overthrow an established system or institution disruptive, inflammatory	24
5151502015	stature	someone's height or the importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement	25
5151502016	derivative	imitative of the (usually art) work of another and usually disapproved of for that reason unoriginal	26
5151502017	incipient	in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop; a person developing into a specific type or role	27
5151502018	decorum	behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety	28
5151502019	reclusive	avoiding the company of other people; solitary, hermitic, eremitical, cloistered	29
5151502020	cloister	keeping away from the outside world; sheltered like a courtyard, a cloister is also a monastery	30
5151502021	ignoble	dishonorable, unworthy, dastardly, degenerate, sordid	31
5151502022	ignominious	deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating, embarrassing, mortifying	32
5151502023	fervent	having or displaying a passionate intensity; vehement, fervid, ardent	33
5151502024	impecunious	having little or no money; penniless, indigent, insolvent, destitute	34
5151502025	evangelical	evangelical the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion; biblical, scriptural; fundamentalist	35
5151502026	consumption (tuberculosis)	bacterial infectious disease, especially impacting the lungs	36
5151502027	precocious	(a child) having developed abilities or proclivities earlier than most; gifted, quick	37
5151502028	proclivity	a tendency to choose or do something regularly; inclination, propensity, bent, penchant, predisposition	38
5151502029	saga	a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative of old Norse or Old Icelandic	39
5151502030	juvenilia	works produced by an author or artist while still young	40
5151502031	Byronic	a hero in works of Lord Byron, like himself melancholy, rebellious, distressed by a terrible wrong he committed in the past.	41
5151502032	Gothic	elaborate architecture; fiction using horror, death and at times romance, dark and picturesque scenery, genteel, or gentrified	42
5151502033	gentry	people of a good social position just below nobility	43
5151502034	gentrified	make someone or his life more refined or dignified	44
5151502035	genteel	genteel polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected way, decorous, courteous, seemly	45
5151502036	assiduity	constant or close attention to what one is doing	46
5151502037	insipid	lacking flavor, or vigor or interest	47
5151502038	mire	a stretch of swampy or boggy ground/ a situation of difficulty, distress or embarrassment	48
5151502039	torpid	sluggish in functioning or act	49
5151502040	bilious	ill-tempered, spiteful	50
5151502041	antipathy	a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion	51
5151502042	imprudence	not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash	52
5151502043	pungent	something that has a sharply strong taste or smell, stinky	53
5151502044	trifle	Something of little value, substance, or importance	54
5151502045	consecration	to make or declare sacred	55
5151502046	opprobrium	harsh criticism or censure	56
5151502047	revile	abusive, angry, insulting criticism	57
5151502048	consternation	a sudden, alarming amazement, leading to utter confusion; dismay	58
5151502049	tumult	confusion or disorder	59
5151502050	noxious	harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant	60
5151502051	sanguine	optimistic or positive, especially in a bad situation	61
5151502052	artifice	clever, cunning ways, especially as used to trick or deceive	62
5151502053	parley	to conference with the opposing side to discuss terms	63
5151502054	cadence	a modulation or inflection of the voice; intonation	64
5151502055	insuperable	a difficulty or obstacle, impossible to overcome	65
5151502056	aversion	a strong dislike or disinclination	66
5151502057	audacious	willingness to take surprisingly bold risks, presumptuous, cheeky, irreverent	67
5151502058	capricious	whimsical, impulsive	68
5151502059	usurious	charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money	69
5151502060	preternatural	beyond what is normal or natural	70
5151502061	refectory	a room used for communal meals, especially in an educational or religious institution	71
5151502062	truculent	eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant	72
5151502063	ameliorate	make better or more tolerable	73
5151502064	lassitude	a tired feeling or laziness, usually caused by depression or being overworked	74
5151502065	stagnant	not moving	75
5151502066	occlude	to obstruct, close off or block	76
5151502067	whimsy	playfully quaint or fanciful behavior, odd	77
5151502068	curate	a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest	78
5151502069	parsonage	the residence of a member of the clergy, provided by the parish or church	79
5151502070	bildungsroman	a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education	80
5151502071	trajectory	the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces, path	81
5151502072	motif	a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition; theme	82
5151502073	leitmotif (LIGHT mo teef)	a recurrent theme in music or literary piece, focused on a person, idea or situation	83
5151502074	meritocracy	a government, or ruling or influential class selected on the basis of their education or ability	84
5151502075	regent	someone appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated	85
5151502076	sycophant	one who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain an advantage, yes-man, bootlicker, toady	86
5151502077	obsequious	excessively obedient or attentive	87
5151502078	caviller (cavalier)	showing a lack of proper concern; offhand	88
5151502079	vignette	a brief evocative description, account, or episode	89
5151502080	eventide	evening	90
5151502081	torpid	mentally or physically inactive; lethargic	91
5151502082	diffidence	modesty, shyness from a lack of self-confidence, modesty, meekness, insecurity	92
5151502083	intimate	imply or hint	93
5151502084	antipathy	a deep-seated dislike or aversion	94
5151502085	pungent	sharply strong taste or smell	95
5151502086	subjoined	add at the end of a speech or text	96
5151502087	incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	97
5151502088	quailed	to feel or show fear or apprehension, cower, cringe, flinch, recoil	98
5151502089	turbid	cloudy liquid or confused meaning of effect	99
5151502090	aperture	an opening, hole or gap	100
5151502091	divers	older spelling diverse, meaning of varying types; several	101
5151502092	effluvia	a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.	102