AP Literature terms 3 Flashcards

3479974792	Austere	Severe or strict in manner, attitude or appearance	0
3479978468	Corpulent	Fat	1
3479980614	Derisive	Expressing contempt or ridicule	2
3479982423	Effeminate	Having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman unmanly	3
3479986162	Jocund	Cheerful and lighthearted	4
3479988833	Manifest	Clear of obvious to the eye or mind	5
3479991104	Ostentatious	Characterized by vuglar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice	6
3479995158	Sanguine	Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation	7
3479999916	Strident	Loud and harsh; grating	8
3502931423	Vehement	Ahowing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense	9
3568957741	Elegiac	Having a mournful quality	10
3568957742	Fecund	Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth	11
3568957743	Infirmity	physical or mental weakness	12
3568958936	Malady	a disease or ailment	13
3568958937	Nuance	A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound	14
3568958938	Profligate	Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources	15
3568958939	Remonstrance	A forcefully reproachful protest	16
3568960159	Scintillate	Emit flashes of light; sparkle	17
3568960160	Terse	sparing in the use of words; abrupt	18
3568960161	Vitiate	Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of	19
3614941844	Ambivalent	Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	20
3614941845	Analogous	Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared	21
3614943261	Emissary	A person sent on a special mission usually as a diplomatic representative	22
3614943262	Felicity	Intense happiness	23
3614943263	Incendiary	designed to cause fires	24
3614944810	Maganimous	very generous or forgiving	25
3614944811	Morose	sullen and ill-tempered	26
3614944812	Repartee	conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies	27
3614947074	Ubiquitous	present, appearing, or found everywhere	28
3614947886	Venerable	accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.	29
3656400143	Conuntenance	A person's face or facial expression	30
3656400144	Deposition	The action of deposing someone, especially a monarch	31
3656400145	Discursive	Digressing from subject to subject	32
3656400182	Epigram	A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way	33
3656401666	Feign	Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state or injury)	34
3656401667	Interpolate	insert (something) between fixed points	35
3656401668	Iaconic	of a person, speech, or style of writing using very few words	36
3656402970	Mien	A person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood	37
3656402971	Veracity	conformity to facts; accuracy	38
3656402972	Wry	udinh or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor	39
3744599604	Confound	cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations	40
3744599605	Curate(noun and verb)	Noun:A member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest Verb: organized or take charge	41
3744601963	ethereal	extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world	42
3744601964	gambol	Run or jump about playfully	43
3744603733	mutability	the quality of being changeable	44
3744605442	Nascent	just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential	45
3744605443	Nonplused	surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react	46
3744605444	Pedantic	knows details	47
3744607582	Quail(verb)	feel or show fear of apprehension	48
3744607583	Rhetorical	expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress	49