AP Literature Vocab 3 Flashcards

5210872501	ancillary	(adj.) subordinate or supplementary SYNONYMS: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory ANTONYMS: central, key, primary, principal, main The soldier stealing the guns showed an ancillary.	0
5210872502	bowdlerize	(v.) to remove material considered offensive SYNONYMS: censor, purge, expurgate Sopa and pipa wanted to bowdlerize the internet.	1
5210872503	condescend	(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner SYNONYM: design The master condescended his students for cheating	2
5210872504	cozen	(v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle SYNONYMS: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle The magician cozened all the viewers out of there money.	3
5210872505	enclave	(n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character SYNONYMS: island, subgroup The birds live in a protected enclaved area.	4
5210872506	forte	(n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best SYNONYMS: gift, aptitude, specialty ANTONYMS: weakness, shortcoming, foible My forte in computers helps me to keep viruses off it.	5
5210872507	gratis	(adj.) free (adv.) without charge SYNONYMS: on the house, freely ANTONYMS: for a price The man gave me fries gratis	6
5210872508	icon	(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage SYNONYMS: emblem, idol The icons on my desktop were designed by me.	7
5210872509	interstice	(n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things SYNONYMS: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna The interstice of the cars stopped me from continuing forward.	8
5210872510	macrocosm	(n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something SYNONYMS: cosmos, entirety ANTONYMS: model, miniature, microcosm The macrocosm of little big planet is so vast.	9
5210872511	mountebank	(n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan SYNONYMS: impostor, quack ANTONYMS: sucker, dupe, "mark", "pigeon" The mountebank joker took from the king.	10
5210872512	paean	(n.) song of praise, joy or triumph SYNONYMS: hymn, ode, anthem ANTONYMS: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody The singer performed her own paean during the victory.	11
5210872513	persiflage	(n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing The persiflage of the conversation seemed to wain when jim brought up his dead dog.	12
5210872514	plethora	(n.) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity SYNONYMS: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess ANTONYMS: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity I have a plethora of coins.	13
5210872515	pragmatic	(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions SYNONYMS: down-to-earth, businesslike ANTONYMS: idealistic, impractical, visionary The pragmatic scientist was only interested in the facts.	14
5210872516	quizzical	(adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal SYNONYMS: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive ANTONYMS: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous The genius had a quizzical look on his face when the teacher gave him an f.	15
5210872517	rapacity	(n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force extortion, or plunder SYNONYMS: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness ANTONYMS: liberality, generosity, altruism The rapacity of mr scrooge is unbelievable.	16
5210872518	schism	(n.) a formal split within a religious organization SYNONYMS: rift, breach ANTONYMS: united front, reconciliation The schism in the earth after the earthquake was a mile wide.	17
5210872519	therapeutic	(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial SYNONYMS: curative, salutary, salubrious ANTONYMS: harmful, injurious, deleterious The cleric had the therapeutic power to save the deathly ill child.	18
5210872520	virtuoso	(n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique (adj.) masterly brilliant SYNONYMS: expert, master, prodigy, maestro ANTONYMS: amateur, beginner, novice, mediocre The actor was a virtuoso on the stage making his presents known as he runs around.	19