AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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6447124527 | aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art | 0 | |
6447126349 | aloof | apart, indifferent | 1 | |
6447126350 | archaic | antiquated, old, out of use | 2 | |
6447127669 | assuage | to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm | 3 | |
6447127670 | belie | to contradict, to give a false impression | 4 | |
6447130067 | contentious | quarrelsome, stirring controversy | 5 | |
6447130068 | daunt | to intimidate, to dismay | 6 | |
6447131341 | debilitate | to weaken, to enfeeble | 7 | |
6447132304 | discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife | 8 | |
6447132305 | dissemination | the act of spreading widely; scattering | 9 | |
6447137345 | dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | 10 | |
6447167166 | duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy | 11 | |
6447168598 | egocentric | self-centered, selfish | 12 | |
6447168599 | euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive | 13 | |
6447169860 | gluttonous | greedy for food and drink | 14 | |
6447169861 | mundane | ordinary, commonplace | 15 | |
6447170805 | ominous | threatening | 16 | |
6447170806 | petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability | 17 | |
6447173837 | pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic | 18 | |
6447174701 | precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence | 19 | |
6447174702 | slothful | lazy, indolent | 20 | |
6447175861 | trivia | insignificant matters | 21 | |
6447175862 | verbose | wordy, very talkative | 22 | |
6447177439 | virulent | extremely poisonous; hateful | 23 | |
6447179247 | volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized | 24 |