AP LITERATURE Vocabulary Flashcards

4944303687	aggrieved	troubled	0
4944303688	degenerate	inferior	1
4944303689	obstinately	stubbornly; inflexibly	2
4944303690	plaintive	mournful; sad	3
4944303691	reticent	restrained or reserved, especially in speech	4
4944303692	taciturnity	silence or extreme reserve; unwillingness to speak	5
4944303693	discomfiture	confusion; embarrassment	6
4944303694	scintillating	brilliant; sparkling	7
4944303695	spectral	ghostly	8
4944303696	almshouse	publicly supported home for the poor; poorhouse	9
4944303697	destitute	lacking the necessities of life; in absolute want	10
4944303698	incessant	continuing without interruption; unceasing	11
4944303699	inexorable	unchangeable; unyielding; unstoppable	12
4944303700	squalid	having a wretched, poverty-stricken appearance	13
4944303701	stoicism	indifference to pleasure or pain; impassivity	14
4944303702	exaltation	feeling of great rapture or well-being	15
4944303703	imploring	asking earnestly	16
4944303704	inarticulate	not clearly expressed	17
4944303705	lineaments	distinctive features, especially of the face	18
4944303706	querulous	whining or complaining	19
4944303707	slatternly	neglected and dirty	20
4944303708	uncouth	odd or clumsy; lacking good manners or grace	21
4944303709	exanimate	showing no sign of life; lifeless	22
4944303710	supercilious	having or showing arrogant superiority	23
4944303711	prodigal	spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant	24
4944303712	innuendo	an indirect comment about a person or thing, especially a disparaging or derogatory one	25
4944303713	dilatory	tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy	26
4944303714	rancor	bitter, rankling resentment or ill will, hatred, malice	27
4944303715	impetuous	impulsive; characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.	28
4944303716	garrulous	excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters	29
4944303717	nebulous	hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused	30
4944303718	punctilious	showing great attention to detail or correct behavior	31
4944303719	ambiguity	open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations	32
4944303720	meretricious	apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity	33
4944303721	laudable	deserving praise; commendable	34
4944303722	libertine	a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or responsibility, especially in sexual matters	35
4944303723	prig	a self-righteously moralist person who behaves as if superior to others	36
4944303724	magnanimous	very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself	37
4944303725	erroneous	wrong; incorrect; containing error	38
4944303726	vacuous	having or showing a lack in ideas or intelligence; mindless	39
4944303727	debauchee	a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures	40
4944303728	redolent	bringing to mind; strongly reminiscent or suggestive of	41
4944303729	feigned	pretended to feel or be affected by something; insincere	42
4944303730	subterfuge	deceit used in order to achieve one's goal; trickery	43
4944303731	hauteur	haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride; snobbery	44
4944303732	cordial	courteous and gracious; friendly; warm	45
4944303733	truculent	eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant	46
4944303734	docile	ready to accept control or instruction; submissive	47
4944303735	lecherous	having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire	48
4944303736	vagrant	a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging	49
4944303737	imperious	assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering	50
4944303738	petulant	(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered	51
4944303739	fatuous	silly and pointless	52
4944303740	titular	holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority; in title or name only; honorary	53
4944303741	doleful	expressing sorrow; mournful	54
4944303742	languid	lacking energy	55
4944303743	servile	having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others	56
4944303744	declivity	a downward slope	57
4944303745	veneration	great respect; reverence	58
4944303746	sidle	move sideways, especially in a shy or stealthy manner	59
4944303747	zenith	point of culmination; highest peak	60
4944303748	cantankerous	bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative	61
4944303749	denunciation	public condemnation of someone or something	62
4944303750	gaunt	lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age	63
4944303751	proprietor	the owner of a business, or a holder of property	64
4944303752	arable	(of land) used or suitable for growing crops	65
4944303753	wrath	extreme anger aroused by a real or supposed wrong	66
4944303754	sodden	saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through	67
4944303755	forlorn	pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely	68