AP Literature Vocabulary Words Flashcards
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| 7178495649 | abate (v) | to reduce in amount, degree, intensity; lessen | 0 | |
| 7178495650 | adamant (adj) | utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc. ; inflexible | 1 | |
| 7178495651 | admonish (v) | to caution, advise, or counsel against something; warn | 2 | |
| 7178495652 | adulation (n) | excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery | 3 | |
| 7178495653 | affable (adj) | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite | 4 | |
| 7178495654 | ambiguous (adj) | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal; vague, enigmatic | 5 | |
| 7178495655 | antithesis (n) | opposition; contrast | 6 | |
| 7178495656 | arbitrary (adj) | subject to individual will or judgement without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion | 7 | |
| 7178495657 | assuage (v) | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) | 8 | |
| 7178495658 | astute (adj) | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly: mentally sharp or clever; crafty | 9 | |
| 7178495659 | augment (v) | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense | 10 | |
| 7178495660 | austere (adj) | stern or cold in appearance or manner; strict | 11 | |
| 7178495661 | banal (adj) | lacking originality, freshness or novelty; gets boring | 12 | |
| 7178495662 | beguile (v) | to lead by deception; to trick or deceive (someone) | 13 | |
| 7178495663 | brusque (adj) | abrupt in manner; blunt; rough | 14 | |
| 7178495664 | cantankerous (adj) | difficult or irritating to deal with | 15 | |
| 7178495665 | charlatan (n) | a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; quack | 16 | |
| 7178495666 | clandestine (adj) | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy | 17 | |
| 7178495667 | clemency (n) | to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due; an act or instance of leniency | 18 | |
| 7178495668 | coalesce (v) | to come together and form one mass or whole; to grow together | 19 | |
| 7178495669 | conjecture (n) | the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof | 20 | |
| 7178495670 | connive (v) | to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose; to cooperate secretly; conspire | 21 | |
| 7178495671 | copious (adj) | very large in amount or number | 22 | |
| 7178495672 | corroborate (v) | to support or help prove with evidence | 23 | |
| 7178495673 | credence (n) | belief in or acceptance of something as true | 24 | |
| 7178495674 | cursory (adj) | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced. therefore not thorough or detailed | 25 | |
| 7178495675 | dearth (n) | an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack | 26 | |
| 7178495676 | debacle (n) | a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout | 27 | |
| 7178495677 | decrepit (adj) | weakened by old age; feeble; inform; worn out by long use; dilapidated | 28 | |
| 7178495678 | defunct (adj) | no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning | 29 | |
| 7178495679 | delineate (v) | to portray in words or pictures precisely; describe or outline with precision (v) | 30 | |
| 7178495680 | deplore (v) | to regret deeply or strongly; lament; disapprove of | 31 | |
| 7178495681 | disseminate (v) | to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed;disperse | 32 | |
| 7178495682 | efficacious (adj) | having the power to produce the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy (adj) | 33 | |
| 7178495683 | egregious (adj) | extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; shocking | 34 | |
| 7178495684 | elicit (v) | to draw forth or bring out or forth; evoke | 35 | |
| 7178495685 | emanate (v) | to come out from a source | 36 | |
| 7178495686 | enigma (n) | a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling or difficult to understand | 37 | |
| 7178495687 | epitaph (n) | a phrase or description written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone | 38 | |
| 7178495688 | eschew (v) | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds; shun | 39 | |
| 7178495689 | euphony (n) | a pleasing or sweet sound | 40 | |
| 7178495690 | exacerbate (v) | to make more violent, bitter or severe | 41 | |
| 7178495691 | expedient (adj) | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance | 42 | |
| 7178495692 | facetious (adj) | joking or jesting inappropriately; not meant to be taken seriously or literally | 43 | |
| 7178495693 | fallacy (n) | a deceptive misleading, or false notion, belief, etc ( | 44 | |
| 7178495694 | feign (v) | to give a false appearance of: induce as a false impression | 45 | |
| 7178495695 | fortuitous (adj) | occurring by chance | 46 | |
| 7178495696 | furtive (adj) | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed | 47 | |
| 7178495697 | garner (v) | to gather or acquire by effort | 48 | |
| 7178495698 | garrulous (adj) | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters | 49 | |
| 7178495699 | germane (adj) | closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent | 50 | |
| 7178495700 | gregarious (adj) | tending to associate with one's kind; social | 51 | |
| 7178495701 | harbinger (n) | anything that foreshadow a future event; omen; sign; a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another- herald | 52 | |
| 7178495702 | heinous (adj) | hatefully or shockingly evil | 53 | |
| 7178495703 | hyperbole (n) | extravagant exaggeration | 54 | |
| 7178495704 | ignominy (n) | deep personal humiliation and disgrace | 55 | |
| 7178495705 | incessant (adj) | continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending | 56 | |
| 7178495706 | inclement (adj) | severe, rough, or harsh; stormy | 57 | |
| 7178495707 | incorrigible (adj) | incapable of being corrected or amended | 58 | |
| 7178495708 | incumbent (adj) | holding an indicated position, role, office, etc, currently | 59 | |
| 7178495709 | ingratiate (v) | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort | 60 | |
| 7178495710 | intrepid (adj) | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance | 61 | |
| 7178495711 | maudlin (adj) | self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness | 62 | |
| 7178495712 | misogyny (n) | hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women | 63 | |
| 7178495713 | mollify (v) | to reduce in temper or disposition: appease | 64 | |
| 7178495714 | morose (adj) | having a sullen or gloomy disposition | 65 | |
| 7178495715 | nominal (adj) | existing in name only | 66 | |
| 7178495716 | nuptial (adj) | relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony | 67 | |
| 7178495717 | obsequious (adj) | obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree | 68 | |
| 7178495718 | ostracize (v) | to exclude somebody from a society or a group | 69 | |
| 7178495719 | paradox (n) | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense yet is perhaps true | 70 | |
| 7178495720 | parsimonious (adj) | unwilling to spend money or use resources, stingy or frugal | 71 | |
| 7178495721 | paucity (n) | the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities | 72 | |
| 7178495722 | petulant (adj) | insolent or rude in speech or behavior | 73 | |
| 7178495723 | pithy (adj) | concise and forcefully expressive | 74 | |
| 7178495724 | predilection (n) | an established preference for something | 75 | |
| 7178495725 | prerogative (n) | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege belonging to a particular individual or class | 76 | |
| 7178495726 | probity (n) | adherence to the highest principles and ideals | 77 | |
| 7178495727 | provincial (adj) | having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc, considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal | 78 | |
| 7178495728 | putrid (adj) | in a state of foul decay or decomposition; as animal or vegetable matter, rotten | 79 | |
| 7178495729 | recalcitrant (adj) | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint | 80 | |
| 7178495730 | satiate (v) | to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary, sate | 81 | |
| 7178495731 | savor (v) | to give oneself to the enjoyment of | 82 | |
| 7178495732 | secular (adj) | of or relating to worldly things or to things not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred | 83 | |
| 7178495733 | simulate (v) | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive; model | 84 | |
| 7178495734 | solicitous (adj) | characterized by showing interest or concern | 85 | |
| 7178495735 | subterfuge (n) | deceit used in order to achieve one's goal | 86 | |
| 7178495736 | supercilious (adj) | behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others | 87 | |
| 7178495737 | surfeit (n) | an overabundant supply | 88 | |
| 7178495738 | trepidation (n) | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation | 89 | |
| 7178495739 | trite (adj) | overused and consequently of little import lacking originality or freshness | 90 | |
| 7178495740 | umbrage (n) | offense; annoyance; displeasure | 91 | |
| 7178495741 | vapid (adj) | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit | 92 | |
| 7178495742 | vicarious (adj) | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another | 93 | |
| 7178495743 | volatile (adj) | tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive; subject to rapid or unexpected change | 94 |