AP Literature Unit 9 Vocab Flashcards

3624182354	beatitude	a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing	0
3624185963	bete noire	someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids	1
3624189552	bode	to be an omen of; to indicate by signs	2
3624192281	dank	unpleasantly damp or wet	3
3624193535	ecumenical	worldwide or universal in influence or application	4
3624195909	fervid	burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated	5
3624200012	fetid	having an unpleasant or offensive odor	6
3624207695	gargantuan	of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious	7
3624218875	heyday	the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years	8
3624229729	incubus	a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare	9
3624242769	infrastructure	a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations	10
3624254181	inveigle	to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice	11
3624257801	kudos	the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement	12
3624268464	lagniappe	an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity	13
3624275622	prolix	long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way	14
3624278730	protege	someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government	15
3624282732	prototype	an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form	16
3624285699	sycophant	someone who attempts to win favors or advance him- or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer	17
3624290539	tautology	needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy	18
3624293787	truckle	to yield or submit tamely or submissively	19