AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7499070022 | Impediment | a hindrance or obstruction in doing something | 0 | |
| 7499072362 | Preconception | a preconceived idea of prejudice | 1 | |
| 7499078097 | Usurp | take the place of someone in a position of power illegally; supplant | 2 | |
| 7499088215 | Portentous | Foreshadowing or hinting at sister and violent mysteries | 3 | |
| 7499183091 | Auspicious | characterized by success; prosperous | 4 | |
| 7499197000 | Parley | a conference or negotiation between opposing sides in a dispute | 5 | |
| 7631059037 | Beseech | ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat. | 6 | |
| 7631062171 | Expostulate | express strong disapproval or disagreement | 7 | |
| 7631065461 | Contrive | to make a plan; devise | 8 | |
| 7631066701 | Visage | face | 9 | |
| 7631068146 | Affront | an insult or insulting remark; to offend | 10 | |
| 7631070422 | Bodkin | a dagger with a slender blade | 11 | |
| 7631073867 | Prate | talk foolishly or tediously about something | 12 | |
| 7631075654 | Theme | an idea that recurs in or pervade of work of art or literature | 13 | |
| 7631077418 | Syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentence in a language | 14 | |
| 7631079707 | Epistle | a letter | 15 | |
| 7631080688 | Sonnet | a poem of 14 lines mainly using two different rhyme scheme | 16 | |
| 7631082266 | Figurative Language | language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from literal interpretation | 17 | |
| 7927127382 | Pestilence | a fatal epidemic disease, a curse | 18 | |
| 7927132753 | Abhor | regard with disgust and hatred. | 19 | |
| 7927136705 | Churlish | having a bad disposition, surley. | 20 | |
| 7927139619 | Umbrage | offense or annoyance. | 21 | |
| 7927142148 | Impervious | unable to be penetrated. | 22 | |
| 7927144811 | Ubiquitous | everywhere | 23 | |
| 7927147216 | Approbation | praise | 24 | |
| 7927151260 | Impunity | free from punishment or consequences | 25 | |
| 7927154338 | Misappropriate | dishonestly or unfairly take for one's own use. | 26 | |
| 7927157677 | Timorous | easily frightened | 27 | |
| 7927160556 | Acrimony | bitterness | 28 | |
| 7927163611 | Discern | to recognize | 29 | |
| 8017143848 | Antagonist | a character (or force) against which another character, usually the protagonist, struggles | 30 | |
| 8017147574 | Condone | to overlook, pardon or allow | 31 | |
| 8017148425 | Inscrutable | difficult to understand | 32 | |
| 8017149716 | Decorum | proper behavior | 33 | |
| 8084192283 | Ascetic | characterized by severe self-discipline | 34 | |
| 8084195454 | Benign | pleasant, friendly, or beneficial | 35 | |
| 8084200326 | Venerable | respected, especially because of age, wisdom or character. | 36 |