AP Literature Vocabulary Examples Flashcards

5372937293	Derisory	When I offered him the diamond that was worth $10, he laughed at me and said that the diamond had no value due to the derisory amount of money it was being offered for	0
5384666240	Interlocutors	That actor is not a very good interlocutor, for he always responds to questions from the media with one word	1
5384699463	Superciliousness	After she paid for all of our meals, she looked at us with superciliousness as if trying to prove a point	2
5384746442	Tumultuous	After she gave the best piano performance of her career, the audience gave her a standing ovation and tumultuous applause that filled the recital hall	3
5384758978	Tenebrous	During Halloween, his friends forced him to walk through a tenebrous hallway in a haunted house; however, they didn't know he was still afraid of the dark	4
5384875721	Lugubrious	The speaker attempted to lift the lugubrious atmosphere by telling a few jokes at the funeral	5
5384886951	Farcical	After watching the farcical play we concluded that the playwright must have been intoxicated when he created it	6
5384921093	Bereavement	During her bereavement after the death of her grandfather, the girl only wore black clothes	7
5384928625	Recondite	The man thought that the patent for the TAVR procedure was recondite, for he didn't have a medical degree	8
5384965790	Prevaricator	She thought he was a prevaricator due to the way he told small lies in his stories	9
5384991359	Fecund	Farmers often want the most fecund breed of cattle, for they want to maximize the amount of cattle they have	10
5385006749	Moribund	The man was moribund in the hospital after losing a massive amount of blood in a car crash	11
5385013042	Volubility	Although she thought he was very shy and didn't say much at work, she was surprised at his volubility at the party	12
5385024859	Posit		13
5385049194	Brusque	They decided not to tip the waiter due to his brusque attitude throughout the evening	14
5385057722	Alacrity	After effectively studying and preparing for four hours last night, I took the test with alacrity	15
5385063292	Impetuous	He thought they were being impetuous by dropping out high school merely to go on a one year trip	16
5385069516	Inextricable	Many people believe that there is an inextricable link between poverty and poor health	17
5385077857	Drollery	Although they viewed him tripping over the stairs as a drollery, he was embarrassed and not amused	18
5385092252	Indefatigable	After losing his mother to breast cancer, he became an indefatigable promoter for breast cancer research	19
5385096760	Exulted	After winning the lottery, his family took him out to a nice dinner to exult in his victory	20
5385101945	Sagacious	By playing with fire, they realized he wasn't too sagacious	21
5385111165	Deification	She criticized the deification of a student in her grade, for she didn't think that someone should be idolized merely because of their physical appearance	22
5385121510	Recrimination	He was disgusted by the recrimination made by the murderer against his victims	23
5385125977	Enigma	By living secluded at the top of the hill away from the town, the woman was viewed as an enigma by her community	24
5385130268	Rapacity	A common misconception about sharks is their rapacity for human flesh	25
5385144540	Declivity	When hiking down the trail, she tripped over the steep declivity and twisted her ankle	26
5385147157	Futile	During our volleyball game against Delta we made a futile effort to beat them after four games, resulting in our elimination from the tournament	27
5385150904	Indissolubly	The image of the man being shot was indissolubly connected to her brain due to the traumatic effect it had on her	28
5385163496	Inexorably	After he made a racist remark, the votes flowed inexorably in favor of his opponent	29
5385178341	Pacifically	Although her two-year-old son throws many tantrums, I am amazed at how she always talks pacifically to him	30
5385193506	Beguiled	I don't care for people who know they are beautiful and try to beguile wealthy people with their looks	31
5385196887	Ethnographic		32
5385199732	Languidly	Sometimes after stressful days at school, I enjoy taking a long, languid bath	33
5385201828	Abject	The house was in abject shape after the teenagers threw a massive party in it	34