AP Literature Flashcards

7298132787	Acquiesce	To comply	0
7298132788	Admonitory	Warning or cautionary;reproving	1
7298132789	affable, amiable, genial	Agreeable, friendly	2
7298132790	Aloof	Detached; reserved	3
7298132791	altruistic	unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others	4
7298132792	Ambivalent	Mixed feelings	5
7298132793	Amorous	Loving, affectionate, passionate	6
7298132794	Anachronism	Not in the proper time period	7
7298132795	Anomaly, atypical	A deviation from the norm	8
7298132796	Antecedent, precursor	Forerunner, a preceding event	9
7298132797	Antithesis, antipodal	Direct opposite	10
7298132798	Apathetic	Indifferent, lack of interest or concern	11
7298132799	Audacious	Daring in a defiant manner	12
7298132800	Auspicious, propitious	Very favorable	13
7298132801	Austere	Bare, not ornate	14
7298132802	Autonomous	Independent	15
7298132803	Bane	A source of harm	16
7298132804	Belie	give a false impression	17
7298132805	Belligerent	Warlike; tending toward conflict	18
7298132806	Blasé	Unimpressed or indifferent (because on is so familiar with it)	19
7298132807	Bombastic	Important-sounding yet with very little substance	20
7298132808	Boon	a timely benefit; a blessing	21
7298132809	Boorish	Impolite; rough or course	22
7298132810	Cacophony	Dissonant, conflicting, unpleasant, and overwhelming multitude of sounds	23
7298132811	Candor	Honest, blunt, frank	24
7298132812	Clandestine, surreptitious	secret; covert; not open; not aboveboard	25
7298132813	Colloquial	Informal, ordinary language	26
7298132814	Conjecture, supposition	An inference	27
7298132815	Connote	To imply or suggest another meaning	28
7298132816	Dearth, paucity	a scarcity or shortage of something	29
7298132817	Denote	To mean; to indicate	30
7298132818	Derisive	Mocking contempt; ridicule	31
7298132819	Didactic	Intended to teach	32
7298132820	Diffident	Lacking self-confidence	33
7298132821	Docile	Peaceful, submissive	34
7298132822	Elucidate	Make clear through explanation	35
7298132823	enigmatic, inscrutable	Mysterious, baffling	36
7298132824	Equivocation	Unclear, misleading language to conceal truth	37
7298132825	Evince	Be evidence of; reveal the presence of	38
7298132826	Evocative	Creating an imaginative sense, image, or feeling	39
7298132827	Extrapolate	Form an opinion from the known facts	40
7298132828	Facetious, flippant	Humor at a serious event; making light of a serious matter	41
7298132829	Fawning	Exuding flattery and affection	42
7298132830	Foreboding	Fearful sense of something bad happening	43
7298132831	Fortitude	Strength of mind	44
7298132832	Foreboding	Fearful sense of something bad happening	45
7298132833	Fortitude	Strength of mind	46
7298132834	Garish	Obnoxiously bright and showy	47
7298132835	Glib	Smooth-talking, but insincere	48
7298132836	Grovel	Act servant-like in order to obtain favor; to lie facedown	49
7298132837	Impasse	Failure to reach an agreement	50
7298132838	Impetuous	Acting quickly without thought or care	51
7298132839	Incorrigible	Not able to be corrected	52
7298132840	Incredulous	Unable to believe	53
7298132841	indigenous, endemic	Native to an area	54
7298132842	Indignant	Angry, annoyed	55
7298132843	Insidious	Subtly proceeding, yet harmful	56
7298132844	Insolent	Rude, disrespectful	57
7298132845	Inundate	Flood	58
7298132846	Jargon	The vocabulary of a certain profession, difficult for the layman to understand	59
7298132847	Juxtapose	Place together for comparing/contrasting purposes	60
7298132848	Lambaste	Criticize harshly	61
7298132849	Lampoon	Publicly criticize or ridicule	62
7298132850	Languid	A relaxed posture or manner, avoiding exertion	63
7298132851	Lionize	Give great public attention to	64
7298132852	Livid	Furiously angry	65
7298132853	Meek	Mild-mannered; shy and quiet	66
7298132854	Melancholy	Pensive sadness, often without cause	67
7298132855	Mitigate, mollify, assuage, alleviate	To ease; relive; lessen	68
7298132856	Morose, despondent	Very depressed	69
7298132857	Nostalgia	A sentimental longing for the past	70
7298132858	obliquely	Indirectly	71
7298132859	Obsolete, archaic, antiquated	No longer in use	72
7298132860	Odious	Repulsive	73
7298132861	Pandemic	Widespread epidemic	74
7298132862	Paradox	A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth	75
7298132863	Patronize	Treat someone with a feeling of superiority	76
7298132864	Pedantic	Ostentatious with knowledge	77
7298132865	Peevish	Easily irritated by trivial things	78
7298132866	Trivial	of little value or importance	79
7298132867	Pensive	Deep reflection; serious thought	80
7298132868	Perturb	Make anxious or unsettled	81
7298132869	Petulant	Childish, sulking	82
7298132870	Plausible	believable	83
7298132871	Pragmatic	Practical, sensible	84
7298132872	Prattle	to babble incessantly	85
7298132873	Presumptuous	overbearing; impertinently bold	86
7298132874	Prototype	An original model	87
7298132875	Prudent	Careful, cautious	88
7298132876	querulous	complaining in a petulant or whining manner	89
7298132877	recalcitrant, obdurate	Very stubborn, defiant	90
7298132878	Ribald	Irreverently referring to sexual things	91
7298132879	sanctimonious	Acting as if morally superior	92
7298132880	Sarcastic, sardonic, snide	Derisive mocking comments	93
7298132881	Solicitous	Showing interest or concern	94
7298132882	supercilious	Behaving or looking as if superior to others	95
7298132883	trite, hackneyed, pedestrian, banal, platitudinous, insipid	Commonplace	96
7298132884	Ubiquitous, prevalent	Everywhere; widespread	97
7298132885	unorthodox	unconventional, not ordinary or typical	98
7298132886	upbraid, reproach, castigate	To scold or rebuke	99
7298132908	Voracious	wanting or devouring great quantities	100
7298132909	Wry, droll	Dry humor	101