AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7551566893 | Adjunct | something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential | 0 | |
| 7551568872 | Bellwether | the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse | 1 | |
| 7551571813 | Caterwaul | to howl or screech like a cat | 2 | |
| 7551574612 | Chimerical | absurd | 3 | |
| 7551574613 | Effete | lacking in wholesome vigor or energy | 4 | |
| 7551576974 | Fait Accompli | an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action | 5 | |
| 7551580475 | Hidebound | narrow-minded and rigid | 6 | |
| 7551582681 | Hierarchy | any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class | 7 | |
| 7551587695 | Laissez-faire | a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action | 8 | |
| 7551599216 | Liturgy | a religious service or rite | 9 | |
| 7551601009 | Morass | a confusing situation in which one is entrapped | 10 | |
| 7551637442 | Noisome | offensive or disgusting | 11 | |
| 7551651253 | Oblivious | forgetful; unaware | 12 | |
| 7551651254 | Poltroon | a base coward | 13 | |
| 7551653049 | Proselyte | a convert | 14 | |
| 7551653050 | Quasi | resembling but not actually being | 15 | |
| 7551728646 | Raillery | good-humored teasing | 16 | |
| 7551728674 | Ribald | irreverently mocking | 17 | |
| 7551731377 | Supine | lying flat on one's back | 18 | |
| 7551731378 | Vignette | a short description or sketch | 19 |