AP Literature Flashcards

7184670923	Allocation	the action/process of distributing something	0
7184671480	Ascetic	practice of self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, usually religious affiliated	1
7184673102	Beguile	To charm someone, sometimes deceptively	2
7184673554	Crass	Lacking sensitivity, refinement or intelligence	3
7184673993	Defray	Provide money to pay a cost/expense	4
7184674337	DInt	An impression or hollow in a surface	5
7184674787	Enjoin	To instruct/urge someone to do something	6
7184675212	Envoy	a diplomatic mission messenger/representative	7
7184675755	Interloper	a person who becomes involved in a place/situation where they are not wanted	8
7184676132	Vicarious	Experienced in the imaginative through the feelings or actions of another person	9
7186283092	Admonish	to caution, advise, or counsel against something	10
7186283390	Akimbo	with hand on hip and elbow bent outward	11
7186283677	Lassitude	weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, lack of energy	12
7186284397	Licentious	sexually/morally unrestrained	13
7186284656	Muse (N)	goddess of art/sciences, person with higher inspiration for arts/sciences	14
7186287207	Muse (V)	to be absorbed in thought, meditation	15
7186287366	Pecuniary	money paid for a fine/payment	16
7186287581	Plight	an unfavorable/unfortunate state/situation	17
7186288238	Presumptuous	presumes someone's conduct/thought w/o right or permission	18
7186288995	Subversive	intending to overthrow/undermine an established system	19
7186289377	Vacuous	lacking ideas/contents/intelligence	20
7186289533	Avocation	a hobby, calling, vocation	21
7186289704	Capricious	unpredictable change, erratic	22
7186290059	Disparity	inequality, difference	23
7186290208	Efficacy	capacity for producing a desired result/effect; effectiveness	24
7186290621	Epistle	a formal letter	25
7186291101	Hospice	a shelter for pilgrims, usually religious affiliated	26
7186291316	Impetus	a moving force, impulse, stimulus	27
7186294108	Moribund	near death	28
7186294346	Reticent	disposed to be silent or not speak freely	29
7186294598	Vacillate	to be indecisive/irresolute	30
7375678863	Akin	family/allied	31
7375681244	Corroborate	To make more certain/confirm	32
7375683569	Inexorable	unalterable	33
7375688363	Insipid	lacking flavor	34
7375690538	Nefarious	wicked/criminal actions/activity	35
7375693597	Physiognomy	someone's facial features/expressions; regarded as a character/ethnic origin	36
7375700075	Retinue	group of advisors/assistants for an important person	37
7375704748	Suppliant	a person making a humble plea to someone in power/authority	38
7375708261	Tedium	state of being tedious	39
7375709958	Torrid	very hot and dry	40
7447896514	Affront	an action or remark that causes outrage/offense	41
7447900729	Blase	Unimpressed by something because one has seen it before	42
7447905404	Cajole	To persuade using coaxing/flattery	43
7447909793	Choleric	Bad tempered/irritable	44
7447913405	Encumber	To restrict/burden someone/thing so that free action is difficult	45
7447919767	Feckless	Lacking initiative/ strength of character	46
7447923606	Impasse	situation where there is no progress possible, usually a disagreement	47
7447928829	Indolent	wanting to avoid activity, lazy	48
7447931429	Lugubrious	Looking/sounding sad/dismal	49
7447934687	Ribald	referring to sexual manner in an amusingly rude way	50
7447941603	Adulation	excessive devotion to someone	51
7447944536	Censure	strong expression of disapproval	52
7447946852	Dissemble	to conceal true motives/feelings	53
7447949946	Dissimulation	to change your behavior to conceal of one's thoughts/feelings/character	54
7447955093	Droll	unusual way that is provoking amusement	55
7447958491	Expectorate	To cough/spit out phlegm from lungs/throat	56
7447962193	Palpate	To examine body part by touch, medically	57
7447965504	Peremptory	insisting on immediate obedience	58
7447973818	Pusillanimous	showing lack of courage/determination	59
7447976270	Surfeit	an excessive amount of something	60
7495509076	allay (v)	to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve	61
7495509077	Capacious (adj)	Having a lot of space	62
7495509078	diurnal	daily; of the daytime	63
7495509079	Extricate (v)	To free someone/thing of difficulty/restraint	64
7495509080	Ignominious	deserving or causing public disgrace or shame	65
7510217971	Mitigate	To make less severe/painful	66
7510220722	Palpitate	the heart beating rapidly strongly/irregularly	67
7510226202	Phlegmatic	someone having an unemotional response	68
7510230206	Propitious	Indication a good chance of success	69
7510234650	Prostrate	Lying stretched out on the ground, facing downward	70
7510238823	Acquiesce	to accept something reluctantly but without protest	71
7510245836	Amity	a friendly relationship	72
7510248893	Arduous	involving/requiring strenuous effort, difficult	73
7510257078	Gestalt	An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts	74
7510265228	Inundate	to overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with	75
7510270901	Perjury	the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court of law after having taken an oath/affirmation	76
7510284031	Perspicuity	Clearness/lucidity in speaking	77
7510287547	Preposterous	contrary to nature/reason/common sense	78
7510292428	Trepidation	Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation	79
7510296342	Voluble	speaking/spoken fluently	80
7640333313	Admonish	to caution, advise, or counsel against something	81
7640336775	Aplomb	self confidence/assurance in a demanding situation	82
7640339375	Barrage	Concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area, outpour of questions	83
7640343489	Cognizant	having knowledge/being aware of	84
7640345065	Collusion	secret/illegal cooperation in order to cheat/decieve	85
7640347518	Hegemony	leadership/dominance by one country/social group over another	86
7640351600	Nebulous	form of cloud or haze;vague idea	87
7640353017	Paradigm	a typical example or pattern of something, model	88
7640356132	Unctuous	a person excessively flattering	89
7640360125	Urbane	a person, usually man, suave, courteous, and refined in manner	90
7640363469	Ambulatory	relating to or adapted to walking	91
7640365375	Brazen	bold and without shame	92
7640366539	Din	a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise	93
7640372905	Ennui	feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation/excitement	94
7640376842	Exonerate	to absolve someone from fault after consideration of a case	95
7640379114	Inscrutable	impossible to understand/interpret	96
7640407366	Prognosticate	to prophesize	97
7640381141	Schism	a split between two parties caused by a difference in opinion	98
7640384273	Sedition	conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority of a state/monarch	99
7640386883	Wizened	wrinkled with age	100
7884309525	Austere	severe or strict in attitude, manner, or appearance	101
7884318858	Corpulent	fat	102
7884321763	Derisive	expressing ridicule, censure	103
7884327256	Effeminate	unmanly	104
7884329855	Jocund	cheerful and lighthearted	105
7884332611	Manifest	clear or obvious to the eye or mind	106
7884335237	Ostentatious	characterized by vulgar or pretentious display to impress	107
7884340224	Sanguine	optimistic in a sad situation	108
7884343248	Strident	loud and harsh, grating	109
7884346528	Vehement	showing strong feeling, forceful, or passionate	110
7884352340	Elegiac	having a mournful/sad characteristic	111
7884356788	Fecund	to be fertile	112
7884360161	Fortuitous	happening by accident/chance rather than by design	113
7884364434	Infirmity	Physical/mental weakness	114
7884367331	Malady	a disease or ailment	115
7884372576	Nuance	subtle difference in	116
7915158573	Profligate	recklessly extravagant	117
7915160802	Remonstrance	a forceful protest	118
7915164397	Scintillate	to emit flashes of light	119
7915167328	Vitiate	to spoil or impair the quality of something	120
7946853128	Analogous	comparable	121
7946855854	Brigand	A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests/mountains	122
7946865318	Emissary	a person sent on a special mission	123
7946867684	Felicity	intense happiness	124
7946878559	Incendiary	attack designed to cause fires	125
7946881516	Magnanimous	very generous toward someone less powerful than oneself	126
7946890453	Plight	an unfavorable/unfortunate state/situation	127
7946893474	Repartee	conversation or speech with quick witty comments/replies	128
7946896422	Ubiquitous	found everywhere	129
7946898731	Venerable	given a great deal of respect from age/wisdom/character	130
7946902507	Countenance	a persons facial expression	131
7946904282	Deposition	action of pushing someone out of a position/office	132
7946907036	Discursive	digressing from subject to subject	133
7946910071	Disdain	feeling that someone is unworthy of another's respect	134
7947144942	Epigram	Expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way	135
7947144943	Feign	To pretend to be affected by something	136
7947144944	Laconic	Using few words	137
7947144945	Mien	A persons look or manner, indicating their character or mood	138
7947144946	Veracity	Accuracy	139
7947144947	Wry	Dryly humorous	140
8026596956	Confound	To cause one to become confused	141
8026596957	Curate	a person authorized to conduct religious worship	142
8026596958	Curate	To organize and oversee	143
8026596959	ethereal	extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world	144
8026596960	Gambol	to dance or skip around playfully	145
8026596961	Mutability	Tendency to change	146
8026596962	Nascent	starting to develop; coming into existence	147
8026596963	Nonplused	perplex; confound	148
8026596964	Pedantic	Perfectionist	149
8026596965	Quail	To draw back in fear	150
8026596966	rhetorical	Relating to rhetoric	151
8026596967	Fatuous	stupid; foolishly self-satisfied	152
8026596968	febrile	having or showing the symptoms of a fever	153
8026596969	Furtive	Attempting to avoid notice or attention	154
8026596970	incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	155
8026596971	interminable	Endless	156
8026596972	Obliquely	Indirectly	157
8026596973	Pernicious	Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way	158
8026596974	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or cynical	159
8026596975	Ultimatum	Final demand, rejection results in breakdown	160
8026596976	Writhe	To make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle	161