AP Literature Vocab 2 Flashcards
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| 5048214060 | Atonement | a making up for an offense or injury (synonym: surprise (not really)) | 0 | |
| 5048214061 | Austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner -morally strict -having few pleasures; simple and harsh synonym: hard, strict, tough | 1 | |
| 5048214062 | Autocrat | a person who rules with total power synonym: ruler | 2 | |
| 5048214063 | Avarice | a strong desire to have or get money synonym: greed | 3 | |
| 5048214064 | Baleful | threatening harm or evil -harmful or deadly synonym: menacing, threatening | 4 | |
| 5048214065 | Banal | boring or ordinary: not interesting *lacking originality, freshness or novelty. synonym: boring, unexciting | 5 | |
| 5048214066 | Beatify | to make supremely happy synonym: happy (to make) | 6 | |
| 5048214067 | Belligerent | feeling or showing readiness to fight -fighting a war (engaged in a war) synonym: aggressive, combative | 7 | |
| 5048214068 | Blandishment | something that tends to coax/ persuade synonym: persuade, urge | 8 | |
| 5048214069 | Blithe | happy and without worry -lack of proper thought/ showing a good mood (not caring/worrying) synonym: cheerful, lightsome | 9 | |
| 5048214070 | Boisterous | very noisy and active in a lively way synonym: bubbly, lively | 10 | |
| 5048214071 | Bombast | speech or writing that is meant to sound important or impressive but is not sincere or meaningful synonym: brag, rant | 11 | |
| 5048214072 | Boorish | crude insensitivity, impolite manners synonym: impolite, rude, discourteous | 12 | |
| 5048214073 | Bumptious | proud or confident in a loud and rude way that annoys other people synonym: arrogant, "superior" | 13 | |
| 5048214074 | Burnish | to make smoothie and shiny by rubbing it ( metal, leather) synonym: polish | 14 |