AP Literature Vocab #2 Flashcards

7985817730	erudite	(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic	0
8020440544	recrudesce	verb: to break out or happen again	1
8020441048	stupor	a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility	2
8020441049	felicity	happiness; bliss	3
8020441050	intrepid	very brave, fearless, unshakable	4
8020441051	fidelity	faithfulness; loyalty	5
8020441371	inexplorable	impossible to stop or prevent	6
8020441372	imminence	the state or fact of being about to happen	7
8020441706	bestowal	the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift	8
8020441707	absconded	departed suddenly	9
8020442087	improbable	not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred	10
8020442088	bewildering	extremely confusing	11
8020442089	desolation	a state of complete emptiness or destruction	12
8020442090	gallantly	politely; in the manner of a gentleman	13
8020442454	audacity	excessive boldness, rashness, daring	14
8020442455	unscathed	wholly unharmed, not injured	15
8020442456	fatalism	the belief that all events are determined in advance by fate and cannot be changed by human means	16
8020442457	indignantly	Angry at something unworthy, unjust, unfair	17
8020442782	languor	lack of physical or mental energy	18
8020442783	factitious	artificial; produced artificially; sham; false;	19
8020443149	colossal	extremely large	20
8020443150	deplorable	deeply regrettable; unfortunate.	21
8020443708	odious	deserving hate or contempt	22
8085805761	sodden	(adj.) soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless	23
8085805762	liturgies	public rites; what people do in church	24
8085805763	euphemisms	words or terms used to make something sound less unpleasant	25
8085805764	akin	related to or alike	26
8085807070	infirmity	physical or mental weakness	27
8085807071	smug	self-satisfied	28
8085808602	intuitive	instinctive, untaught	29
8085808603	impassive	showing no emotion	30
8085808604	metaphysical conceits	analogy between one entity's spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem.	31
8085809721	oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.	32
8085809722	self-parody	poking fun at one's self through a piece of literature	33
8085811006	trite	commonplace; overused, stale	34
8085811007	rabble	a disorderly crowd, a mob	35
8085811008	analogous	similar or alike in some way; equivalent to	36
8085811009	precedent	an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action	37
8085812391	implicitly	absolutely; completely; totally	38
8085812392	plight	A difficult or dangerous condition or situation	39
8085812393	astuteness	the quality or state of having or displaying shrewd discernment and sagacity.	40
8085813342	facility	aptitude, ease in doing something	41
8085821484	dismayed	troubled, distressed	42
8085821485	peril	serious and immediate danger	43
8085821486	admonition	gentle warning; friendly reproof	44
8085821487	effaced	eliminated or made indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface	45
8085821488	torpor	extreme mental and physical sluggishness	46
8085821489	anguish	agonizing physical or mental pain	47
8085821490	metrical	of, relating to, or arranged in a rhythmic pattern of beats : of or relating poetic meter	48
8085821491	sardonic	grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	49
8085821492	sinister	evil, ominous	50
8085821493	sepulcher	a tomb or burial chamber	51
8085821494	exultation	the utterance of sounds expressing great joy	52
8086221566	palimpsest	parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased	53
8086221984	insatiability	the condition of having unlimited wants and thus never being satisfied	54