AP Literature Vocab Flashcards

4760923575	Zenith	Highest point in the sky/ greatest accomplishment	0
4760923576	Nadir	Lowest point	1
4760925269	Tawdry	Tasteless/ showy/ cheap/ gaudy/ inferior	2
4774130308	Urbane	Sophisticated/ smooth/ refined	3
4774130309	Diatribe	Angry, violent, of bitter attack of words	4
4824379070	Harbinger	Person or thing that signals what will follow	5
4824379071	Banal	Ordinary/ uninteresting/ pointless	6
4824379072	Stymie	To block, hinder, or frustrate/ to confuse or baffle	7
4824379073	Bacchanal	A wild drunken party	8
4824379074	Prosaic	Common, dull, mundane	9
4861701186	Esoteric	Something known or understood only by a select few	10
4861701187	Exoteric	Something known or understood by many/ something very popular	11
4861701188	Procrustean	Someone or something that forces rigid conformity/ unyielding	12
4861701189	Shibboleth	Password/ slogan/ characteristic of a certain group/ cliche/ Ear of corn	13
4861701190	Martinet	Strict disciplinarian	14
4861701191	Wrought	(Verb) an older way or saying work/ (adj) brought about	15
5149771789	Meretricious	Tasteless, cheap, inferior, flashy, deceptively attractive	16
5149771790	Lampoon	A ridiculous or humorous attack on an institution or person	17
5149771791	Cajole	To persuade by flattening or making promises/ pleasant or misleading words	18
5149771792	Narcissim	Extreme self love/ big ego/ thinking very highly of yourself	19
5149771793	Chagrin	Humiliation, disappointment, irritation	20
5149771794	Ephemeral	Something lasting a very short or brief time/ short lived/ temporary	21
5149771795	Bedlam	Noisy confusion, uproar, disorder	22
5149771796	Indolent	Lazy, inactive, lethargic	23
5149771797	Meander	Follow a winding course/ wander aimlessly	24
5149771798	Agnostic	One who believes it is impossible to know whether or not a God exists	25
5149771799	Precocious	Advanced beyond your age/ child prodigy	26
5149771800	Nepotism	Showing favoritism to relatives through jobs, offices, or favors	27
5149771801	Enigmatic	Mysterious, puzzling, curious	28
5149771802	Nebulous	Unclear, hazy, indistinct	29
5149771803	Denigrate	To speak ill/ attack someone's reputation/ belittle	30
5149771804	Docile	Something easily managed or controlled/ gentle or submissive	31
5161553533	Alchemy	A chemical philosophy/ turning metals to gold/ finding a medicine to cure all illnesses/ magic power that changes or transforms things/ gives everlasting life	32
5332876652	Anachronism	Representation of someone as existing or something happening out of it's proper, historical, or chronological order.	33
5332876653	Beleaguered	Lots of troubles or problems	34
5332876654	Desultory	Not having a plan/ something random or disconnected	35
5332876655	Echelon	A level responsibility or authority in a hierarchy/ rank/ formation of groups, units, or individuals/ formation of military troops/ flight formation	36
5332876656	Epicure	Person with refined taste/ person devoted to luxurious things	37
5332876657	Malapropism	Misusing a word/ confusing a word with one that sounds similar	38
5342564910	Magnanimous	Unselfish or generous	39
5342564911	Obstreperous	Noisy/ unruly/ defiant	40
5332876658	Milieu	An environment or setting, usually the social place where something happens or develops	41
5497162761	Repugnant	Something repulsive/ something you turn your nose up at	42
5497162762	Serendipity	Making fortunate discoveries or have accidental luck	43
5497162763	Visceral	Immediate and emotional/ something not thought out	44
5497162764	Scathe	To harm or injure	45
5497162765	Lacerate	Ripping or tearing something, literally or figuratively	46
5808007812	Flay	To strip away skin, usually used figuratively	47
5808007813	Truculent	Person that exudes meanness or hostility/ often describes behavior	48
5808007814	Ennul	French for boredom	49
5808007815	Phlegmatic	A person who is slow to act or get mad	50
5808007816	Doldrums	Purposeless, without energy, a dull feeling	51
5808007817	Tepid	Lukewarm/ usually describes a drunk that isn't hot or cold/ can also describe an attitude	52
5808007818	Risible	Relating to laughter/ person who likes to laugh/ situation that provokes laughter	53
5808007819	Panache	An added touch of style/ a word used to describe an old plume	54
5808007820	Incubus	A demon that sexually attacks women/ something that torments you, especially during the night	55
5808007821	Leonine	Lion-like	56
5808007822	Vulpine	Fox-like	57
5808007823	Ursine	Bear-like	58
5808007824	Avian	Bird-like	59
5808007825	Simian	Someone who resembles an ape or a monkey	60
5820334907	Porcine	Resembling a swine or a pig	61
5853808209	Exacerbate	To aggravate something/ make something more sever or harsh	62
5853808210	Placate	To lessen someone's anger or hard feelings	63
5965105046	Perambulate	Fancy way to say walk or stroll/ walk around looking for something	64
5965105047	Vacillate	To swing indecisively between two or more ideas	65
5965105048	Messianic	Zealous (passionate) or overzealous about a cause or leader	66
5965105049	Pique	To peak or provoke (usually involving interest)	67
5965105050	Corpulent/ corpulence	Having a lot of body/ excessively fat	68
5965105051	Clandestine	When something is done in secret to hide a plan or something that's not pleasant	69
5965105052	Fastidious	Meticulous/ pay close attention to detail (so extreme it's almost negative)	70
6238049476	Chimera	Part lion, part goat, and part dragon/ often used to describe fictional things or ideas	71
6238049477	Dearth	Not enough of something or nothing at all	72
6238049478	Sepulcher/sepulchral	A grave or tomb/ a burial place/ excessively gloomy	73
6238049479	Arcane	Something known or understood by only a select group of people. (Synonym: Esoteric)	74
6238049480	Vitriolic	Something that is bitterly cruel/ acidic	75
6238049481	Torpid	Not inclined to do anything/ a hibernating animal/ a lazy person (synonym: phlegmatic)	76
6238049482	Amalgamate	To mix or combine into a unified whole	77
6238049483	Gerome	Relevant or appropriate	78
6238049484	Carapace	Hard covering of some sort/ any protective covering	79
6238049485	Redress	Figurative reclothing/ a remedy	80
6238049486	Ameliorate	Fancy word for improving/ Latin for "better"	81
6238049487	Amnesty	General pardon give to those guilty of crimes	82
6238049488	Ancillary	Used to be a maid/ now is something of secondary importance	83
6238049489	Hedonist	Someone devoted to pleasure and having a good time	84
6238049490	Revelry	A loud or good time	85
6238049491	Avuncular	Describes a relationship with uncle/ someone kind and fun to be around	86
6274031321	Jocular	Tending to make jokes	87
6274031322	Euphoric	Intense excitement or happiness/ wow feeling so extremes it is unlike other happiness	88
6274031323	Fetid	Something that smells very bad/ usually something rotting or dirty	89
6274031324	Sordid	Something that is morally or ethically fowl	90
6316414035	Rancid	Usually something rotting or disgusting (synonymous with repugnant)	91
6316414036	Pernicious	Deadly or dangerous/ extremely deleterious	92
6330669172	Posterity	Refers to generations to come	93
6430197170	Heretic	Strays from religious beliefs/ someone who disagrees with society	94
6430197171	Garish	Something loud and in your face, usually in color or design	95
6482369536	Feral	An animal in the wild/ a human who acts like an animal	96
6482369537	Portentous	Someone carrying a sign that something bad will happening the future/ something very pretentious, pompous, or arrogant	97
6482369538	Aesthetic	The perception or the appreciation of beauty	98
6482369539	Incarnation	A fleshly version of the divine/ something abstract that you give a bodily form	99
6746360148	Ecclesiastical	Something relating to church	100
6746360149	Prehensile	Something that can grasp something else/ the ability to hold something	101
6746360150	Veracity	Honesty	102
6746360151	Mendacity	Dishonesty	103
6746360152	Double Entendre	Double meaning, usually one of them in sexual	104
6746360153	Parsumony	Someone who is excessively cheap	105
6746360154	Pecuniary	Something to do with monsy	106