AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

7634799842	saturnine	slow and gloomy	0
7634799843	oscillate	move/swing back and forth	1
7634799844	effulgent	shining brightly, radiant	2
7634799845	ignominious	causing public disgrace or shame	3
7634799846	squalid	dirty, disgraceful, shameful	4
7634799847	oblique	not straightforward	5
7634799848	arcane	mysterious, secret	6
7634799849	tone	perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development	7
7634799850	reprehensible	disgraceful, deplorable	8
7634799851	serpentine	like a serpent	9
7634799852	precocious	development and wisdom beyond years	10
7634799853	atrophy	decline, wasting away	11
7634799854	guise	appearance	12
7634799855	venerate	respect	13
7634799856	meretricious	deceptive, flashy	14
7634799857	allusion	reference to person, place, thing	15
7634799858	parsimony	extremely thrifty	16
7634799859	nullify	cancel	17
7634799860	abomination	causing disgust or hatred	18
7634799861	vilify	defame	19
7634799862	derelict	neglected	20
7634799863	exhume	dig up, unearth	21
7634799864	furtive	secretive, guilty	22
7634799865	irony	words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words	23
7634799866	pertinent	relevant or applicable	24
7634799867	ideology	system of ideals	25
7634799868	turpitude	depravity, wickedness	26
7634799869	dispassionate	not passionate	27
7634799870	calumny	falsely defaming someone	28
7634799871	extenuate	to make light of	29
7634799872	germane	relevant, pertinent	30
7634799873	paradox	seemingly contradictory ideas	31
7634799874	extort	obtain by threats or unfair means	32
7634799875	inane	silly, stupid	33
7634799876	tepid	lukewarm, unenthusiastic	34
7634799877	recondite	little known, abstruse	35
7634799878	multifarious	many types, aspects, varied, diverse	36
7634799879	decorum	etiquette	37
7634799880	nebulous	unclear, vague	38
7634799881	oxymoron	seemingly contradictory words	39
7634799882	censure	severe, formal disapproval	40
7634799883	quiescent	inactivity/dormancy	41
7634799884	nexus	connection of 2 or more things	42
7634799885	augment	add to increase	43
7634799886	excise	tax levied on certain goods and commodities	44
7634799887	clandestine	kept secret	45
7634799888	heinous	wicked	46
7634799889	conceit	excessive pride	47