AP Literature Unit 8 Flashcards
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| 4022739203 | Aberration | (n.) a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state | 0 | |
| 4022755006 | Ad Hoc | (adj.) for this specific purpose; improvised; (adv.) with respect to this | 1 | |
| 4022764757 | Bane | (n.) the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison | 2 | |
| 4022772548 | Bathos | (n.) the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase, nadir; an anticlimax, comedown | 3 | |
| 4022783082 | Cantankerous | (adj.) ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with | 4 | |
| 4022787611 | Casuistry | (n.) the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument | 5 | |
| 4022805438 | De facto | (adj.) actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; (adv.) in reality, actually | 6 | |
| 4022811211 | Depredation | (n.) the act of preying upon or plundering | 7 | |
| 4022823735 | Empathy | (n.) a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or someone else | 8 | |
| 4022834387 | Harbinger | (n.) a forerunner, herald; (v.) to herald the approach of | 9 | |
| 4022841370 | Hedonism | (n.) the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim; devotion to or pursuit of pleasure | 10 | |
| 4022847651 | Lackluster | (adj.) lacking brilliance or vitality; dull | 11 | |
| 4022859852 | Malcontent | (adj.) discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions; (n.) such a person | 12 | |
| 4022869444 | Mellifluous | (adj.) flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed | 13 | |
| 4022889664 | Nepotism | (n.) undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives | 14 | |
| 4022895564 | Pander | (v.) to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others;(n.) a person who does this | 15 | |
| 4022906825 | Peccadillo | (n.) a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming | 16 | |
| 4022909075 | Piece de resistance | (n.) the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, incident, or item; an outstanding accomplishment | 17 | |
| 4022915564 | Remand | (v.) to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to lower court | 18 | |
| 4022925608 | Syndrome | (n.) a group of symptoms or signs that collectively characterize or indicate a disease, disorder, abnormality, etc. | 19 |