AP Literature Flashcards

2395102321	conscience	A practical judgment of reason that helps a person decide the goodness or sinfulness of an action or attitude.	0
2395106086	anxiety	An emotional state of high energy, with the stress response as the body's reaction to it.	1
2395107007	plague	A widespread disease	2
2395131992	deleterious	Harmful	3
2395133691	precipitous	rapid, uncontrolled	4
2395134717	parenthetical	a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain	5
2395135422	metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	6
2395138766	illiteracy	Inability to read or write	7
2395139424	desperation	condition of being driven to take almost any risk as a last resort	8
2395140197	ubiquity	the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)	9
2395141448	adulation	(n.) praise or flattery that is excessive	10
2395143068	alleged	Reported, supposed	11
2395143631	predominantly	mainly	12
2395147138	nostalgic	Longing for the past	13
2395147939	exasperated	Frustrated; annoyed	14
2395149136	reverently	deeply respectful	15
2395149795	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	16
2395150637	claustrophobic	exhibiting a fear of enclosed spaces	17
2395152347	bellicose	Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.	18
2395156767	sultry	characterized by oppressive heat and humidity	19
2405014923	frenzied	madly excited; N. frenzy: violent wild excitement	20
2422309972	Animosity	A feeling of strong dislike	21
2422311714	Misogynistic	Reflecting or exhibiting hatred	22
2422314648	Doting	Showing a decline	23
2422315490	Possessive	Jealousy opposed to the personal independence	24
2422318409	Solicitous	Anxious or concerned	25