AP Literature Unit 4 Flashcards
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| 3165866132 | Affable | (adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to | 0 | |
| 3165866133 | Aggrandize | (v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater | 1 | |
| 3165866847 | Amorphous | (adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion | 2 | |
| 3165866848 | Archetype | (n.) an original model after which similar things are patterned; a perfect or typical example | 3 | |
| 3165866849 | Aura | (n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality | 4 | |
| 3165866850 | Contraband | (n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited | 5 | |
| 3165867515 | Erudite | (adj.) scholarly, learned; boorish, pedantic | 6 | |
| 3165867516 | Gossamer | (adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth | 7 | |
| 3165867517 | Infer | (v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply | 8 | |
| 3165867518 | Inscrutable | (adj.) impossible to see through physically; incapable of being understood | 9 | |
| 3165869280 | Insular | (adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience | 10 | |
| 3165869281 | Irrevocable | (adj.) incapable of being changed or called back | 11 | |
| 3165870359 | Propensity | (n.) a natural inclination or bent toward | 12 | |
| 3165870360 | Querulous | (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful | 13 | |
| 3165870361 | Remonstrate | (v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to | 14 | |
| 3165871313 | Repudiate | (v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of | 15 | |
| 3165871314 | Resilient | (adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly | 16 | |
| 3165871315 | Retrench | (v.) to cut down, reduce in scope and cost | 17 | |
| 3165872236 | Reverberate | (v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly | 18 | |
| 3165872237 | Scurrilous | (adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar and low (especially in language), foul-mouthed | 19 | |
| 3165873106 | Sedulous | (adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination | 20 | |
| 3165874414 | Sleazy | (adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy, or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable | 21 |