AP Literature Vocab Set 1 Flashcards

3027684519	Sardonic	Characterized by bitter or scornful mockery	0
3027688736	Vehement	Zealous, impassioned, strongly emotional, intense	1
3027690297	Ignominious	Humiliating, marked by disgrace or dishonor	2
3027698380	Lugubrious	Mournful, dismal, gloomy, sorrowful	3
3027703163	Taciturn	Inclined to silence, reserved in speech, reluctant to conversate	4
3027705459	Captious	Apt to notice, make much of trivial faults or defeats, difficult to please	5
3027708938	Fetid	Having an offensive odor, smell, stink	6
3027710796	Lurid	Gruesome, horrible, revolting	7
3027712555	Paltry	Ridiculously or insultingly small, utterly worthless	8
3027717642	Arrogate	Take or claim (something) without justification	9
3027720309	Soporific	Causing or tending to cause sleep	10
3027722374	Ameliorate	To make better, improve	11
3027722382	Expiate	To atone for, to make amends	12
3126639125	Fervid	Heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm	13
3126642719	Turbid	Not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment	14
3126646809	Indignant	Feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive	15
3126650230	Officious	Objectionable aggressive in offering ones unrequested and unwanted services, help, advice; meddlesome	16
3126655542	Equivocal	Allowing the possibilities of several different meanings, as a word or a phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double misinterpretation	17
3126662762	Assiduous	Constant, unremitting, attentive	18
3126665184	Inscrutable	Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, understood	19
3126671673	Insuperable	Incapable of being passed over, overcome, surmounted	20
3126674882	Vapid	Lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor	21
3126683329	Penurious	Extremely stingy, extremely poor, poorly or inadequately supplied	22