AP Literature Vocab Words Flashcards

6568606138	discursive	Moving from topic to topic without order	0
6568606139	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance	1
6568609121	mercurial	characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood	2
6568609133	erudite	Having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying	3
6568610298	secular	of or relating to worldly things or things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred	4
6568628756	despondent	feeling or showing profound hopelessness	5
6568631485	assuage	to make milder or less severe	6
6568635999	pragmatic	dealing with things realistically in away that is based on practical conditions	7
6568638155	incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	8
6568640249	repartee	A quick and witty reply	9
6568641796	paradigm	A typical example or pattern of something	10
6568644837	sanctimonious	Hypocritically pious or devout	11
6568656945	didactic	designed or intended to teach	12
6568680486	phlegmatic	Not easily excited to action or display of emotion	13
6568682730	reclusive	avoiding the company of other people	14
6568684538	sardonic	derisively mocking	15
6568687726	moralistic	characterized by or expressive of a narrow moral attitude and attempts to impose morals on others	16
6568692410	capricious	subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden odd notion or unpredictable change, erratic	17
6568701928	tactful	careful not to offend or upset other people , having or showing tact (diplomatic)	18
6568708346	nostalgic	A wistful desire to return to the past	19
6568731909	pedantic	an ostentatious display in one's learning	20
6568733493	negligible	so small or unimportant as to not worth considering	21
6568737954	resigned	having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about	22
6568740549	seditious	inciting people to rebel against authority	23
6568742038	adjudicate	to make an official decision about who is right in a dispute	24
6568744284	remiss	lacking care or attention to duty `	25
6568747302	aberrant	departing from an accepted standard	26
6568750979	effusive	expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval	27
6568763891	inexorable	impossible to stop or prevent	28
6568765330	overweening	showing excessive confidence or pride	29
6568851880	recapitulate	to give a brief summary of something	30
6568853604	strident	loud, harsh , presenting a p.o.v. in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way	31
6568858888	poignant	designed to make an impression/ affect the feelings	32
6568860862	acerbic	sharply or bitingly critical , sarcastic , or ironic in temper, mood, or tone	33
6568864282	animistic	the attribution of a soul to plants , inanimate objects, and natural phenomenon	34
6568874171	desultory	lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm	35
6568875828	rapacious	aggressively greedy	36
6568877272	charlatan	a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill ; a fraud l	37
6569041733	mendacious	not telling the truth ; lying	38
6569048085	idiosyncratic	peculiar ; distinctive ; unique	39
6569052872	circumspect	watchful , cautious , and well - considered	40