AP LITERATURE VOCAB QUIZ #2 Flashcards
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8302619789 | Meritorious (adj.) | Deserving reward or praise | 0 | |
8302627715 | Aggregate (n./v./adj.) | Form or group into a class or cluster | 1 | |
8302693943 | bellow (v.) | To Emit a deep loud roar, typically in pain or anger. | 2 | |
8302701333 | sylvan (adj.) | Pleasantly rural or pastoral; wooded | 3 | |
8302735828 | enmity (n.) | The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something | 4 | |
8302745805 | prone (adj.) | Likely to do, experience, or suffer from something, typically regrettable or unwelcome | 5 | |
8302751311 | pompously (adv.) | Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important | 6 | |
8302760576 | miasma (n.) | An oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere that surrounds or emanates from something | 7 | |
8302771681 | posture (v.) | Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead others | 8 | |
8302780631 | irascible (adj.) | Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered | 9 | |
8302790260 | dubious (adj.) | Hesitating or doubting | 10 | |
8302796000 | obsequiously (adv.) | Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree | 11 | |
8302801403 | transcend (v.) | Be or go beyond the range or limits | 12 | |
8302809705 | feign (v.) | Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury | 13 | |
8302816438 | cavort (v.) | Jump or dance around excitedly | 14 | |
8302823290 | dissemble (v.) | Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs | 15 | |
8302827485 | nefarious (adj.) | Wicked or Criminal | 16 | |
8302835090 | celerity (n.) | Swiftness of movement | 17 | |
8302841753 | pejorative (adj.) | Expressing contempt or disapproval | 18 | |
8302845738 | inexorable (adj.) | Impossible to stop or prevent | 19 |