AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

7619875491	Smite	to inflict a heavy blow	0
7619876851	Clemency	leniency; mercy	1
7619882464	Woo	to court someone's favor; especially for purposes of marriage	2
7619883483	Taboo	a ban against something because of social custom or emotional aversion	3
7619891552	Importunate	stubbornly or unreasonably persistent in request or demand	4
7619898005	Aesthetic	of or pertaining to the sensing of beauty	5
7619899093	Coy	pretending shyness or modesty	6
7619900356	Imply	to express indirectly	7
7619902364	Antithetical	opposite; directly contrasting	8
7619905086	Laudable	praiseworthy; commendable	9
7619905654	Avaricious	greedy	10
7619909511	Wreak	to inflict something (usually vengeance or punishment) upon a person	11
7619911722	Stealthy	secret; clandestine; covert	12
7619912408	Surreptitious	secret; clandestine; covert	13
7619917440	Furtive	secret; clandestine; covert	14
7619918901	Pastoral	of or pertaining to the country or country life; rural	15
7619924599	Ascetic	a person who (usually for religious reasons)gives all but the most basic survival needs	16
7619926242	Chide	to scold, rebuke, reprimand	17
7619927449	Cogent	forcibly convincing	18
8194565300	Dissolute	lacking in moral restraint	19
8194566902	Deference	courteous yielding to the opinion or wishes of another	20
8194569909	Repose	the act of resting; a rest; calmness; tranquility	21
8194573193	Inevitable	certain to happen	22
8194582564	Punctilious	precise; scrupulous; exact	23
8194584149	Vacillate	to sway to and fro in body or mind; to waiver	24
8194589280	Disarray	a state of disorder; disarrangement; confusion	25
8194593312	Intrinsic	pertaining to the essential nature of a thing	26
8194595454	Flagrant	extremely or deliberately conspicuous; notorious; shocking	27
8194602816	Paleontology	the study of fossils and ancient life forms	28
8194607035	Ambidextrous	able to use both hands equally well	29
8194610414	Hypocrisy	the act of pretending to believe in ideas that one does not actually hold	30
8194615129	Analogy	an example used in an argument because of its similarity to the point in question	31
8194619061	Penitent	feeling truly sorry about one's misdeeds or sins	32
8194637680	Synopsis	a brief statement or outline of a subject; an abstract	33
8194641444	Quid pro quo	an equal exchange or trade; from the latin "something for something"	34
8194648206	Cacophony	jarring, discordant sound; dissonance	35
8194651212	Prosaic	lacking imagination and spirit; not poetic	36
8194654101	Stoic	indifferent to or unaffected by both pleasure and pain	37
8194656015	Myriad	amounting to a very large, though indefinite, number (often used with 'of')	38
8194664917	Fastidious	careful in all details; meticulous	39
8194666670	Nebulous	lacking a definite form or limit; hazy	40
8194669909	Penultimate	next to last	41
8194671151	Cajole	to persuade (or attempt to persuade) by pleading or flattery; coax	42
8194685997	Peruse	to read or examine with great care; scrutinize or skim through	43
8194689566	Pugnacious	quarrelsome; eager to fight; belligerent; truculent	44
8194694419	Giddy	having a lightheaded sensation	45
8194699152	Masticate	to chew	46
8194700446	Illicit	illegal; unlawful	47
8194701402	Jeer	to speak or shout derisively; to mock; to abuse openly; to taunt	48
8194704211	Enmity	a deep-seated hatred; antagonism; animosity	49
8194706633	Tendril	a long, slender, coiling extensions as of a stem, serving as an organ of attachment for certain climbing plants	50
8194712663	Entreat	to ask someone for something earnestly	51
8194715123	Rapt	deeply absorbed; engrossed	52
8194716581	Corporal	of the body; bodily	53
8194721435	Dextrous	skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever	54
8194721436	Deft	skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever	55
8194723140	Adroit	skillful with hands, body, or mind; clever	56
8194728233	Sentient	having sense perception; conscious	57
8194730196	Ornate	excessively; or elaborately decorated; rococo	58
8194962860	Genre	a category of art or literature distinguished by a definite style, form, or content	59
8194967255	Infer	to make an educated guess as to someone's meaning	60
8194969892	Spoonerism	the transposing of sounds in language or writing	61
8194971863	Extraneous	not essential; superfluous	62
8194975145	Verbatim	using exactly the same words, word for word; or (as an adverb) in exactly the same words	63
8194980619	Luxuriant	growing abundantly, vigorously, or lushly	64
8194984000	Undermine	to weaken by wearing away a base or foundation	65
8194986211	Hasten	to move something swiftly; to hurry	66
8194987005	Baffle	to hinder or impede by puzzling	67
8194989583	Evoke	to produce or inspire emotions, memories, or reactions	68
8194994607	Pessimism	doubting that it will all be better later; looking on the dark side	69
8194996864	Angst	a feeling of anxiety	70
8194999140	Redolent	pleasantly odorous	71
8195001179	Perplexity	the state or condition of being puzzled	72
8195002768	Vertigo	a sensation of dizziness	73
8195004381	Epiphany	an event often spiritual involving a sudden flash of perception	74
8195007007	Connotation	a meaning that is beyond & deeper than the literal meaning	75
8195009756	Procreate	to budget offspring; to reproduce	76
8195013717	Capitulate	to give up all resistance; surrender; to acquiesce	77
8195017092	Vacuous	devoid of substance or meaning; inane	78
8195018588	Polygraph	an instrument that simultaneously records changes in such physiological processes as heartbeat, blood pressure & respiration. Is sometimes used in lie detection	79
8195023886	Tepid	moderately warm; lukewarm	80
8195025701	Tyranny	a government in which a single ruler has absolute (unlimited) power	81
8195028851	Despotism	a government in which a single ruler has absolute (unlimited) power	82
8195031290	Omnipresent	present in all places at the same time	83
8195032447	Wheedle	to persuade or attempt to persuade by deceitful flattery or guile; cajole	84
8195037317	Ravage	to destroy or despoil; devastate	85
8195039337	Denotation	the literal meaning of words as apposed to their figurative meaning	86
8195040739	Predilection	a preference	87
8195042403	Victuals	food fit for human consumption	88
8195043725	Persevere	to keep on trying even in the face of obstacles	89
8195045755	Vernacular	the native language of a country or region; more often the nonstandard everyday speech of a country or region	90
8195049654	Irrevocable	not able to be reversed	91
8195053357	Abate	to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen	92
8195054949	Oracle	a place where prophecies are made, the prophet of this place, or the prophecy itself; any person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel	93
8195061263	Plethora	superabundance	94
8195062171	Eschew	to take care to avoid; to shun	95
8195064982	Libertine	a person lacking in moral restraint	96
8195066359	Harangue	to make a long, pompous speech	97
8195069586	Chastity	the state or quality of being morally pure or celibate	98
8195070624	Periphery	the outermost part or region within a given area	99
8195073243	Coalition	a temporary merging of smaller political parties in order to gain a majority of the available power	100
8195076992	Contemporary	belonging to the same period of time; current or modern	101
8195079758	Halitosis	stale or foul smelling breath	102
8195081165	Conjecture	guess (as a verb) a guess (as a noun)	103
8195084533	Empathize	to feel for something (by attempting to put yourself in one's place)	104
8195087889	Impetus	a driving force	105
8195089679	Affluent	rich	106
8195090775	Ephemeral	short lived; fleeting	107
8195092365	Outset	beginning; start; commencement	108
8195093774	Vindictive	revengeful in spirit	109
8195094452	Aversion	intense dislike	110
8195095204	Inception	the beginning of something	111
8195097384	Mercenary	motivated by a desire for monetary or material gain	112
8195100617	Revelation	something revealed; an act of revealing	113
8195101589	Wont	accustomed or used to (as an adjective) or usage or custom (as a noun)	114
8207869636	Enigmatic	puzzling	115
8207876387	Denouement	the unknotting of the problems in a play, novel, or short story	116
8207879450	Pragmatic	practical	117
8207880293	Exhume	to remove from a grave; to bring to light; uncover	118
8207882611	Zany	ludicrously comical; buffoonish	119
8207886559	Fetid	foul-smelling; stinking	120
8207890739	Narcissism	excessive admiration of oneself; love of self	121
8207895138	Odious	hateful; offensive; repugnant	122
8207897810	Incessant	unceasing; unending	123
8207898554	Consternation	sudden confusion, amazement or frustration	124
8207902698	Pernicious	deadly	125
8207908363	Raze	to tear down or demolish; level to the ground	126
8207910410	Optimism	being hopeful and looking on the bright side	127
8207913245	Thine	yours or (when after a vowel) your	128
8207915057	Prophet	a person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom a divinity expresses his will; a predicted or soothsayer	129
8207924556	Pestilence	any usually fatal epidemic disease	130
8207925871	Persnickety	very concerned with detail	131
8207927646	Prate	to talk idly and at great length; chatter	132
8207931769	Phlegmatic	sluggish or apathetic; hard to rouse to action	133
8207934183	Folly	foolishness	134
8207935008	Abject	of the most contemptible kind; wretched	135
8207937802	Dour	silently ill-humored; gloomy	136
8207940671	Accolade	praise; approval	137
8207942687	Heresy	an opinion that is at odds with religious beliefs; "religious treason"	138
8207948535	Fallow	plowed but not sowed; uncultivated	139
8207950847	Perfidy	deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery	140
8207955602	Transpose	to reverse the order of; to interchange	141
8207958241	Ruse	an action or desire meant to confuse, mislead or trick	142
8207964084	Egregious	outstandingly bad	143
8207965595	Robust	vigorous; strong	144
8207971869	Unkempt	disheveled; messy; uncombed	145
8207975609	Brandish	to wave or display menacingly or ostentatiously	146
8207979332	Vanguard	the foremost position in a movement, trend, army, or fleet	147
8207981806	Thwart	to prevent from taking place	148
8207984347	Anticlimax	a disappointing or commonplace conclusion; after a big "build up"	149
8207989310	Altercation	a quarrel or angry dispute	150
8207993142	Rebuke	to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand	151
8207999754	Squander	to spend wastefully or extravagantly	152
8208013290	Curator	the administration director of a museum , or other similar institution	153
8208017401	Capricious	characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable	154
8208023376	Reconcile	to settle any sort of disagreement	155
8208024518	Synthetic	not genuine; artificial; ersatz	156
8208027769	Eradicate	to get rid of; wipe out; annihilate; destroy	157
8208029796	Alliteration	the occurrence (in a phrase or line of speech or writing) of two or more words having the same initial sound	158
8208035481	Atrophy	to waste away (usually concerning bodies); to whither	159
8208038457	Vestige	a visible trace or evidence of something that has once existed but exists or appears no more	160
8208042918	Visage	the face or facial features; physiognomy	161
8208044447	Countenance	the face or facial features; physiognomy	162
8208047645	Penury	Extreme want or poverty; destitution	163
8208052956	Tantamount	equivalent in effect or value (used with "to")	164
8208054847	Euphoria	a feeling of great happiness	165
8208057354	Acrimony	bitterness or ill-natured animosity, especially in speech	166
8208060948	Paramount	of chief concern or importance; primary; foremost	167