AP Literature Unit 5 Flashcards
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| 5403680812 | acuity | (n) sharpness | 0 | |
| 5403683072 | delineate | (v) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially | 1 | |
| 5403686142 | depraved | (adj) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles | 2 | |
| 5403689110 | enervate | (v) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring | 3 | |
| 5403692563 | esoteric | (adj) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret | 4 | |
| 5403695212 | fecund | (adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive | 5 | |
| 5403699756 | fiat | (n) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will | 6 | |
| 5403704571 | figment | (n) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion | 7 | |
| 5403708988 | garner | (v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store for future use | 8 | |
| 5403712652 | hallow | (v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere | 9 | |
| 5403716166 | idiosyncrasy | (n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify | 10 | |
| 5403721493 | ignominy | (n) shame and disgrace | 11 | |
| 5403723577 | mundane | (adj) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary | 12 | |
| 5403726768 | nuance | (n) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference | 13 | |
| 5403731622 | overweening | (adj) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate | 14 | |
| 5403734542 | penchant | (n) a strong attraction or inclination | 15 | |
| 5403736578 | reputed | (adj) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part) alleged | 16 | |
| 5403741238 | sophistry | (n) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy | 17 | |
| 5403744742 | sumptuous | (adj) costly, rich, magnificent | 18 | |
| 5403747036 | ubiquitous | (adj) present or existing everywhere | 19 | |
| 5403757920 | whimsical | playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way | 20 | |
| 5403760211 | incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe something | 21 | |
| 5403761964 | melancholic | feeling pensively sad | 22 | |
| 5403761965 | vitriolic | filled with bitter criticism or malice | 23 | |
| 5403764498 | scrupulous | diligent and thorough | 24 | |
| 5403766462 | synecdoche | a part stands for a whole or a whole stands for a part | 25 | |
| 5403771412 | litotes | ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative | 26 | |
| 5403774132 | allegory | a representation of a spiritual meaning | 27 | |
| 5403776391 | parallelism | repeating the syntactical formation for a purpose | 28 | |
| 5403778116 | syllepsis | a single word is used with two other parts of a sentence but must be understood differently in relation to each | 29 |