AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

6432924777	Adjunct	something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper	0
6432924778	Bellwether	male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; leader; indicator of trends	1
6432924779	Caterwaul	to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; harsh cry	2
6432924780	Chimerical	absurd, wildly fantastic; impossible	3
6432924781	Effete	lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; out-of-date	4
6432924782	Fait Accompli	an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action	5
6432924783	Hidebound	narrow minded and rigid especially in opinions or prejudices	6
6432924784	Hierarchy	any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.	7
6432924785	Laissez-faire	philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice	8
6432924786	Liturgy	religious service or rite	9
6432971847	Morass	patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp	10
6432971848	Noisome	offensive or disgusting; foul - smelling; harmful	11
6432971849	Oblivious	forgetful; unaware	12
6432971850	Poltroon	a base coward	13
6432971851	Proselyte	a convert; a disciple	14
6432971852	Quasi	resembling but not actually being	15
6432971853	Raillery	good-humored ridicule; teasing	16
6432971854	Ribald	irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language	17
6432971855	Supine	lying flat on ones back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive	18
6432971856	Vignette	a short description or sketch; a picture with edges that gradually fade off	19
6433432175	Aegis	protection; patronage; sponsorship	20
6433432176	Apprise	to inform of; to make aware of my giving oral or written notice	21
6433432177	Bibulous	fond of or inclined to drink; absorbent	22
6433432178	Claque	group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; an opera hat	23
6433432179	Deracinate	to pull up by the roots; to route out, uproot, or dislocate to eliminate all traces	24
6433432180	Exegesis	an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of a text)	25
6433432181	Indigenous	originating in the country or region where found native; inborn; inherent	26
6433432182	Lachrymose	given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears	27
6433432183	Lexicon	dictionary of the language; the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject	28
6433432184	Melee	a confused struggle; a violent free-for-all	29
6433432185	Microcosm	a miniature world or universe	30
6433432186	Miniscule	very small, tiny; a lowercase letter	31
6433432187	Obfuscate	to darken or obscure ; to confuse or bewilder	32
6433432188	Paternalism	policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children	33
6433432189	Polarize	to cause to concentrate around two conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern	34
6433432190	Purview	the range, extent, or scope of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statute	35
6433432191	Sanguine	having a ruddy complexion, of a naturally cheerful confident or optimistic look	36
6433432192	Solecism	a substandard or ungrammatical usage, a breach of etiquette	37
6433432193	Vassal	person under protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent	38
6433432194	Versimilitude	quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable	39
6433432195	Ancillary	subordinate or supplementary	40
6433432196	Bowlderize	to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)	41
6433432197	Condescend	to come down or stoop voluntarily to lower level: deal with people in a patronizing manner	42
6433432198	Cozen	to trick; to cheat or swindle	43
6433432199	Enclave	enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character	44
6433432200	Forte	person's strong point; what a person does best	45
6433432201	Gratis	free; without charge	46
6433432202	Icon	representation of an image of sacred personage; often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; symbol; object of blind devotion	47
6433432203	Interstice	small, narrow space between things or parts of things	48
6433432204	Macrocosm	universe considered as a whole; entire complex structure of something	49
6433432205	Paean	a song of praise, joy, or triumph	50
6433432206	Persiflage	lighthearted joking, talk, or writing	51
6433716409	Mountebank	a trickster or swindler	52
6433432207	Plethora	overfullness; super abundance	53
6433432208	Pragmatic	concerned with practical considerations are values; stiff in one's opinions	54
6433432209	Quizzical	puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal	55
6433432210	Rapacity	inordinate greed; disposition to obtain one's desire by force, extortion, or plunder	56
6433432211	Schism	formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group into hostile factions	57
6433432212	Therapeutic	having the power to heal or cure; beneficial	58
6433432213	Virtuoso	brilliant performer; a person with a masterly skill or technique	59
6433432214	Affinity	natural attraction to a person, thing or activity; relationship, connection	60
6433432215	Bilious	peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant	61
6433432216	Cognate	closely related in origin, essential nature, or function	62
6433432217	Corollary	proposition that follows from one already proven, a natural consequence or result	63
6433432218	Cul-de-sac	blind alley or dead-end street; any situation in which further progress is impossible; an impasse	64
6433432219	Derring-do	valor or heroism; daring deeds or exploits( often used to poke fun at false heroics)	65
6433432220	Divination	art or act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge	66
6433432221	Elixir	potion once thought capable of caring all ills and making life indefinitely; a sweet liquid used as a vehicle medicines	67
6433432222	Folderol	foolish talk, ideas, or procedures; nonsense; a trifle	68
6433432223	Gamut	an entire range or series	69
6433432224	Hoi Polloi	the common people; the masses	70
6433432225	Ineffable	not expressible in words; too great or too sacred to be uttered	71
6433432226	Lucubration	laborious study or thought; especially at night, result of	72
6433432227	Mnemonic	Relating to or designed to assist the memory	73
6433432228	Obloquy	public abuse indicating strong disapproval or censure; the disgrace resulting from such treatment	74
6433516064	Parameter	a determining or characteristic element; a factor that shapes the total outcome; a limit or boundary	75
6433516065	Pundit	a learned person; one who gives authoritative opinions	76
6433516066	Risible	pertaining to laughter; able or inclined to laugh; laughable	77
6433516067	Symptomatic	typical or characteristic; being or concerned with a symptom of a disease	78
6433516068	Volte-face	ab about face; a complete reversal	79
6433516069	Aficionado	an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan	80
6433516070	Browbeat	to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully	81
6433516071	Commensurate	equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards	82
6433716412	Diaphanous	very sheer and the light; almost completely transparent	83
6433716410	Emolument	profit derived from an office or position from employment; a fee or salary	84
6433807503	Foray	quick raid especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor	85
6433716413	Genre	type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; style of painting in which every day scenes are realistically depicted	86
6433716414	Homily	sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse	87
6433716415	Immure	to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate	88
6433716416	Insouciant	blithely in different or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky	89
6433716417	Matrix	A mold; the surrounding situation or environment	90
6433716418	Obsequies	funeral rites or ceremonies	91
6433716419	Panache	A confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display	92
6433716420	Persona	a character in a novel or play; the outwork character or roll that a person assumes	93
6433716421	Philippic	a bitter verbal attack	94
6433716422	Prurient	having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires	95
6433716423	Sacrosanct	very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart for immune from questioning or attack	96
6433716424	Systematic	of or pertaining to the entire body, relating to his system or systems	97
6433716425	Tendentious	intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause, biased or partisan	98
6433716426	Vicissitude	a change variation or alteration, successive or changing faces or conditions	99
6539558668	Abortive	Failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed	100
6539558669	Bruit	To spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors	101
6539558670	Countumelious	Insolent speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating	102
6539558671	Dictum	Short saying; an authoritative statement	103
6539558672	Ensconce	To settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place	104
6539558673	Iconoclastic	Attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions	105
6539558674	In Media Ras	In or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things	106
6539558675	Internecine	mutually destructive; characterized by a great slaughter and bloodshed	107
6539558676	Maladroit	Lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, or perception, or judgment	108
6539558677	Maudlin	Excessively or effusively sentimental	109
6762157034	Modulate	To change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate or adjust	110
6762157035	Portentious	Foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe	111
6762157036	Prescience	Knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight	112
6762157037	Quid Pro Quo	Something given in exchange or return for something else	113
6762157038	Salubrious	Conducive to health or well-being	114
6762157039	Satunalian	Characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness	115
6762157040	Touchstone	Means of testing worth or genuiness	116
6762157041	Traumatic	So shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage	117
6762157042	Vitiate	To weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of	118
6762157043	Waggish	Fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll	119
6762275792	Abeyance	State of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside	120
6762275793	Ambivalent	Having inappropriate and conflicting feeling for someone or something	121
6762275794	Beleaguer	To set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, to harass	122
6762275795	Carte Blanche	Full freedom or authority to act out at ones own discretion	123
6762275796	Cataclysm	A sudden violent or devastating upheaval; a surging flood; deluge	124
6762275797	Debauch	To corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation	125
6762456117	Eclat	Dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance (of performance of achievement)	126
6762456118	Fastidious	Overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regards to details; easily disgusted	127
6762456119	Gambol	To jump or skip about playfully	128
6762456120	Imbue	To soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind	129
6762456121	Aberration	Departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal lapse from a sound mental state	130
6762456122	Ad Hoc	(Adj.)For the specific purpose; improvised (Adv.) with respect to this	131
6762456123	Bane	Source or cause of fatal injury; death; destruction; or ruin; death or ruin itself poison	132
6762456124	Bathos	Intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a contract whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest place; nadir; an anticlimax, comedown	133
6762456125	Cantankerous	Ill tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with	134
6762456126	Casuistry	The termination of right and wrongin the questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethic principles; specious argument	135
6762456127	De Facto	Actually existing or in effect although not legally required or sanctioned	136
6762456128	Depredation	Act of praying upon or plundering	137
6762456129	Empathy	Sympathetic, understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else	138
6762456130	Harbinger	A forerunner; to herald the approach of	139