AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 7245286926 | Allocation | n. share set aside for a specific purpose | 0 | |
| 7245291032 | Ascetic | n. one who is devoted to the practice of self-denial adj; rigorously abstinent | 1 | |
| 7245307145 | Beguile | v. to charm, delight or captivate; to deceive or delude | 2 | |
| 7245331893 | Crass | adj. course; crude; not refined or sensible; materialistic | 3 | |
| 7245335933 | Defray | v. finance or fund; bear the cost | 4 | |
| 7245340119 | Dint | n. force or effort; power; the mark left by a blow | 5 | |
| 7245344166 | Enjoin | v. to direct somebody to do something with authority | 6 | |
| 7245353722 | Envoy | n. someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else; a representative | 7 | |
| 7245358067 | Interloper | n. meddler, intruder; trespasser | 8 | |
| 7245361876 | Vicarious | adj. serving in place of something or something else; substituted | 9 | |
| 7340537682 | Admonish | v. to caution or advise against something; reprimand | 10 | |
| 7340540086 | Akimbo | adj. with hands on hip and elbows pointing out | 11 | |
| 7340542389 | Lassitude | n. laziness; weariness of mind and body | 12 | |
| 7340544908 | Licentious | adj. unrestrained by mortality; promiscuous | 13 | |
| 7340548734 | Muse | v. to contemplate or consider n. a goddess of any art | 14 | |
| 7340554254 | Pecuniary | adj. forward; bold; audacious; conceited | 15 | |
| 7340554971 | Plight | n. situation; predicament (usually uncomfortable) | 16 | |
| 7340564176 | Presumptuous | adj. forward; bold; audacious; conceited | 17 | |
| 7340564894 | Subversive | n. an insurgent adj. treasonous; inflammatory | 18 | |
| 7340569165 | Vacuous | adj. empty-handed; shallow; vacant | 19 | |
| 7340571777 | Disparity | n. inadequately; discrepancy | 20 | |
| 7340574223 | Efficacy | n. capability; effectiveness; strength | 21 | |
| 7340576366 | Reticent | adj. restrained, reluctant; hesitant | 22 | |
| 7340578301 | Impetus | n. motivation; stimulus; catalyst | 23 | |
| 7340579177 | Epistle | n. a letter or written communication (usually didactic) | 24 | |
| 7340581230 | Moribund | adj. near death; doomed; passing | 25 | |
| 7340583303 | Hospice | n. a house of shelter or rest for the sick or weary | 26 | |
| 7340585061 | Vacillate | v. to waver in mind or opinion; to be indecisive | 27 | |
| 7340586032 | Avocation | n. a hobby; a distraction pr amusement | 28 | |
| 7340589768 | Capricious | adj. temperamental; unpredictable; arbitrary | 29 |