AP Literature Complete Vocab List (Through TA List 3) Flashcards

8567878936	tactile	the sense of touch	0
8567881259	gustatory	the sense of taste	1
8567881260	kinetic	a sensory word—energy that a body possesses in motion	2
8567883644	visceral	a sensory word—relating to deep inward feelings rather than intellect	3
8567884908	visual	a sensory word—relating to sight	4
8567887178	auditory	a sensory word—relating to hearing	5
8567888418	literal	words taken at face value	6
8567890138	imagery	use of words appealing to senses	7
8567890139	verbal irony	saying the opposite of what you mean	8
8567892180	situational irony	actions have effect opposite of intention, which makes the outcome contrary to the expectation	9
8567894621	dramatic irony	implications known to audience, not characters; speaker means different from author	10
8567898158	oxymoron	alignment of opposites (a compact paradox)	11
8567899990	paradox	seemingly contradictory statement with underlying truth	12
8567901521	pun	a joke using different meanings of the same or similar words, word play	13
8567903152	double entendre	a word or phrase open to two interpretations, often risque or indecent	14
8567904556	litotes	a form of understatement (ironic or affirming in the negative) i.e. "You won't be sorry" = You will be glad	15
8567906757	hyperbole	overstatement, exaggeration for effect, sometimes ironic	16
8567908820	antithesis	balancing contrasting ideas, often ironic or affirmation by using the negative, i.e. "Man plans; God laughs"	17
8567912320	meiosis	understatement—minimizing for effect, i.e. Mercutio referring to a mortal stab wound as a scratch	18
8567915261	metaphor	comparing two seemingly unlike things for dramatic effect	19
8567916838	simile	comparison using "like" or "as"	20
8567916839	symbol	object suggests idea	21
8567919282	allusion	an indirect reference enhancing meaning of the topic at hand	22
8567921030	apostrophe	addresses a person not present	23
8567921032	personification	giving human qualities to that which is nonhuman	24
8567923639	metonymy	substitute symbol for whole	25
8567923640	synecdoche	a part = the whole; the whole = a part; i.e. 10 sails = 10 ships	26
8567926377	nexus	linking two or more things, the most important place or point	27
8567928869	ambivalence	mixed feelings or emotions	28
8567929992	bungle	make a mess of, destroy or ruin	29
8567929993	sublimate	change from a solid into vapor	30
8567932149	timbre	the distinctive sound	31
8567932150	yokel	a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture	32
8567935212	amorphous	having no definite form or distinct shape	33
8567936610	pragmatist	an adherent of a theory of observable practical consequences	34
8567938976	agape	with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe	35
8567940410	imbibe	take in liquids	36
8567940413	rococo	elaborately ornamental late baroque style	37
8567943589	cryptic	mysterious or obscure	38
8567943592	bilious	digestive juice secreted by the liver; peevish, ill-natured	39
8567945546	alchemy	early chemistry, changing base metals into gold; a magical process/change	40
8567949698	staccato	sharply detached musical notes	41
8567950849	writhe	move in a twisting or contorted motion	42
8567950850	intercede	act between parties towards reconciliation	43
8567953124	melee	a noisy riotous fight	44
8567954823	strident	unpleasantly loud and harsh	45
8567954824	cistern	intended to contain fluid	46
8567956210	apoplexy	unconsciousness from a stroke	47
8567956211	lank	long and thin and often limp	48
8567958022	dapper	stylishly dressed or mannered	49
8567959307	distend	expanded by internal pressure	50
8567960355	detract	take away a part from; diminish	51
8567960357	suave	sophisticated charm	52
8567961813	loll	lazy, relaxed, idle	53
8567961815	wry	humorously sarcastic or mocking	54
8567964776	shirk	avoid one's assigned duties	55
8567964779	ethereal	too delicate or light to be of this world	56
8567966578	sonorous	full, loud, deep	57
8567966579	stolid	having or revealing little emotion or sensibility	58
8567968172	fastidious	detailed or fussy	59
8568037756	dissimulate	hide feelings	60
8568037757	natty	fashionable in dress or manners	61
8568038651	iridescent	varied in color when in different light	62
8568038652	nebulous	lacking form or clarity	63
8568039937	careen	leaning dangerously to one side	64
8568041853	motif	a recurrent element in literature or art	65
8568043608	garrulous	full of trivial conversation	66
8568043610	dirge	song or hymn of mourning	67
8568045311	glower	angry or sullen look showing disapproval	68
8568045325	limpid	clear and bright	69
8568047170	skid	a plank used to make a track for rolling or sliding something	70
8568049240	doleful	filled with or evoking sadness	71
8568049242	diffuse	spread out; not just in one place	72
8568050396	conciliatory	intended to placate or pacify	73
8568051733	blanch	turn pale as if in fear	74
8568053188	droll	oddly comical (insulting)	75
8568053191	inscrutable	obscure; impossible to understand	76
8568054683	bate	to restrain or lessen the force of	77
8568054684	dissonance	disagreeable sounds	78
8568056050	recant	formally disavow a formerly held belief	79
8568057545	reproach	a mild rebuke or criticism	80
8568059028	defunct	having ceased to exist	81
8568059029	volition	done of one's own free will	82
8568060769	heinous	extremely wicked	83
8568060770	precarious	not secure; beset with difficulties	84
8568062493	cauterize	burn or freeze using a hot iron or electric current	85
8568065009	vindicate	clear someone of blame; show to be right	86
8568065011	blight	something that impairs or destroys	87
8568067571	volatile	easily evaporated or rapidly changeable (usually for the worse)	88
8568069552	avert	turn away from	89
8568069553	enigmatic	not clear, puzzling	90
8568069569	fervor	intense and passionate feelings	91
8568072404	emissary	diplomat or representative	92
8568194842	moil	to work hard, drudgery	93
8568195801	vespers	an evening prayer service	94
8568195803	portent	a warning usually about something calamitous	95
8568197626	coup de grace	the final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal; the culmination of a bad situation	96
8568199646	dispensation	supplying, exempting, an order, the rules for a group, nation, etc.	97
8568201413	rook	a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops	98
8568203626	rookery	a breeding place for gregarious birds OR crowded tenement housing	99
8568205063	dissimulation	pretense, concealing one's thoughts, feelings, or character	100
8568206361	vox humana	an organ with the sound of a human voice	101
8568207386	obligato	a distinctive instrumental part crucial to a song	102
8568208449	torpid	mentally or physically inactive, lethargic	103
8568210214	Gestalt	an organized whole perceived as more than the sum of its parts	104
8568211330	palaver	prolonged and idle discussion, folderol, rigmarole, commotion, fuss	105
8568219546	contralto	the lowest female singing voice, a low voice	106
8568219547	ofay	an offensive term for a white person, used by black people	107
8568221265	dun	pester, importune, to make persistent demands on someone, especially for payment	108
8568222868	chitterlings	the smaller intestines of a pig, cooked for food	109
8568224335	caste	a hierarchy of social groups based on heredity	110
8568224336	endogamy	marry within a community, clan, or tribe	111
8568226148	exogamy	marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe	112
8568227626	chiffonier	a low cupboard sometimes supporting a bookshelf or tall dresser with a mirror on top	113
8568229100	pince nez	eyeglasses with a nose clip	114
8568229101	blip	an unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend	115
8568231262	aggregation	a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals	116
8568233173	disputation	arguments/debates	117
8568234769	dialectics	investigating or discussing the truth of opinions; the existence or action of opposing social forces, concepts, etc.	118
8568236646	exhort	urge	119
8568236647	sectarianism	excessive attachment to a particular group, especially in religion	120
8568238451	sharpy	a dishonest and cunning person, especially a cheat	121
8568239218	hipster	a trendy youth or one who likes jazz	122
8568240081	Uncle Tom	an excessively obedient or servile black man	123
8568240084	insidious	gradually, subtly harmful	124
8568243936	sententious	moralizing in a pompous or affected manner	125
8568245882	propound	put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by ohers	126
8568247386	ready money	available cash	127
8568247388	expurgation	remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account)	128
8568250056	metaphysical	based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract) reasioning	129
8568251732	christened	to give (a baby) a Christian name at baptism as a sign of admission to a Christian church	130
8568254509	recumbent	lying down, especially a person	131
8568255563	indecorous	not in good taste; improper	132
8568255565	Tories	American colonists who supported the British side during the American Revolution	133
8568259108	born in the purple	first meant born to royals, later meant born to high-ranking parents (at child's birth)	134
8568261880	The French Revolution	uprising in France against monarchy (1789-1799), led to French Republic	135
8568264251	trivet	an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on	136
8568265508	Gorgon	three monsters in Greek mythology (including Medusa)	137
8568266956	profligate	recklessly extravagant or wasteful; shamelessly immoral	138
8568268242	apoplexy	unconsciousness or incapacitated because of a stroke	139
8568269942	vacillating	alternate or waver between opinions or actions; indecisive	140
8568272131	pagan	a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions	141
8568273359	quixotic	exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical	142
8568274750	misanthrope	a person who dislikes people and avoids society	143
8568276353	solicitor	a British lawyer who gives legal advice	144
8568276355	indiscretion	a petty misdeed	145
8568277440	indignation	a feeling of righteous anger	146
8568279010	patronizing	treating someone with arrogance as though they are beneath you	147
8568279012	surmise	to conclude without complete evidence	148
8568283155	immoderate	beyond reasonable limits	149
8568284302	utilitarian	having a useful function	150
8568284304	precept	a doctrine that is taught	151
8568286426	impetuous	undue haste and lack of thought	152
8568287319	effeminate	feminine qualities	153
8568287320	arduous	effort to the point of exhaustion	154
8568292417	celibacy	abstaining from marriage and sexual relations	155
8568292419	neologistic	a relatively new or isolated word or phrase, perhaps entering common use	156
8568294269	portmanteaus	a large two-compartment trunk or suitcase, typically stiff leather	157
8568295504	equanimity	calmness, composure, especially in a difficult situation	158
8568297120	machination	scheming or crafty action, usually with evil intentions	159
8568298874	credulity	too ready to believe; being gullible	160
8568300391	morbidity	how often a disease occurs in a specific area or a focus on death	161
8568301921	ostentatious	vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice	162
8568303663	Oxonian	from Oxford, England, or relating to Oxford University	163
8568305909	tutelage	a guardianship	164
8568307897	heresy	believing in or practicing beliefs outside the norm (the orthodox)	165
8568309416	anabaptists	Christians who baptize those who can confess faith in Christ, not babies	166
8568310944	vestry	a room or building attached to a church, used as an office and for changing into vestments	167
8568313073	vestments	a chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services	168
8568316616	chasuble	a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at mass	169
8568318204	perambulator	a baby carriage or baby buggy	170
8568319313	tableau vivant	motionless figures representing a scene from a story or history	171
8568320934	canon	a collection of sacred books or a standard upon which to make judgements	172
8568322501	canonical practice	an institution having full recognition and status within the church	173
8568324361	shilly-shally	to be undecided, dithering	174
8568325341	notorious	famous or well-known, typically for bad reasons	175
8568326482	debonair	confident, stylish, and charming	176
8568327658	reproach	disgrace or shame	177
8568327659	chafe	extreme irritation or anger	178
8568329661	supercilious	behaving or looking superior to others	179
8568329664	effrontery	boldness, shamelessness, disrespect, cockiness, gall	180
8568331045	insuperable	impossible to overcome	181
8568331048	apprise	make aware of	182
8568331956	interpose	to insert between things or to intervene between parties	183
8568333447	quail	to feel or show fear or apprehension	184
8568336603	temerity	excessive confidence or boldness; audacity	185
8568337948	profusion	an abundance or large quantity	186
8568337998	antecedents	something that existed before or that logically precedes another	187
8568340382	vixen	spiteful or quarrelsome woman; a sexually attractive woman	188
8568341757	atelier	a workshop	189
8568341758	coquetted / coquetry	flirt	190
8568342868	soiree	an evening party, usually in someone's house for chatting and music	191
8568343959	bourgeois	middle class, concerned with wealth, possessions, and respectability	192
8568346484	palpitant	trembling or throbbing	193
8568348305	impetuosity	acting on a sudden or rash action or emotion; impulsiveness	194
8568349523	filial	of or due from a son or daughter (duty, devotion, affection, etc.)	195
8568351329	larder	a room or large cupboard for storing food (pantry)	196
8568352572	eiderdown	small, soft feathers from the breast of an eider duck	197
8568353835	nonplussed	so perplexed or puzzled that one does not know how to react; disconcerted	198
8568355441	pretext	a reason to do something that isn't the real reason	199
8568356840	driblets	a small or insignificant amount, small drops	200
8568358809	multitudinous	numerous	201
8568358810	assail	to make a concerted and violent attack on	202
8568359750	repose	rest, sleep, or tranquility; composure	203
8568359751	precinct	perceived boundaries or a building or place	204
8568361633	coup d'etat	a sudden, violent, illegal seizure of a government; a successful move	205
8568364123	snuggery	a cozy, comfy place, especially someone's private room or den	206
8568366882	fresco	a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries	207
8568370195	torpid	lethargic	208
8568370198	dissipation	squandering money, energy, and resources, self-indulgence: drinking, debauchery (sex), decadence (luxury)	209
8568373831	indisposed	slightly unwell or unwilling	210
8568375028	pirogue	a long, narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk	211
8568376193	mullet	a fish caught for eating	212
8568377074	impetuous	acting or done quickly without thought or care	213
8568378296	consternation	feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected	214
8568386828	dissolution	the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body	215
8568388689	lawn sleeves	the sleeves forming part of the attire of an Anglican bishop	216
8568389796	languor	the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia or a stillness in the air	217
8568391893	evince	reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling), indicate	218
8568392714	upbraid	find fault with or scold	219
8568392717	lament	a passionate expression of grief or sorrow, mourning	220
8568394549	efface	make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous	221
8568395847	diminutive	extremely or unusually small	222
8568397840	insidious	proceeding in a gradual, subtle, harmful way; treacherous, crafty	223
8568400132	impervious	unable to be affected by, impenetrable	224
8568401911	smote	hit hard, defeat, attack, affect, to be strongly attracted to someone or something	225
8568404322	accouchement	giving birth to a baby	226
8568405328	congenial	pleasant, agreeable	227
8568405329	prostrate	lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward	228
8568407027	vouchsafe	give, grant, reveal, or disclose	229
8568407041	seriocomic	serious in intention but humorous in manner or vice versa	230
8568408930	ejaculatory	say something quickly and suddenly	231
8568408932	remonstrate	forcefully disapproving	232
8568410620	befurbelowed	ornamented with frills	233
8568412540	sonorous	imposingly deep and full voice or other sound	234
8568412541	impel	drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something	235
8568414697	tumult	a loud, confused noise, especially by a crowd; confusion	236
8568416090	effusive	unrestrained, heartfelt gratitude, pleasure, approval; gushing	237
8568417663	propensity	an inclination or tendency; weakness, predisposition, proclivity	238
8568419895	acme	the point of perfection or greatest success	239
8568421231	creole	a person of mixed European and black descent	240
8568422242	mulatto	a half black and half white person	241
8568422245	quadroon	a person one quarter black	242
8568423681	griffe	the offspring of a black and a mulatto; three quarters black	243
8568425140	suffuse	gradually spread through or over	244
8568427058	desultory	lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm	245
8568428127	forthwith	immediately; without delay	246
8568430467	weazened	wrinkled and withered	247
8568430469	tulle	a soft, fine silk, cotton, or nylon used to make veils or dresses	248
8568431974	entreat	an earnest or humble request	249
8568431975	ennui	listlessness, dissatisfaction from a lack of occupation or excitement	250
8568433547	scintillant	sparking, emitting flashes of light	251
8568435027	plaintive	sounding sad and mournful	252
8568435029	supercilious	behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others	253
8568437860	piquant	pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind	254
8568438644	deprecatory	apologetic or appeasing	255
8568438646	taut	stretched or pulled tight; not slack	256
8568441562	sardonic	grimly mocking or cynical	257
8568443950	solicitude	care or concern for someone or something	258
8568444795	dispose	arrange in a particular position or get rid of by selling or throwing away	259
8568445820	toilet	washing oneself, dressing, grooming, items used for such	260
8568446909	vespers	a sunset church service	261
8568446910	bedlam	scene of uproar and confusion	262
8568448479	commodious	roomy and comfortable	263
8568448482	peignoir	a woman's light dressing gown or negligee	264
8568450523	incipient	in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop	265
8568452793	poignancy	the quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	266
8568455203	compass	a tool that draws circles; instrument showing direction; range or scope of, to surround or enclose, to plan to do something	267
8568456889	don	to put on	268
8568456890	doff	to take off	269
8568456891	anomaly	something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected	270
8568459155	uncanny	strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way, eerie or unnatural	271
8568460934	voluptuous	of, relating to, or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure, a curvy or sexy woman	272
8568462756	alacrity	brisk and cheerful readiness	273
8568462893	extraneous	irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with	274