AP Literature vocab week 8 Flashcards
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| 7628699750 | charnel house (n) | place which bodies and bones of the dead are placed | 0 | |
| 7628706883 | minutiae (n) | precise details; small or trifling matters | 1 | |
| 7628711282 | obliterated (v) | destroyed completely | 2 | |
| 7628717572 | precept (n) | a command or principle intended as a genral rule | 3 | |
| 7628721256 | incessantly (adv) | ceaseless; never-ending; without interruption | 4 | |
| 7628729881 | infallible (adj) | unable to fail or make a mistake | 5 | |
| 7628732119 | profane (adj) | impure; contrary to religion; sacrilegious | 6 | |
| 7628740006 | ascribe (v) | to attribute to; assign | 7 | |
| 7628743702 | catastrophe (n) | a disastrous end | 8 | |
| 7628749942 | delineate (v) | to depict or represent | 9 | |
| 7628752023 | dun (adj) | dark; gloomy | 10 | |
| 7628757321 | lassitude (n) | lethargy or stubbornness | 11 | |
| 7628762143 | shroud (n) | cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial | 12 | |
| 7628766610 | asylum (n) | a secure retreat; sanctuary | 13 | |
| 7628769895 | impelled (v) | urged forward as if driven by strong moral pressure | 14 | |
| 7628777988 | palpitate (v) | to beat rapidly and strongly | 15 | |
| 7628784161 | incredulous (adj) | skeptical, doubtful | 16 | |
| 7628786828 | specter (n) | ghost; phantom; apparition | 17 | |
| 7628794749 | pertinacity (n) | persistence; determination | 18 | |
| 7628803995 | convalescence (n) | a gradual recovery after an illness | 19 |