AP Literature Vocab. Unit 10 Flashcards

5248165642	Acumen	(n) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment syn: perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity ant: ignorance, stupidity, obtuseness	0
5248169445	Adjudicate	(v) to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal syn: arbitrate, referee, mediate	1
5248173889	Anachronism	(n) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other syn: chronological error	2
5248178495	Apocryphal	(adj) of doubtful or questionable authenticity syn: fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus ant: authentic, genuine, true	3
5248191064	Disparity	(n) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness syn: discrepancy, incongruity ant: similarity, likeness, congruity	4
5248196647	Dissimulate	(v) to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions syn: pretend, misrepresent ant: reveal	5
5248200281	Empirical	(adj) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable syn: observed, pragmatic ant: theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural	6
5248207223	Flamboyant	(adj) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold syn: ostentatious, florid ant: staid, sedate, decorous, seemly, sober	7
5248212504	Fulsome	(adj) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening syn: inordinate, repulsive ant: understand, muted, restrained, agreeable	8
5248217811	Immolate	(v) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another syn: kill ant: save, preserve	9
5248220921	Imperceptible	(adj) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind syn: minimal, undetectable ant: conspicuous, noticeable, flagrant	10
5248225223	Lackey	(n) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower syn: toady, flunky, hanger-on ant: lord, liege, boss	11
5248229986	Liaison	(n) the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking syn: intermediary, channel	12
5248251087	Monolithic	(adj) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity syn: undifferentiated, massive, dense ant: diversified, variform, multifarious	13
5248255679	Mot Juste	(n) the most suitable or exact word or expression ant: misnomer, misusage, malapropism	14
5248262409	Nihilism	(n) a total rejection of existing laws; extreme radicalism ant: conservatism	15
5248265623	Patrician	(n) a member of the ruling class; a person of high rank; (adj) belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person syn: aristocrat, peer, highborn ant: commoner, plebeian	16
5248275882	Propitiate	(v) to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease syn: mollify ant: alienate, provoke, annoy	17
5248282986	Sic	(adv) thus so; intentionally written so	18
5248285122	Sublimate	(v) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctive impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel syn: elevate	19