AP Literature Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards
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| 6412203821 | Abject | DEFINITION - Degraded; base; contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved. SYNONYMS - Wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter. ANTONYMS - Noble, lofty, exalted. | 0 | |
| 6412223755 | Agnostic | DEFINITION - One who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without fait, skeptical. SYNONYMS - Doubter ANTONYMS - Believer | 1 | |
| 6412241336 | Complicity | DEFINITION - Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice. SYNONYMS - Connivance, collusion. ANTONYMS - Noninvolvement, innocence. | 2 | |
| 6412260035 | Derelict | DEFINITION - Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty. SYNONYMS - Vagrant, remiss, delinquent. ANTONYMS - Punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous. | 3 | |
| 6412283303 | Diatribe | DEFINITION - A bitter and prolonged verbal attack. SYNONYMS - Harangue, tirade. ANTONYMS - Panegyric, encomium, eulogy. | 4 | |
| 6412289084 | Effigy | DEFINITION - A crude image of a despised person. SYNONYMS - Figure, figurine, likeness. | 5 | |
| 6412289085 | Equity | DEFINITION - The state or quality of being just, fair or impartial; fair and equal treatment. SYNONYMS - Justice, fairness, impartiality. ANTONYMS - Injustice, bias, unfairness, prejudice. | 6 | |
| 6412289086 | Inane | DEFINITION - Silly, empty of meaning or value. SYNONYMS - Idiotic, moronic, fatuous, vapid. ANTONYMS - Sensible, meaningful, profound. | 7 | |
| 6412289087 | Indictment | DEFINITION - The act of accusing; a formal accusation. SYNONYMS - Charge, accusation. ANTONYMS - | 8 | |
| 6412289088 | Indubitable | DEFINITION - Certain, not to be doubted or denied. SYNONYMS - Unquestionable, indisputable. ANTONYMS - Questionable, debatable, dubious. | 9 | |
| 6412289089 | Intermittent | DEFINITION - Stopping and beginning again, sporadic. SYNONYMS - Fitful, spasmodic, random. ANTONYMS - Continuous, uninterrupted. | 10 | |
| 6412290836 | Moot | DEFINITION - Open to discussion and debate, unresolved, to bring up for discussion. SYNONYMS - Debatable, questionable, broach. ANTONYMS - Undebatable, indisputable, self-evident. | 11 | |
| 6412290837 | Motif | DEFINITION - A principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in design. | 12 | |
| 6412290838 | Neophyte | DEFINITION - A new convert, beginner, novice. SYNONYMS - Tenderfoot, tyro, rookie. ANTONYMS - Veteran, past master, expert, pro. | 13 | |
| 6412290839 | Perspicacity | DEFINITION - Keenness in observing and understanding. SYNONYMS - Acuity, acumen, discernment. ANTONYMS - Dullness, obtuseness. | 14 | |
| 6412290840 | Plenary | DEFINITION - Complete in all aspects of essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members. SYNONYMS - Unrestricted, unlimited. ANTONYMS - Limited, restricted, incomplete. | 15 | |
| 6412290841 | Surveillance | DEFINITION - A watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation. SYNONYMS - Observation, scrutiny, monitoring. | 16 | |
| 6412292667 | Sylvan | DEFINITION - Pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody. SYNONYMS - Forested, Arcadian. | 17 | |
| 6412292668 | Testy | DEFINITION - Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation. SYNONYMS - Irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant. ANTONYMS - Even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable. | 18 | |
| 6412292669 | Travesty | DEFINITION - A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion. SYNONYMS - Burlesque, parody, caricature, farce. | 19 |