AP Literature Vocab Words Flashcards

8694842994	abject	(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree (of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity	0
8694865942	admonition	an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning	1
8694868462	adversity	difficulties; misfortune	2
8694871069	advocacy	public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy	3
8694876567	alienation	the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved	4
8694881523	altered	change or cause to change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way	5
8694895751	altruism	the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others	6
8694899547	ambiguity	the quality of being open to more than one interpretation	7
8694907991	ambivalence	the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	8
8694914678	amorous	showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desires	9
8694916332	amorphous	without a clearly defined shape or form	10
8694922584	analogous	comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of things compared	11
8694929031	annihilation	complete destruction or obliteration	12
8694934847	apologetic	regretfully acknowledging or excusing an offense or failure	13
8694939273	arbiter	a person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter	14
8694943622	ardor	enthusiasm or passion	15
8694946833	arrogant	having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities	16
8694948660	artificiality	quality of being made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally insincerity or affectedness	17
8694954787	ascetic	characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons a person whop practices severe self-discipline and abstention	18
8694967428	assail	make a concerted or violent attack on	19
8694969649	assuaging	make(an unpleasant feeling) less intense	20
8694976935	assumption	arrogance or presumption	21
8694982469	astuteness	having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage	22
8694988587	aura	the distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing or place	23
8694997772	autonomy	(of a country or region) the right or condition of self-government, especially in a particular sphere independence	24
8695009712	awe	a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder	25
8695016480	berate	scold or criticize (someone) angrily	26
8695017472	bias	prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair	27
8695020530	brevity	concise and exact use of words in writing or speech	28
8695022123	cajoles	persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery	29
8695023830	camaraderie	mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together	30
8695026024	candidly	in an honest and straightforward way; frankly	31
8804354124	balanced sentence	a sentence consisting of two or more clauses that are parallel in structure	32
8804359389	Animistic	the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls	33
8879970843	capricious	impulsive and unpredictable	34
8879970844	chaos (n)	complete disorder	35
8879970845	charlatan	(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack	36
8879970846	chastise	(v.) to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely	37
8879970847	chastisement	punishment	38
8879970848	chronic	continuing for a long time; constant	39
8879970849	chronicle	a record of events in order of time; a history	40
8879970850	circumspect	(adj.) careful, cautious	41
8879970851	clamorous	characterized by a loud noise or outcry	42
8879970852	complicated	hard to understand; elaborate; complex; intricate	43
8879970853	composure	control over expression and action	44
8879970854	compulsion	compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse	45
8879970855	conceited	excessively proud of oneself; vain	46
8879970856	conciliatory	reconciling; soothing; overcoming hostility	47
8879970857	concomitant	accompanying in a subordinate fashion	48
8879970858	condemnation	an expression of strong disapproval	49
8879970859	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	50
8879970860	condescension	an attitude of patronizing superiority; disdain	51
8879970861	confinement	imprisonment	52
8879970862	congenital	existing at birth	53
8879970863	consolation	an act of comforting	54
8879970864	Constraints	restrictions; limits	55
8879970865	contemplation	a long and thoughtful observation	56
8879970866	contemporaneity	living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary	57
8879970867	contentment	satisfaction	58
8879970868	contradict	to speak against; to say the opposite	59
8879970869	contradictory	adj. Inconsistent with itself.	60
8879970870	conventional	(adj.) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite; lacking individuality	61
8879970871	convinced	persuaded	62
8879970872	convivial	(adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial	63
8879970873	corruptible	able to be influenced into doing something that breaks away from the rules; able to become bad	64
8879970874	criteria	standards by which something is judged	65
8879970875	cultivated	refined or cultured in manner	66
8879970876	cynical	believing the worst of human nature and motives; distrust	67
8879970877	cynicism	an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness	68
8938233465	deceptive	tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive	69
8938246415	dedication	a name and often a message prefixed to a literary, musical, or artistic production in tribute to a person or cause self-sacrificing devotion and loyalty	70
8940269285	deem	(v.) to think, believe; to consider, have an opinion	71
8940269286	defensible	Capable of being maintained or justified.	72
8940269287	defiance	A daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.	73
8940269288	deliberate	to think over deeply; intentional	74
8940269289	delicacy	a choice item of food; great consideration for the feelings of others	75
8940269290	deluded	deceived or misled	76
8940269291	delusion	a false belief or opinion	77
8940269292	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	78
8940269293	denigrating	criticize harshly on belittle; condescending	79
8940269294	deposition	the process in which material is laid down gas to solid	80
8940269295	deprivation	lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities	81
8940269296	derives	comes from a certain source	82
8940269297	despicable	worthy of scorn, contemptible	83
8940432694	despondency	feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless; depression	84
8940432695	desultory	jumping from one thing to another; disconnected; rambling	85
8940432696	detachment	lack of interest or involvement	86
8940432697	deterred	to prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt.	87
8940432698	devious	dishonest or deceptive; tricky; not straightforward	88
8940432699	devout	pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope	89
8940432700	dictate	to pronounce, command, prescribe; give orders	90
8940432701	didactic	intended to instruct; instructive	91
8940432702	digression	straying from main point	92
8940432703	dilemma	a choice between two unpleasant or difficult options	93
8940432704	discretion	cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions	94
8940432705	discriminate	to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference	95
8940432706	disdain	lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; scorn	96
8940432707	dismayed	struck with fear, dread, or consternation; discouraged	97
8940432708	disparate	fundamentally different; entirely unlike	98
8940432709	dissipation	wasteful spending, squandering; to spread out and become less concentrated	99
8940432710	diversions	a maneuver that draws attention away from something else; distraction	100
8940472739	duality	having two parts	101
8940472740	duplicitous	deliberately deceptive	102
8940511162	dwindles	little remains of it; decrease	103
8940511163	dynamic	energetic; vigorously active; changing	104
9215774164	efficacy	the power to produce a desired result	105
9215774165	egotism	tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance	106
9215774166	elegant	refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; graceful	107
9215774167	elusive	(adj.) difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand	108
9215774168	enchanting	charming; having the power to attract	109
9215774169	enigma	a puzzle; a mystery	110
9215774170	ennoble	to elevate, to raise in rank; to dignify	111
9215774171	enumerate	to count, list, or itemize	112
9215774172	ephemeral	short-lived; lasting short time	113
9215774173	epigrammatic	of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing, witty	114
9215774174	epiphany	A moment of sudden revelation or insight	115
9215774175	epitomizes	to serve as the typical or ideal example of	116
9215774176	equivocating	using vague or ambiguous language to mislead	117
9215774177	exhaust	to use up	118
9215774178	exhortation	an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something; urgent recommendation or advice	119
9215774179	exploited	developed or used to greatest advantage	120
9215774180	expositions	large shows, open to the public, that highlight a particular type of product or service; organization open to public	121
9218707931	expounds	to explain or talk about something in detail; elaborate	122
9218707932	exultation	a feeling of extreme joy	123
9218707933	facade	a deceptive outward appearance; a misrepresentation	124
9218707934	fallibility	capable of making a mistake	125
9218707935	feigned	pretended; not genuine	126
9218707936	ferocity	savagery; fierceness; brutality; aggressiveness	127
9218707937	fluctuating	having unpredictable ups and downs; changing	128
9218759003	foreboding	(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous	129
9218759004	fraudulence	when a financial gain accompanies a forgery; deceitfulness	130
9218759005	frigid	intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid zone	131
9218759006	frivolity	lack of seriousness; lightheartedness	132
9218759007	functional	able to operate; in working order	133
9218759008	futility	uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result	134
9219186065	glee	high-spirited joy	135
9219186066	gluttony (n)	engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence	136
9219186067	Golden Rule	Do unto others as you would have them do unto you; treat others the way you want to be treated	137
9226763239	gratification	satisfaction; a feeling of being rewarded for one's efforts	138
9226763240	gullible	easily deceived	139
9229450283	Golden Rule	Do unto others as you would have them do unto you	140
9321891540	habitually	repeatedly or continuously	141
9321891541	hackneyed	used so often as to lack freshness or originality; overused	142
9321891565	haphazard sentence	random, chaotic, in complete; scrambles and repeats its topics-grammar)	143
9321891542	hypocritical	pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; insincere	144
9321891543	hysterical	marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion	145
9321891544	idiosyncratic	peculiar to the individual; unique	146
9321891545	idolatrous	given to intense or excessive devotion to something	147
9321891546	idyllic	charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful	148
9321891547	illustrate	to explain or make clear using examples, charts, or graphs	149
9321891548	immobility	the quality or condition of being immovable or motionless; state of being unable to move	150
9321891549	impartial	unbiased; neutral; fair	151
9321891550	impassive	(adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless	152
9321891551	impede	to obstruct or interfere with; to delay	153
9321891552	impingement	to make an impression; have an effect or impact	154
9321891553	impish	inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous	155
9321891554	implication	something hinted at or suggested	156
9321891555	implicitly	without being stated; unquestioningly	157
9321891556	incomprehensible	impossible to understand	158
9321891557	incongruous	out of place; incompatible	159
9321891558	inconsequential	trifling, unimportant	160
9321891559	inconspicuous	not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable	161
9321891560	incorrigible	not able to be corrected; beyond control	162
9321891561	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	163
9321891562	Industrial Revolution	Change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power; change from agriculture to industrial manufacturing	164
9321891563	industriousness	persevering determination to perform a task; hard working	165
9324232893	ineffectual	producing no result or effect; useless	166
9324232894	inexplicable	hard to explain or impossible to understand	167
9324232895	inherently	essentially; naturally part of something	168
9324232896	insensitivity	inability to be affected by; lack of sensitivity	169
9324232897	insights	the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation	170
9324232898	insistent	demanding; persistent	171
9324232899	instability	the quality or state of being liable to change or alteration	172
9324232900	intact	untouched or uninjured; kept or left whole	173
9324232901	integral	Necessary to complete something; essential	174
9324232902	integrity	(n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness	175
9324232903	interrogation	formal questioning by persons in authority, especially in the church	176
9336000411	intervening	coming between so as to hinder or modify	177
9336000412	intuitive	instinctive, untaught	178
9336000413	invariably	always; without changing	179
9336000414	ironic	satiric; unexpected	180
9336000415	irrelevant	not to the point, not applicable or pertinent	181
9336000416	irrepressible	incapable of being controlled or held back	182
9336000417	irresistible	not capable of being refused or withstood; cant resist	183
9336000418	irreverent	disrespectful	184
9337407466	Industrial Revolution	the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation	185
9530696205	justification	the fact that is said to prove that something is true	186
9530696206	liturgies	structured public worship	187
9530696207	lustrous	shiny; glossy	188
9530696208	lute	a stringed instrument	189