AP English Literature Word of the Day Flashcards
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| 7479129592 | Analgesic | (n) a medication to reduce or eliminate pain. | 0 | |
| 7479136166 | Conflagration | (n) a large, destructive fire. | 1 | |
| 7479141337 | Discretionary | (adj) left to one's own judgement, elective, non obligatory, or unrestricted. | 2 | |
| 7479145012 | Draconian | (adj) extremely harsh, very severe, callus, merciless. | 3 | |
| 7479149681 | Florid | (adj) rosy or red in color, ruddy or flushed. | 4 | |
| 7479152436 | Flummox | (v) to confuse, to perplex, to bewilder, to baffle. | 5 | |
| 7535037470 | Fractious | (adj) unruly, disruptive, stubborn, or difficult. | 6 | |
| 7535042680 | Histrionics | (n) exaggerated, emotional behavior, theatrics, dramatics, or hysterics. | 7 | |
| 7535048957 | Implicate | (v) to involve or connect unfavorably, to incriminate, to entangle. | 8 | |
| 7535052180 | Moribund | (adj) near death, about to die. | 9 | |
| 7579640473 | Noisome | (adj) disgusting, offensive to the senses, nauseating. | 10 | |
| 7579642859 | Punctilious | (adj) attentive to details in conduct or action, conscientious, particular, meticulous. | 11 | |
| 7658906620 | Turpitude | (n) wickedness, vileness, depravity, wantonness, decadence. | 12 | |
| 7658937066 | Unpalatable | (adj) unpleasant to the taste or the mind, displeasing, objectionable, offensive. | 13 | |
| 7658940652 | Veritable | (adj) authentic, genuine. | 14 |