AP Lit Vocab (2017-18) Flashcards

7482385259	admonish	reprimand, scold	0
7482385260	assail	attack, assault	1
7482385261	denigrate	criticize unfairly	2
7482385262	digress	leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.	3
7482385263	enumerate	list or identify one by one.	4
7482385264	equivocate	stall; use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself	5
7482385265	exhort	urge, insist, pressure	6
7482385266	explicate	analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.	7
7482385267	juxtapose	compare and contrast	8
7482385268	lament	passionately express grief or sorrow	9
7560136932	lionize	glorify, exalt; treat as a celebrity.	10
7560138541	recapitulate	summarize and state again the main points	11
7560139640	repudiate	reject, forsake	12
7560140836	revel	celebrate in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing	13
7560142170	rue	bitterly regret something one has done or has allowed to happen	14
7709769727	thwart	to prevent (someone) from accomplishing something	15
7709769728	abject	wretched, degrading	16
7709769729	aesthetic	concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty	17
7709770946	aloof	detached; not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	18
7709770947	ambivalent	uncertain, doubtful	19
7810080356	arduous	onerous, grueling	20
7810083090	ascetic	austere; characterized by the practice of severe self-discipline, typically for religious reasons	21
7810093712	astute	shrewd, adroit, clever	22
7810095815	audacious	bold, daring, fearless	23
7810103129	capricious	fickle, volatile, erratic, unpredictable	24
7908073277	circumspect	cautious, wary and unwilling to take risks.	25
7908073278	cohesive	united and working together effectively	26
7908078652	conciliatory	intended to placate or pacify	27
7908078653	convivial	friendly, lively, and enjoyable	28
7908081887	deferential	obsequious, respectful, humble	29
8147198977	despondent	dismal, despairing	30
8147204342	didactic	instructional, educational	31
8147204343	discursive	rambling, not concise	32
8147206702	disparaging	pained, weary, hopeless	33
8147206703	disparate	dissimilar, contrasting	34
8700360135	earnest	serious, dedicated, sincere	35
8700367995	elegiac	mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past	36
8700367996	erudite	learned, scholarly, educated	37
8700371820	hackneyed	clichéd, trite, overused	38
8700371821	idyllic	perfect, ideal	39
8885008710	incorrigible	a person (or his tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.	40
8885011461	indignant	offended, affronted	41
8885015003	inexorable	impossible to stop or prevent	42
8885015004	insipid	bland, weak, flavorless	43
8885018238	laconic	brief, concise, terse	44
8978650115	laudatory	praising, flattering	45
8978653904	nostalgic	remembering the past as better than it actually was	46
8978657961	pedantic	overly concerned with rules and details, fussy	47
8978662218	pragmatic	practical, sensible	48
8978998930	peremptory	insisting on immediate attention or obedience	49
9178189617	reticent	reserved, introverted	50
9178189618	sanctimonious	smug, self-righteous	51
9178194757	sardonic	mocking; cynical; sneering	52
9178194758	sly	cunning, devious, wily	53
9178194759	stoic	someone who shows little emotion in times of great adversity	54
9264321159	surreptitious	covert, secretive	55
9264325905	trite	lacking originality or freshness; overused; cliche	56
9264329149	voracious	insatiable, ravenous, rapacious	57
9264331658	ardor	fervor, passion, zeal, vehemence	58
9264331660	brevity	briefness; conciseness	59
9367429101	catalog	list	60
9367436703	disdain	scorn or contempt	61
9367439979	euphemism	a word or phrase that is more neutral, vague, or indirect used to replace a direct, harsh, unpleasant, or offensive term	62
9367442046	exposition	explanation or description (DRAMA)	63
9367442669	facility	ability, talent, capacity	64
9607235766	impropriety	indecency, lack of decorum	65
9607238440	invocation	entreaty, summons, appeal, plea	66
9607242658	mirth	amusement, delight, glee	67
9607242659	piety	faithfulness, devoutness	68
9607245675	reproof	reprimand, criticism	69