AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 8764587177 | plaintive (adj.) | sounding sad and mournful | 0 | |
| 8766838566 | portentous (adj.)/portend (v.) | of or like portent/be a sign of warning that is likely to happen | 1 | |
| 8767413796 | semblance (n.) | the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different; likeness | 2 | |
| 8767425405 | penury (n.) | extreme poverty | 3 | |
| 8767432355 | desolate (adj.)/( v.) | deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness/ make bleakly and depressingly empty or bare | 4 | |
| 8768359216 | ascetic (adj.)/(n.) | characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence/a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention | 5 | |
| 8768369372 | sullen (adj.)/(n.) | bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy/a sulky or depressed mood | 6 | |
| 8768383107 | peremptory (adj.) | insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way, over bearing | 7 | |
| 8768387916 | soporific (adj.)/(n.) | tending to induce drowsiness or sleep/a drug or other agent ghat induces sleep | 8 | |
| 8768397362 | ludicrous (adj.) | ridiculous; laughable; absurd | 9 | |
| 8768402744 | facade (n.) | the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space; false exterior | 10 | |
| 8768405409 | approbation (n.) | approval; praise; acclaim | 11 | |
| 8768409208 | interminable (adj.) | endless | 12 | |
| 8768411338 | calumny (n.) | a false and slanderous statement | 13 | |
| 8768418475 | acquiesce (v.) | accept something reluctantly, but without protest | 14 | |
| 8768423109 | propitious (adj.) | favorable; favorably inclined | 15 | |
| 8768428793 | venerate (v.) | regard with great respect | 16 | |
| 8768435911 | phlegmatic (adj.) | having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; indifferent | 17 | |
| 8768449750 | enigma (n.) | a mystery; something seemingly inexplicable | 18 | |
| 8768452899 | deprecate (v.) | express disappointment off | 19 | |
| 8768456685 | noxious (adj.) | harmful; poisonous; or very unpleasant | 20 | |
| 8768465766 | assiduous (adj.) | showing great care and perseverance | 21 | |
| 8768472256 | solicitous (adj.) | concerned and attentive; eager | 22 | |
| 8768476285 | fastidious (adj.) | very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; meticulous | 23 | |
| 8768480126 | insipid (adj.) | uninspired; uninteresting; dull | 24 | |
| 8768485007 | inveterate (adj.) | having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change | 25 | |
| 8768491013 | enervate (v.)/(adj.) | to weaken; to reduce in vitality/lacking in energy or vitality | 26 | |
| 8768496991 | trepidation (n.)/intrepid (adj.) | a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen/fearless | 27 | |
| 8768506923 | evince (v.) | to display clearly; to make evident; to provoke | 28 | |
| 8768512306 | indefatigable (adj.) | persisting tirelessly | 29 | |
| 8768517406 | insuperable (adj.) | impossible to overcome | 30 | |
| 8768526289 | engender (v.) | cause or give rise to | 31 | |
| 8768530281 | capricious (adj.) | tending to make sudden and unpredictable changes; erratic | 32 | |
| 8768533467 | countenance (n.)/(v.) | a person's face or facial expression/ admit as acceptable or possible; outward appearance | 33 | |
| 8768537120 | conjecture (n.)/(v.) | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete info/form an opinion or supposition about on the basis of incomplete info | 34 | |
| 8768542913 | inexorable (adj.) | unrelenting; unavoidable | 35 | |
| 8768548229 | sardonic (adj.) | grimly mocking or cynical | 36 | |
| 8768553659 | impetuous (adj.) | acting or done quickly and without thought or care; impulsive | 37 | |
| 8768558176 | equivocal (adj.) | open to more than one interpretation; doubtful | 38 | |
| 8768560836 | transitory (adj.) | not permanent | 39 | |
| 8768566144 | ephemeral (adj.)/(n.) | lasting for a very short time/an ephemeral plant | 40 | |
| 8768575202 | obscure (adj.)/(v.) | not discovered or known about/keep from being seen; confusing/to confuse | 41 | |
| 8768579329 | sanguine (adj.)/(n.) | optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation/a blood red color | 42 | |
| 8768583303 | prodigal (adj.)/(n.) | spending money or resources freely and recklessly/a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way | 43 | |
| 8768592302 | discern (v.) | perceive or recognize | 44 | |
| 8768597252 | profligate (adj.)/(n.) | recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources/a licentious, dissolute person | 45 | |
| 8768601925 | languid (adj.) | displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort | 46 | |
| 8768603635 | sententious (adj.) | given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner | 47 | |
| 8768610258 | disposition (n.) | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character; pleasant | 48 | |
| 8768620356 | apoplexy (n.) | unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke | 49 | |
| 8768624070 | capacious (adj.) | spacious, roomy | 50 | |
| 8768627123 | fervent (adj.) | intense, enthusiastic, ardent | 51 | |
| 8768659342 | ascertain (v.) | find out for certain | 52 | |
| 8768662608 | innocuous (adj.) | harmless | 53 | |
| 8770329682 | dauntless (adj.) | brave | 54 | |
| 8770340279 | picayune (adj.) | measly; of little value | 55 | |
| 8770344839 | querulously (adv.) | whiny, grouchy | 56 | |
| 8770352231 | puerile (adj.) | childishly silly and trivial | 57 | |
| 8770355655 | indemnity (n.) | payment, compensation | 58 | |
| 8770359561 | effluence (n.) | outflow, emission | 59 | |
| 8770656595 | irascible (adj.) | easily angered | 60 | |
| 8770660277 | imbibe (v.) | consume, swallow | 61 | |
| 8770666108 | dross (n.) | trash, refuse | 62 | |
| 8770669016 | physiognomy (n.) | outward appearance | 63 | |
| 8770676026 | confabulation (n.) | conversation, discuss | 64 | |
| 8770680124 | noisome (adj.) | offensive | 65 | |
| 8770689924 | conciliate (v.) | to calm | 66 | |
| 8770693514 | automaton (n.) | a robot | 67 | |
| 8770696135 | misconstrue (v.) | to misjudge | 68 | |
| 8770699889 | propinquity (n.) | nearness in place; proximity | 69 | |
| 8770705025 | asperity (n.) | bitterness | 70 | |
| 8770707095 | tyro (n.) | novice | 71 | |
| 8770710178 | panegyric (n.) | a eulogy | 72 | |
| 8770713810 | assuage (v.) | to ease | 73 | |
| 8770718077 | invidious (adj.) | hateful | 74 | |
| 8770719572 | effrontery (n.) | shameless boldness; impudence | 75 | |
| 8770725760 | disquieting (adj.) | unsettling; disturbing | 76 | |
| 8770728231 | rapt (adj.) | wholly absorbed; captivated | 77 | |
| 8770731917 | sapient (adj.) | wise; intelligent | 78 | |
| 8770736389 | mien (n.) | manner; disposition | 79 | |
| 8770738956 | capitulate (v.) | to surrender | 80 | |
| 8770740224 | preclude (v.) | to prevent; to hinder; to impede | 81 | |
| 8770742370 | disputatious (adj.) | argumentative | 82 | |
| 8770749926 | salient (adj.) | significant; obvious; remarkable | 83 | |
| 8770756298 | facile (adj.) | effortless; defy; hasty | 84 | |
| 8770785077 | maladroit (adj.) | clumsy; unskillful | 85 | |
| 8770790404 | fait accompli (n.) | an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action | 86 | |
| 8770795581 | pedantry (n.) | slavish attention to rules; meticulousness | 87 | |
| 8770800214 | ineffable (adj.) | inexpressible; indescribable | 88 | |
| 8770806756 | salubrious (adj.) | helpful; wholesome; hygienic | 89 | |
| 8770813837 | misanthropy (n.) | someone who hates mankind | 90 | |
| 8770817362 | eclectic (adj.) | diversified | 91 | |
| 8770820180 | cursory (adj.) | careless | 92 | |
| 8770821869 | dissimulate (v.) | to pretend | 93 | |
| 8770825405 | immutable (adj.) | unchangeable | 94 | |
| 8770828203 | ameliorate (v.) | to improve | 95 | |
| 8770830335 | palliate (v.) | to sooth | 96 | |
| 8770832233 | fetter (v.) | to restrain | 97 | |
| 8770843047 | arrogate (v.) | to claim or take without right | 98 | |
| 8770846934 | predilection (n.) | a passion | 99 | |
| 8770852911 | choleric (adj.) | easily angered | 100 | |
| 8770858383 | ambivalent (adj.) | undecided; irresolute | 101 | |
| 8770860082 | contumelious (adj.) | insolent; rude | 102 | |
| 8770864559 | prurient (adj.) | lewd; lascivious | 103 | |
| 8770866918 | machinations (n.) | schemes; plots | 104 | |
| 8770871744 | ignominious (adj.) | shameful | 105 | |
| 8770874389 | pedantic (adj.) | unimaginative; didactic | 106 | |
| 8770879206 | imperious (adj.) | insistent; peremptory | 107 | |
| 8770883069 | rankle (v.) | to irritate; to irk | 108 | |
| 8770885626 | exculpate (v.) | to pardon; to forgive | 109 | |
| 8770888265 | lassitude (n.) | weariness; exhaustion | 110 | |
| 8770891287 | abstruse (adj.) | complex; obscure | 111 | |
| 8770895268 | sobriquet (n.) | nickname | 112 | |
| 8770901110 | abject (adj.) | miserable; insuperable | 113 | |
| 8770905457 | diffident (adj.) | shy; timid; reticent | 114 | |
| 8770908404 | sanguinary (adj.) | bloody; murderous | 115 | |
| 8770911165 | sedulous (adj.) | hardworking; assiduous | 116 | |
| 8770913199 | dirge (n.) | a funeral song | 117 | |
| 8770915139 | petulant (adj.) | moody; irritable; irascible | 118 | |
| 8770922178 | ostensible (adj.) | apparent; supposed | 119 | |
| 8770924703 | equanimity (n.) | calmness; composure; refusal to panic | 120 | |
| 8773545109 | dastardly (adj.) | cowardly; pusillanimous | 121 | |
| 8773547678 | amalgamate (v.) | to combine | 122 | |
| 8773549066 | palpable (adj.) | concrete; real; touchable | 123 | |
| 8773551985 | censure (v.)/(n.) | to condemn; to criticize harshly/condemnation; remonstrate; remonstration | 124 | |
| 8773562395 | temporize (v.) | to procrastinate; to delay | 125 | |
| 8773570528 | hidebound (adj.) | narrow-minded; intolerable; dogmatic | 126 | |
| 8773581543 | bibulous (adj.) | fond of drink; alcoholic | 127 | |
| 8773586786 | obstreperous (adj.) | rowdy; unruly; boisterous | 128 | |
| 8773589301 | sundry (adj.) | varied; assorted; many | 129 | |
| 8773593486 | circuitous (adj.) | rambling; indirect; roundabout | 130 | |
| 8773596067 | garish (adj.) | gaudy; flashy | 131 | |
| 8773597841 | clamorous (adj.) | noisy; cacophonous | 132 | |
| 8773600825 | compunction (n.) | remorse; regret | 133 | |
| 8773603492 | erudite (adj.) | learned; scholarly | 134 | |
| 8775110748 | indigent (adj.) | very poor; destitute | 135 | |
| 8775117877 | nebulous (adj.) | cloudy; unclear | 136 | |
| 8775294544 | refractory (adj.) | mulish; stubborn | 137 | |
| 8775298872 | coquette (n.) | a flirt | 138 | |
| 8775305547 | castigate (v.) | to criticize severely | 139 | |
| 8775311592 | desultory (adj.) | wandering; unfocused; off-the-subject | 140 | |
| 8775318934 | lugubrious (adj.) | mournful; gloomy; very sad; saturnine | 141 | |
| 8775326682 | malingerer (n.) | one who feigns an illness (pretends to be sick) | 142 | |
| 8775334786 | copious (adj.) | plentiful; ample; replete | 143 | |
| 8775389310 | profusion (n.) | overabundance; plethora; surfeit; plentitude; | 144 | |
| 8775522437 | bowdlerize (v.) | to purge; to censor; to remove bad or offensive parts | 145 | |
| 8775532918 | rapacity (n.) | inordinate greed; cupidity | 146 | |
| 8775539161 | obfuscate (v.) | to darken or confuse; to obscure | 147 | |
| 8775549213 | cozen (v.) | to trick; to cheat | 148 | |
| 8775552035 | sere (adj.) | withered; dried-up; arid | 149 | |
| 8775554187 | temperate (adj.) | calm; even-tempered; mild | 150 | |
| 8775566601 | celerity (n.) | swiftness; speed; haste | 151 | |
| 8775570131 | illimitable (adj.) | boundless; measureless | 152 | |
| 8775574306 | steadfast (adj.) | loyal; unswerving; resolute | 153 | |
| 8775579502 | mellifluous (adj.) | musical; harmonious; euphonious | 154 | |
| 8775587596 | vacuous (adj.) | stupid; inane; meaningless; asinine | 155 | |
| 8775596801 | debauch (v.) | to corrupt morally; to seduce | 156 | |
| 8775602954 | moribund (adj.) | near death; on the verge of extinction; dying | 157 | |
| 8775612568 | ribald (adj.) | vulgar; indecent; scurrilous | 158 | |
| 8775615668 | fortuitous (adj.) | fortunate; lucky | 159 | |
| 8775625016 | proselyte (n.) | a convert; a disciple | 160 | |
| 8775649079 | hoi polloi (n.) | the common people; the masses | 161 | |
| 8775653916 | melee (n.) | a brawl; a free-for-all | 162 | |
| 8776646555 | risible (adj.) | laughable; amusing; comical | 163 | |
| 8776653261 | caterwaul (n.)/(v.) | a racket or noisy disturbance/to howl or screech | 164 | |
| 8776661743 | solecism (n.) | a breech of etiquette; a faux pas; a misusage | 165 | |
| 8776672198 | pecuniary (adj.) | pertaining to money; financial | 166 | |
| 8776674832 | brazen (adj.) | sassy; cheeky; impudent | 167 | |
| 8776686397 | pundit (n.) | a learned person; an expert | 168 | |
| 8776698104 | tautology (n.) | needless repetition; redundancy | 169 | |
| 8776705808 | deference (n.) | courtesy; respect | 170 | |
| 8776708645 | avuncular (adj.) | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle; friendly; helpful | 171 | |
| 8776716155 | aesthetic (adj.) | pertaining to beauty; artful or beautiful | 172 | |
| 8776727371 | blithe (adj.) | cheerful; jolly; joyful; jocund | 173 | |
| 8776739258 | antipathy (n.) | a strong dislike; hatred | 174 | |
| 9179498115 | onus (n.) | burden; responsibility | 175 | |
| 9179507845 | pungent (adj.) | sharp or strong in smell or taste; acrid | 176 | |
| 9179561199 | buffoon (n.) | clown; buffoonery; foolishness; silliness | 177 | |
| 9179564613 | denizen (n.) | inhabitant; resident | 178 | |
| 9179567091 | truncate (v.) | to shorten; to lop; to trim | 179 | |
| 9179573500 | insouciant (adj.) | carefree; happy-go-lucky | 180 | |
| 9179576882 | panache (n.) | a confident or stylish manner; dash | 181 | |
| 9179580327 | chicanery (n.) | trickery; deception; sophistry | 182 | |
| 9179587634 | euphonious (adj.) | pleasing in sound; harmonious; mellifluous | 183 | |
| 9179602624 | cacophonous (adj.) | discordant; noisy; harsh-sounding; clamorous | 184 | |
| 9179608600 | gauche (adj.) | socially awkward; socially clumsy | 185 | |
| 9179614193 | cogent (adj.) | convincing; to the point; conclusive | 186 | |
| 9179623892 | indubitable (adj.) | undeniable; unquestionable; incontrovertible | 187 | |
| 9179629114 | gadfly (n.) | a pest; someone who is bothersome | 188 | |
| 9179642530 | pernicious (adj.) | harmful; deadly; (obsolete-evil; wicked) | 189 | |
| 9179649014 | impious (adj.) | sinful; unethical; irreligious | 190 | |
| 9179653205 | jocund (adj.) | jolly; light-hearted; joyful; blithe; jovial | 191 | |
| 9179659243 | lucid (adj.) | clear; easily understood; limpid | 192 | |
| 9179664139 | hirsute (adj.) | hairy | 193 | |
| 9179671185 | tepid (adj.) | lukewarm; mild; half-hearted | 194 | |
| 9179673994 | curmudgeon (n.) | a grouch; a crank; a churl | 195 | |
| 9179677218 | florid (adj.) | ornate; flowery; red; ruddy | 196 | |
| 9179681839 | eleemosynary (adj.) | charitable; beneficient | 197 | |
| 9179690924 | disparate (adj.) | divergent; entirely dissimilar | 198 | |
| 9179694327 | excoriate (v.) | to denounce; to criticize severely; to drub | 199 |