AP Literature Flashcards

2889054467	Psyche	the human mind, spirit, soul	0
2889058488	Id	the unconscious; instinctual drives and needs	1
2889060800	Ego	perception of and adaptation of reality	2
2889063101	Superego	system of moral attitudes, conscience, and sense of guilt	3
2889065234	Ambivilant	simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings	4
2889068960	Inimical	hostile, unfriendly	5
2889070257	Sublimate	to divert the expression from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable	6
2889072111	Arcehtypal	recurrent as a symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology	7
2889073302	Repression	the unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires or fears from the conscious mind	8
2889074442	Regression	to return to a former or less developed state; a return to an earlier stage of life/less mature pattern of feeling or behavior	9
2889076223	Gluttony	habitual eating to excess	10
2889077932	Conscious	aware of one's existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings	11
2889079897	Conscience	an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior	12
2889081300	Symbiotic	describing a relationship of mutual benefit or dependence+	13
2889082363	Subservience	the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan	14
2925622336	Tone	Attitude toward the subject manner	15
2925622876	Admonishing	Warning or reprimandning	16
2925623278	Awe	Reverential respect	17
2925624034	Baffled	Confused or perplexed	18
2925625420	Bemused	Puzzled	19
2925625643	Candid	Open and honest	20
2925626064	Detached	Separate or disconnected; Aloof	21
2925626421	Elegiac	Having a mournful quality	22
2925627109	Facetious	Inappropriate humour; Flippant, Frivolous	23
2925627825	Incredulous	Unwilling to believe something	24
2925628403	Resigned	Having accepted something unpleasant	25
2958536482	Indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived to be unfair treatment	26
2958537966	Indifferent	Having no particular interest or sympathy	27
2958540760	Ironic	Sarcastic, saying one thing and meaning the opposite	28
2958543151	Patronizing	Condescending, talk down to	29
2958547270	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or synical	30
2958549148	Sentimental	Cheesy, prompted by feelings of tenderness	31
2958551414	Vexed	Annoyed, frustrated, or worried	32
2958553763	Whimsical	Playfully quaint or fanciful	33
2958555832	Zealous	Having or showing great passion or enthusiasm	34
2958558563	Apathetic	Not caring	35
2958560475	Disdainful	Showing contempt or lack of respect	36
3162093384	Audacious	willing to take risks/impudent lack of respect	37
3162097890	Cynical	distrusting the motives of others	38
3162100082	Didactic	Inclined to teach or lecture too much	39
3162104115	Foreboding	Fearful apprehension	40
3162106097	Frivolous	Not having any serious purpose	41
3162107872	Insolent	Showing an arrogant lack of respect	42
3162110261	Melancholic	Expressing sadness	43
3162112059	Sanctimonious	Making a show of being morally superior	44
3162114935	Contemptuous	Scornful, disdainful	45
3162118593	Plaintive	Sounding sad and mournful	46
3162120780	Irreverent	Showing a lack of respect for things taken seriously	47
3162123285	Solemn	Formal and dignified	48
3203822502	Allusion	An indirect reference	49
3203823408	Discernment	The ability to judge well	50
3203824272	Ostracize	To exclude someone from a society group	51
3203825987	Renounce	To refuse to recognize or abide	52
3203828322	Supplication	The action of asking or begging	53
3203829295	Belie	To disguise or contradict the truth	54
3203830325	Duplicity	Double dealing; Decietfulness	55
3203831446	Complicit	Involved with other in an illegal activity or wrongdoing	56
3203833991	Agency	The capacity of a person to act in any given environment	57
3203835879	Sophistry	The use of fallacious arguments in order to decieve	58
3203837834	Subtle	Delicately complex, precise or understated	59
3203841267	Abhorrent	Inspiring disgust or loathing; repugnant	60
3203842830	Hubris	Excessive pride or self confidence, arrogance	61
3203844572	Catharsis	Releasing or providing relief from strong, repressed emotions	62
3203847626	Tragedy	Drama based on human suffering, invokes catharsis	63
3203849806	Melodrama	Form of drama based on human suffering, characters more toward disaster in spite of themselves	64
3203854700	Pathos	Appeals to passion	65
3203855344	Logos	Appeals to logic	66
3203855998	Ethos	Appeals to character	67
3344821218	Nostalgia	A sentimental longing or wistful affection	68
3344821512	Wistful	Regretful longing	69
3344821754	Disillusionment	Disappointment; something isn't as good as you believed	70
3344822870	Ambiguous	Open to more than one interpretation	71
3344823188	Epiphany	A moment of sudden realization	72
3344823689	Primal	Essential, fundamental stage in development	73
3344824154	Juxtapose	Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect	74
3344824627	Insatiable	Having an unsatisfiable appetite	75
3344824841	Incipient	At an initial stage	76
3344825127	Chivalrous	Courteous and gallant	77
3344825269	Macabre	Disturbing or horrifying	78
3344825605	Metamorphose	To change completely in form	79
3385400925	Vivacity	The quality of being lively and animated	80
3385401641	Implicit	Implied though not plainly expressed	81
3385402607	Incongruous	Not in harmony or in keeping with surroundings	82
3385402970	Lyricism	An artist's expression of emotion in an imaginative, beautiful way	83
3385403874	Attentuates	To reduce the force	84
3385404333	Cosmopolitan	Familiar and at ease in many different countries with different cultures	85
3385404951	Reproach	To address in such a way as to express dissaproval	86
3385405688	Improvident	Not showing foresight	87
3385406066	Raffish	Unconventional and slightly disreputable	88
3385406592	Overwrought	In a state of nervous over-excitement or anxiety	89
3421329840	Peruse	To read in a thorough way	90
3421332304	Sheepish	Showing embarrassment	91
3421334411	Affected	Artificial, pretentious an designed to impress	92
3421337130	Morbid	Appealing to abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects	93
3421342603	Abscond	To leave hurriedly and secretly	94
3421345438	Lurid	Very vivid in colour, shown in an explicit manner	95
3421349573	Stolid	Calm, dependable	96
3421351906	Ersatz	Not real or genuine	97
3421353772	Obscure	Unclear, concealed	98
3421355286	Swindle	To use deception to deprive someone of money or possessions	99