AP Literature Unit 9 Flashcards
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| 5377797185 | avatar | (n.) an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person; an electronic image that represents and is manipulated by a computer user AV a TAR | 0 | |
| 5377797186 | beatitude | (n.) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing bee-AT-i-tood | 1 | |
| 5377797187 | bete noire | (n.) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids beyt NWAHR | 2 | |
| 5377797188 | bode | (v.) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs None | 3 | |
| 5377797189 | dank | (adj.) unpleasantly damp or wet None | 4 | |
| 5377797190 | ecumenical | (adj.) worldwide or universal in influence or application EK | 5 | |
| 5377797191 | fervid | (adj.) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated FUR vid | 6 | |
| 5377797192 | fetid | (adj.) having an unpleasant or offensive odor FET id | 7 | |
| 5377797193 | gargantuan | (adj.) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious | 8 | |
| 5377797194 | heyday | (n.) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years | 9 | |
| 5377797195 | incubus | (n.) a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weights upon one, like a nightmare | 10 | |
| 5377797196 | infrastructure | (n.) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations | 11 | |
| 5377797197 | inveigle | (v.) to entice, lure, or snare by flatter or artful inducement; to obtain or acquire by artifice | 12 | |
| 5377797198 | kudos | (n.) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement | 13 | |
| 5377797199 | lagniappe | (n.) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity | 14 | |
| 5377797200 | prolix | (adj.) long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way | 15 | |
| 5377797201 | protege | (n.) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government | 16 | |
| 5377797202 | sycophant | (n.) someone who attempts to win favors or advance him- or herself by flatter or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer | 17 | |
| 5377797203 | tautology | (n.) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy | 18 | |
| 5377797204 | truckle | (v.) to yield or submit tamely or submissively | 19 |