AP Literature Exam Vocab Flashcards

3404406746	abjure	to renounce, repudiate or retract, especially with formal solemnity, recant to renounce or give up under oath, forswear	0
3404406747	abrogate	to abolish by formal or official means, repeal	1
3404406748	abut	to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border	2
3404406749	acolyte	an alter attendant in public worship; any attendant, assistant or follower	3
3404408879	acumen	keen insight, shrewdness	4
3404408880	adumbrate	to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch to foreshadow to darken or conceal partially	5
3404408881	anachronism	something/someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing of person that belongs to an earlier time	6
3404410715	antediluvian	very old, old-fashioned, or out of date, antiquated, primitive	7
3404410716	apothegm	a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism	8
3404410942	apposite	suitable, well-adapted, pertinent, relevant, apt	9
3404412492	approbation	approval, commendation official approval or sanction	10
3404412493	archetype	original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form, a prototype	11
3404412494	archaic	marked by characteristics of an earlier period, antiquated	12
3404413732	ascetis	a person who dedicated his/her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals or self-mortification for religious reasons a person who leads a simple life, especially one who abstains from normal pleasures	13
3404413758	aspersion	a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism, slander	14
3404501391	badinage	light, playful banter	15
3404501392	beatific	bestowing bliss, blessings or happiness	16
3404501393	beneficent	doing good or causing good to be done, kindly in action or purpose	17
3404501417	benighted	intellectually or morally ignorant, unenlightented	18
3404503344	bibulous	found of drinks (alcoholic)	19
3404503345	bivouac	military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire	20
3404503346	canard	a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report or rumor	21
3404504872	charlatan	a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he/she does	22
3404504873	chasten	to restrain, subdue to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement	23
3404504874	chicanery	trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive or evade	24
3404506350	coalesce	to grow together or into one body to unit so as to form one mass	25
3404506351	cognitive	of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgement and reasoning	26
3404506352	confrere	a fellow member of a profession, etc; colleague	27
3404508248	consanguinity	relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship	28
3404510605	contentious	tending to argument or strife, quarrelsome	29
3404510606	covert	concealed, secret, disguised	30
3404510607	decry	to criticize openly	31
3404510608	descry	to discern or make out; catch sight of; to detect; to teach the sight of.	32
3404512380	demagogue	a leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice	33
3404512381	denizen	an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place	34
3404512382	desuetude	state of disuse; uselessness	35
3404515150	dilettante	someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic	36
3404515151	egregious	conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)	37
3404515152	empirical	based on observation or experiment	38
3404517585	encomium	warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise	39
3404517586	endemic	native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field	40
3404517587	enervate	to reduce in strength	41
3404517588	erstwhile	former; of an earlier time	42
3404519826	eschew	to shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful)	43
3404519827	exulpate	to free from guilt or blame	44
3404519828	exigencies	urgent situations, pressing needs	45
3404521994	exhume	dig out of the ground; remove from a grave	46
3404521995	fecund	fertile; fruitful; productive	47
3404521996	foible	a minor weakness in character	48
3404523486	germane	relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting	49
3404523487	jocose	joking; humorous	50
3404523488	jocular	playful; humorous	51
3404524989	immure	to enclose, usually in wall	52
3404525294	inchoate	In an initial stage; not fully formed	53
3404526914	indigent	needy, impoverished	54
3404526915	infinitesimal	so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute	55
3404526916	insidious	intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous	56
3404529181	interloper	one who interferes with the affairs of others; a meddler	57
3404529182	internecine	pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive	58
3404530767	invidious	envious, obnoxious, or offensive, likely to promote ill-will	59
3404530768	invoke	to call on for support	60
3404530769	lachrymose	tearful; sad	61
3404532214	lassitude	a state of diminished energy	62
3404532215	laudable	worthy of praise; commendable	63
3404532216	mawkish	excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor	64
3404532249	milieu	environment; surroundings	65
3404534286	misapprehend	to misunderstand, fail to know	66
3404534287	misconstrue	to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of	67
3404534288	narcissism	self-love	68
3404536447	nugatory	of minor significance; futile	69
3404536448	nefarious	wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards	70
3404536449	nihilism	the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe	71
3404538358	nonplus	puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss	72
3404538359	obdurate	hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion	73
3404538360	obloquy	censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public; disgrace or discredit from public blame.	74
3404538407	obviate	to prevent; to make unnecessary	75
3404540598	paean	song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy	76
3404540599	palliative	relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure	77
3404540600	paragon	model of excellence or perfection	78
3404540730	parochial	restricted; limited; narrow; local	79
3404542184	perennial	recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly	80
3404542185	peripatetic	wandering from place to place, especially on foot	81
3404544126	precursor	something that comes before, esp. something that also announces or suggests something on its way	82
3404544127	primeaval	ancient	83
3404544128	polemic	controversy; argument; verbal attack	84
3404545862	prodigal	lavish; wasteful	85
3404545863	progenitor	a direct ancestor	86
3404545864	prototype	an original model on which later versions are patterned	87
3404547135	putative	generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred	88
3404549933	quintessence	the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example	89
3404549934	ramification	a development or consequence resulting from a course of action	90
3404549935	recalcitrant	stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority	91
3404551759	recourse	a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection	92
3404551760	rectitude	moral uprightness	93
3404551761	replete	abundantly supplied; complete	94
3404553315	risible	pertaining to laughter; able or inclined to laugh; laughable	95
3404553316	sanguine	ruddy; cheerfully optimistic	96
3404554803	sanguinary	bloodthirsty; bloody	97
3404554804	sartorial	of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)	98
3404554805	savant	a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar	99
3404556234	sedulous	persistent, showing industry and determination	100
3404556235	svelte	slender and graceful	101
3404556236	torpor	extreme mental and physical sluggishness	102
3404557746	tyro	beginner; novice	103
3404557747	sycophant	a flatterer; one who fawns on others in order to gain favor	104
3404559354	vacuous	lacking in ideas or intelligence; empty; purposeless; idle.	105
3404559355	valedictory	a farewell speech	106
3404561621	variegated	varied; marked with different colors	107
3404561622	verisimilitude	the appearance of being true or real	108
3404562990	veritable	actual, true, real	109
3404564689	vitiate	to impair the quality of, corrupt morally	110