AP Literature Unit 10 Vocabulary Flashcards

5864108799	acumen	(n.) keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement	0
5864108800	adjudicate	(v.) to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal	1
5864108801	anachronism	(n.) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other	2
5864108802	apocryphal	(adj.) of doubtful or questionable authenticity	3
5864108803	disparity	(n.) a difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness	4
5864108804	dissimulate	(v.) to hide or disguise one's true thoughts, feelings, or intentions	5
5864108805	empirical	(adj.) derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable	6
5864108806	flamboyant	(adj.) highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold	7
5864108807	fulsome	(adj.) offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening	8
5864108808	immolate	(v.) to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another	9
5864108809	imperceptible	(adj.) extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind	10
5864108810	lackey	(n.) a uniformed male servant; a servile follower	11
5864108811	liaison	(n.) the contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact; any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking	12
5864108812	monolithic	(adj.) characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity	13
5864108813	mot juste	(n.) the most suitable or exact word or expression	14
5864108814	nihilism	(n.) a total rejection of existing laws; extreme radicalism	15
5864108815	patrician	(n.) a member of the ruling class; a person of high rank; (adj.) belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person	16
5864108816	propitiate	(v.) to make someone or something favorable inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease	17
5864108817	sic	(adv.) thus so; intentionally written so	18
5864108818	sublimate	(v.) to redirect the energy of a biological or instinctive impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel	19