AP Lit Vocabulary Flashcards

9827403421	Abject	Lowly, miserable and wretched	0
9827403422	Admonition	Gentle warning; friendly reproof	1
9827403423	Aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	2
9827403424	Ambivalence	The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes	3
9827403425	Anomalous	Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual	4
9827403426	Antiquated	No longer used or useful; very old	5
9827403427	Aptly	fittingly, appropriately, suitably	6
9827403428	Ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	7
9827403429	Assiduous	Persistent, attentive, diligent	8
9827403430	Belated	Delayed	9
9827403431	Beset	To attack from all sides; to harass; to surround	10
9827403432	Brevity	Briefness	11
9827403433	Brooding	preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts	12
9827403434	Cajole	To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises	13
9827403435	Callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	14
9827403436	Calumny	a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation	15
9827403437	Capricious	Impulsive and unpredictable	16
9827403438	Chagrin	distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated	17
9827403439	Chastise	To inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely	18
9827403440	Cynical	Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives	19
9827403441	Deferential	Showing respect	20
9827403442	Degradation	A state of low honor or moral character	21
9827403443	Delineate	To describe, to depict	22
9827403444	Deluded	deceived or misled	23
9827403445	Denigrate	To attack the character of; to mock	24
9827403446	Despondent	Downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness	25
9827403447	Devout	Deeply religious	26
9827403448	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	27
9827403449	Disconsolate	(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation	28
9827403450	Discursive	Rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly	29
9827403451	Disparage	To degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner; To belittle	30
9827403452	Disparate	different; incompatible; unequal	31
9827403453	Dissipated	Indulging excessively in sensual pleasures	32
9827403454	Dogmatic	Stubbornly opinionated	33
9827403455	Duplicitous	Deliberately deceptive	34
9827403456	Earnest	Serious and sincere	35
9827403457	Elegy	a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.	36
9827403458	Elliptical	obscure in expression; deliberate omission of words implied by context	37
9827403459	Enervate	to weaken; to reduce in vitality	38
9827403460	Enthrall	(v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison	39
9827403461	Ephemeral	Lasting a very short time	40
9827403462	Eschew	To avoid, shun, keep away from	41
9827403463	Exemplify	to serve as a good example	42
9827403464	Exhortation	A strong urging or pleading	43
9827403465	Fawning	Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection	44
9827403466	Formidable	Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable	45
9827403467	Fortitude	Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage	46
9827403468	Hackneyed	Used so often as to lack freshness or originality	47
9827403469	Haughty	Arrogant, excessively proud and vain	48
9827403470	Hubris	Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy	49
9827403471	Idiosyncrasies	(n) any personal peculiarities or mannerisms	50
9827403472	Impish	having or showing a playful desire to cause trouble : playful and mischievous	51
9827403473	Incongruous	(adj) out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious	52
9827403474	Indelible	Not able to be forgotten or removed	53
9827403475	Inept	Unskilled; clumsy	54
9827403476	Infer	deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.	55
9827403477	Invective	a verbally abusive attack	56
9827403478	Laurels	Symbols of honor, such as a medal or trophy	57
9827403479	Lethargy	A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy	58
9827403480	Litany	A long, repetitive, or dull account; A long list	59
9827403481	Mendacious	Lying; false; deceitful	60
9827403482	Misanthropy	Hatred of humanity	61
9827403483	Misogynistic	reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women	62
9827403484	Modicum	A small amount of something	63
9827403485	Paean	a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving	64
9827403486	Participle	A verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed	65
9827403487	Pedantic	Overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules	66
9827403488	Piety	Religious devotion	67
9827403489	Pragmatic	practical, as opposed to idealistic	68
9827403490	Pretentious	pompous, self-important	69
9827403491	Prevalent	Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced	70
9827403492	Reclusive	Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation	71
9827403493	Replete	(adj) supplied in abundance, filled, gorged (used with with)	72
9827403494	Reproach	blame, disgrace (noun); criticize, express disappointment in (verb)	73
9827403495	Resolute	(adj.) bold, determined; firm	74
9827403496	Retribution	A repayment; a deserved punishment	75
9827403497	Reverie	a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream	76
9827403498	Rhetorical	concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; A question asked merely for effect and not requiring an answer	77
9827403499	Sagacious	Wise; having keen perception and sound judgement	78
9827403500	Sardonic	Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	79
9827403501	Satirize	To mock; to make fun of	80
9827403502	Secular	Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters	81
9827403503	Serendipitous	occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way	82
9827403504	Sordid	involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.	83
9827403505	Stalwart	strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust; brave; valiant; steadfast or uncompromising.	84
9827403506	Steadfast	loyal, faithful	85
9827403507	Stoic	Seemingly unaffected by pain or discomfort	86
9827403508	Supercilious	Proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority	87
9827403509	Surreal	beyond what is real or believable; bizarre; Characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery	88
9827403510	Tedious	too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous.	89
9827403511	Thwart	(v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate	90
9827403512	Timorous	Fearful, timid	91
9827403513	Transience	the state or fact of lasting only for a short time; transitory nature.	92
9827403514	Vanity	excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements	93
9827403515	Vestige	A trace or evidence of something that once existed	94
9827403516	Vicarious	Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person	95
9827403517	Vindictive	Revengeful, spiteful	96
9827403518	Voluble	Talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech	97
9827403519	Whimsical	(adj.) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable	98
9827403520	Wretched	miserable, pathetic, dejected	99