AP 4 Flashcards

6624457562	dappled	adj. spotted	0
6624461880	demure	adj. sober or serious in manner, modest	1
6624464657	sprightly	adj. lively; animated; energetic	2
6624470365	appellation	n. name; title	3
6624476523	reprove	v. to find fault with, scold, rebuke	4
6624483701	reverie	n. a daydream	5
6624489627	cleave	v. to cut or split open; to cling to	6
6624498348	wont	adj. accustomed, likely	7
6624513219	ephemeral	adj. lasting only a short time, fleeting	8
6624518009	mercurial	adj. characterized by rapid change of temperament; unpredictable	9
6624536837	beguiling	adj. charming or attractive, but perhaps not to be trusted	10
6624592630	acquiescence	n. the reluctant acceptance of something without protest	11
6624612477	discursiveness	n. long windedness; indirectness	12
6624641547	trammel	n. something that impedes activity, progress, or freedom	13
6624663021	fetter	n. a chain or shackle	14
6650299311	ascertain	v. to find out with certainty	15
6650301470	raillery	n. good-humored ridicule; teasing	16
6650306377	scathingly	adv. in a bitterly severe manner	17
6650309411	archaism	n. the use of deliberately old-fashioned language.	18
6650312406	bemused	adj. confused; bewildered	19
6650313355	facetious	adj. playfully humorous	20
6650314269	self-effacing	adj. not drawing attention to oneself; modest	21
6650317715	boon	n. a timely benefit; blessing	22
6650320346	sestina	n. a poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi.	23
6650323073	remiss	adj. neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless	24
6650325492	bereft	adj. deprived of; made unhappy through a loss	25
6650327473	callousness	n. cruelty; insensitivity; apathy	26
6650330149	sardonic	adj. grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	27