AP Lit Vocab Flashcards

5884872173	admonish	(n. reproof): reprimand, scold	0
5884874746	assail	attack, assault	1
5884876205	denigrate	disparage, criticize unfairly	2
5884877554	digress	leave the main subject temporarily in speech/writing.	3
5884879728	enumerate	list or identify one by one.	4
5884879729	equivocate	stall; use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth	5
5884882504	exhort	urge, insist, pressure	6
5884883330	explicate	analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.	7
5884886877	juxtapose	compare and contrast	8
5884887953	lament	passionately express grief or sorrow	9
5884889055	lionize	glorify, exalt; treat as a celebrity.	10
5884889056	recapitulate	summarize and state again the main points	11
5884890801	repudiate	reject, forsake	12
5884890802	revel	celebrate in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing	13
5884892840	thwart	prevent (someone) from accomplishing something	14
5930700770	abject	wretched, degrading	15
5930701492	aesthetic	concerned with the beauty or the appreciation of beauty	16
5930703706	aloof	detached; not friendly or forthcoming; cool nd distant	17
5930705345	ambivalent	uncertain, doubtful	18
5930706399	arduous	onerous, grueling	19
5988352244	ascetic	austere; characterized by the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence	20
5988364656	astute	shrewd, adroit, clever	21
5988366433	audacious	bold, daring, fearless	22
5988366434	capricious	fickle, volatile, erratic	23
5988368239	circumspect	cautious; wary and unwilling to take risks	24
6058926370	cohesive	united; working together effectively	25
6058926371	conciliatory	intended to placate or pacify	26
6058927978	convivial	friendly; lively and enjoyable	27
6058927979	cynical	sardonic, wry; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity	28
6058929880	deferential	obsequious, respectful and humble	29
6108292735	despondant	dismal; despairing	30
6108292736	didactic	instructional, educational	31
6108294171	diffident	modest, shy, timid	32
6108294970	discursive	rambling; not concise	33
6108296325	disparaging	pained; weary and hopeless	34
6175447525	disparate	dissimilar; contrasting	35
6175448154	earnest	serious and dedicated; sincere	36
6175449499	elegiac	mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past	37
6175450469	erudite	learned; scholarly	38
6175452735	hackneyed	clichéd, trite, overused	39
6286451644	idyllic	perfect, ideal	40
6286451645	incorrigible	(a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.	41
6286452859	indignant	offended, affronted	42
6286452860	insipid	bland, weak, flavorless	43
6286453991	laconic	brief, concise, terse	44
6346547210	laudatory	praising, flattering	45
6346547211	nostalgic	remembering the past as better than it actually was	46
6346547834	pedantic	overly concerned with rules and details, fussy; punctilious	47
6346547835	pious	devout, virtuous	48
6346548597	pragmatic	practical, sensible	49
6467456117	reticent	reserved, introverted	50
6467456118	rueful	remorseful, regretful	51
6467458370	sanctimonious	smug, self-righteous	52
6467458371	stoic	someone who shows little emotion in times of great adversity	53
6467461234	surreptitious	covert, secretive	54
6467461235	voracious	insatiable, ravenous, rapacious	55
6467465234	ardor	fervor, passion, zeal, vehemence	56
6467465235	invocation	entreaty, summons, appeal, plea	57
6467467569	mirth	amusement, delight, glee	58
6467467570	reproof	reprimand, criticism	59