AP Lit Terms 2018 Flashcards

9529206975	burgher	a citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie	0
9529227627	clomb	archaic past and past participle of climb	1
9529231456	rapaciousness	aggressively greedy or grasping	2
9529233679	dissipation	squandering of money, energy, or resources	3
9529239534	quay	a concrete, stone, or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships	4
9529249497	glibly	fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow	5
9529253591	snubbed	ignored	6
9529258841	deplore	feel or express strong disapproval of	7
9529263342	equivocation	using vague language to cover harsh truths	8
9529267881	unscrupulousness	unprincipled, a lack of moral standards or conscience to guide one's conduct	9
9529272977	lewd	crude and offensive in a sexual way	10
9529277931	hireling	a person employed to undertake menial work	11
9529282955	pensive	reflecting deep or serious thought	12
9529289756	ascertain	make sure of	13
9529294949	cote	shelter for animals	14
9529308054	abate	(of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread	15
9529313954	gregarious	sociable	16
9529318705	avant-garde	new/unusual ideas	17
9529323028	staunch	loyal and committed in attitude	18
9529328059	somber	dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy	19
9529344250	contemptuous	scornful	20
9529335520	tactile	connected w/ sense of touch	21
9529349037	consecrate	make or declare something	22
9529355903	usurpation	taking power or property by force	23
9529360083	vacillate	alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive	24
9529368735	insidious	proceeding in a gradual, subtle way	25
9529377005	laudatory	expressing praise and commendation	26
9529381237	bohemian	informal or unconventional	27
9529390773	surreptitiously	in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively	28
9529394414	winnowing	sifting	29
9529398376	raconteur	a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way	30
9529403394	benevolent	well meaning and kindly	31
9529412622	sanctimonious	making a showing of being morally superior to other people	32
9529419239	opulence	great wealth or luxuriousness	33
9529425912	malevolent	having or showing a wish to do evil to others	34
9529432374	transgression	an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense	35
9529437750	monotony	lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine.	36
9529441983	sublime	of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe	37
9529447823	profundity	deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought.	38
9529452144	abject	experienced or present to the maximum degree	39
9529462248	admonition	an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning	40
9529462249	tribulation	a cause of great trouble or suffering	41
9529468222	lament	mourn	42
9529473551	paucity	the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity	43
9529476488	veracity	habitual truthfulness.	44
9529481434	recluse	person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people	45
9529490692	invocation	the action of summoning something or someone for assistance or as an authority	46
9529493399	wayfarer	a person who travels on foot.	47
9529456310	admonition	authoritative counsel or warning	48
9569858348	lugubrious	looking and/or sounding sad or dismal	49
9611666001	impecunious	having very little or no money usually habitually	50
9611675855	munificent	larger or more generous than is usual or necessary.	51
9611766449	penitent	eeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant.	52
9611770150	irreverent	showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.	53
9611774687	fortitude	courage in pain or adversity.	54