AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

7216674180	plaintive	mournful sounding	0
7216674471	engender	to give rise to a feeling or situation	1
7216675555	portentous	to be like a warning that something momentous will occur	2
7216676595	portend or portent	to warn that something momentous will occur	3
7216679358	capricious	volatile to sudden changes of mood or behavior	4
7216679728	semblance	the outward appearance of something	5
7216686401	countenance	a person's face or expressions support admit as acceptable	6
7216688091	penury	extreme poverty	7
7216688841	conjecture	speculation based on incomplete evidence to form speculation based on incomplete evidence	8
7216689876	desolate	to be in a state on bleak emptiness	9
7216697263	inexorable	impossible to stop	10
7216697507	ascetic	characterized by extreme self-discipline a person who practices extreme self-discipline	11
7216699005	sardonic	cynical	12
7216699006	sullen	gloomy and sulky	13
7216714646	impetuous	acting quickly without thought	14
7216716340	peremptory	insisting on immediate attention or obedience	15
7216716346	equivocal	ambiguous	16
7216716873	soporific	sleep inducing	17
7216722507	transitory	not permanent	18
7216722836	approbation	approval or praise	19
7216722837	sanguine	optimism in a difficult situation blood red color	20
7216727886	prodigal	wastefully extravagant a person who is wastefully extravagant	21
7216728216	calumny	slander (making of false deflamatory statements to damage someone's reputation)	22
7216732597	discern	to distinguish or recognize something	23
7216734345	acquiese	to accept reluctantly	24
7216735096	profligate	wasteful in the use of resources an immoral person	25
7216736815	propitious	indicating a good chance of success	26
7216738672	languid	slow and relaxed weak from illness	27
7216813957	venerate	to regard with great respect	28
7216814152	sententious	given to moralizing in a pompous manner	29
7216814367	phlegmatic	possessing an unemotional disposition	30
7216822833	disposition	a person's inherent qualities of mind and character the way something is placed in relation to others	31
7216822834	enigma	a person or thing that is mysterious	32
7216822835	ephemeral	lasting a short time	33
7216823770	facade	the face building an outward appearance meant to conceal reality	34
7216823771	obscure	relatively unknown to conceal	35
7216823994	fastidious	attentive to detail	36
7216825499	insipid	lacking flavor	37
7216825704	enervate	to invoke the feeling of being drained of all energy lacking in energy	38
7216826233	trepidation	a fear that something may happen	39
7216836423	intrepid	fearless and adventurous	40
7216836424	evince	to reveal the presence of indicate	41
7216836740	indefatigable	persistently tireless	42
7216842433	insuperable	impossible to overcome	43
7216842434	apoplexy	incapacity resulting from hemorrhage or stroke	44
7216842660	deprecate	belittle express disapproval of	45
7216855883	noxious	poisonous or harmful	46
7216855888	assiduous	showing great care or perseverance	47
7216856146	solicitous	showing great interest	48
7216856147	ludicrous	ridiculous to the point of amusement	49