AP English Literature Week #2 Flashcards

7496823622	Inveigle	To persuade by ingenuity or flattery; to intice; to obtain by ingenuity or flattery	0
7496823623	modicum	a small quantity or portion	1
7496823624	Aridity	dryness, barrenness	2
7496823625	Mollify	Soften; allay someone's rage	3
7496823626	Cacophony	unpleasant, harsh, or discordant sound	4
7496823627	Capacious	Able to contain much	5
7496823628	Discursive	Passing from one subject to another	6
7496823629	Schadenfreude	A malicious satisfaction in the misfortune of others	7
7496823630	Palaver	Idle talk; talk idly	8
7496823631	Buttress	projecting support of a wall or building; support; prop	9
7535070934	Disaparaging	Depreciating, lessening in rank	10
7535070935	solicitous	Showing care, attention, concern; full of anxious desire, eagerness, apprehension	11
7535070936	disheveled	Disarranged, untidy, tousled, rumpled	12
7535070937	sesquipedalian	Given to or characterized by the use of long words; long and ponderous; having many syllables	13
7535070938	Soiree	Evening party; gathering	14
7609844441	disseminate	Scatter, broadcast, spread	15
7609844442	somnabulist	One who walks and performs other actions during sleep	16
7609844443	soporific	causing sleepiness	17
7609844444	doleful	Sad, sorrowful, mourning	18
7609844445	Specious	Apparently just or correct, actually not so	19
7609844446	flout	Mock; insult; scoff	20
7609844447	overweening	Overbearing; excessive	21
7609844448	Dulcet	Melodious; soft; soothing	22
7609844449	spurious	Not genuine; counterfeit	23
7609844450	ebullient	Boiling up, bubbling, effervescent	24