AP LIterature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 9887789890 | abates | become less intense or widespread. | 0 | |
| 9887804604 | equivocation | the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication. | 1 | |
| 9887809606 | invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language. | 2 | |
| 9887817865 | Staunch | loyal and committed in attitude. | 3 | |
| 9887823319 | ascertain | find (something) out for certain; make sure of. | 4 | |
| 9887831747 | rapturous | characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. | 5 | |
| 9887848145 | zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ). | 6 | |
| 9887858885 | uxorious | having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife. | 7 | |
| 9887872368 | dubious | hesitating or doubting. | 8 | |
| 9887880297 | depraved | morally corrupt or wicked. | 9 | |
| 9887885126 | craven | contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. | 10 | |
| 9887887825 | pedantic | a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. | 11 | |
| 9887901687 | epigrammatic | of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing. | 12 | |
| 9887903938 | terse | abrupt | 13 | |
| 9887914567 | unscrupulous | having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair. | 14 | |
| 9887941642 | propriety/decorum | the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals. | 15 | |
| 9887951702 | ambivalence | the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. | 16 |