AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 7455290341 | Awestruck | Filled with feelings of fear and wonder, feelings awe. | 0 | |
| 7455290342 | Audacious | (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 1 | |
| 7455290343 | Bombastic (adj) | High sounding with little meaning, pretentious, over-the-top | 2 | |
| 7455290344 | Cantankerous (adj) | easily angered & difficult to get along with | 3 | |
| 7455290345 | Flippant (adj) | Not showing a serious or respectful attitude | 4 | |
| 7455290346 | Facetious (adj) | Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor | 5 | |
| 7455290347 | Cynical (adj) | Believing people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful or human society or integrity | 6 | |
| 7455290348 | dour (adj) | Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy | 7 | |
| 7455290349 | laconic (adj) | using few words; brief; to the point | 8 | |
| 7455290350 | gracious (adj.) | Being kind or warm courtesy | 9 | |
| 7455290351 | Nihilistic | rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless | 10 | |
| 7455290352 | opprobrious | expressing great scorn | 11 | |
| 7455290353 | provocative | causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately | 12 | |
| 7455290354 | vexed (adj) | Annoyed, frustrated, or worried | 13 | |
| 7455290355 | Terse (adj) | brief and to the point | 14 | |
| 7531642178 | Naive | Lacking worldly experience or understanding | 15 | |
| 7531642179 | haughty (adj) | arrogantly superior and disdainful | 16 | |
| 7531642180 | Indignant (adj) | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 17 | |
| 7531642181 | prosaic (adj) | Commonplace or dull | 18 | |
| 7531642182 | quaint | attractively unusual or old-fashioned | 19 | |
| 7531642183 | whimsical | playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way | 20 | |
| 7531642184 | tempestuous (adj) | Turbulent or conflicting emotions | 21 | |
| 7531642185 | bilious (adj) | Effective by/ nausea | 22 | |
| 7531642186 | Complementary | Praising or approving | 23 | |
| 7531642187 | Assured | Confident or protected against change | 24 | |
| 7531642188 | Blithe (adj) | Showing casual or cheerful indifference | 25 | |
| 7531642189 | Consoling | To comfort someone at the time of grief or disappointment | 26 | |
| 7531642190 | Deliberate (adj) | Done consciously and intentionally | 27 | |
| 7531642191 | Ecstatic(adj) | feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement | 28 | |
| 7531642192 | Euphoric (adj) | Characterized by, or feelings intense excitement or happiness | 29 | |
| 7608298679 | Zealous (adj) | Being very-devout and overly dedicated | 30 | |
| 7608298680 | zany (adj) | Amusing in an unconventional way, odd eccentric | 31 | |
| 7608298681 | Encouraging | Giving someone support or confidence | 32 | |
| 7608298682 | Galvanize | to shock or excite someone, typically into taking action | 33 | |
| 7608298683 | fanciful | overimaginative and unrealistic | 34 | |
| 7608298684 | frenetic (adj) | Fast and energetic;wild in an uncontrolled way | 35 | |
| 7608298685 | saccharine | overly sweet or sentimental | 36 | |
| 7608298686 | Breezy | Appearing relaxed, informal, and cheery brisk | 37 | |
| 7608298687 | Admiring | To look at someone with pleasure | 38 | |
| 7608298688 | Bland | mild; tasteless; dull | 39 | |
| 7608298689 | humble (adj) | Showing modest, or low estimate of ones own importance | 40 | |
| 7608298690 | Inquisitive (adj) | Curious or inquiring | 41 | |
| 7608298691 | Colloquial | Used in ordinary or familiar conversation | 42 | |
| 7608298692 | Impish | Mischievous or devilish | 43 | |
| 7608306129 | Romantic | Characterized by the expression of love | 44 | |
| 7689981711 | Allusive | Having reference to something implied or inferred | 45 | |
| 7689981712 | Apathetic | showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern. | 46 | |
| 7689981713 | Brash | self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way | 47 | |
| 7689981714 | Apologetic | Regretfully acknowledging, excusing and offensive failure | 48 | |
| 7689981715 | Cross | Annoyed or mad | 49 | |
| 7689981716 | frivolous (adj) | not having any serious purpose or value | 50 | |
| 7689981717 | detached | Aloof and objective | 51 | |
| 7689981718 | Depressed | In a state of general unhappiness or despondency | 52 | |
| 7689981719 | nostalgic (adj) | Experiencing or exhibiting sentimental feelings for a former place or time | 53 | |
| 7689981720 | Morbid | Relating to disease or death | 54 | |
| 7689981721 | macabre (adj) | Disturbing or horrifying, connected to death | 55 | |
| 7689981722 | Pretentious (adj) | Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance | 56 | |
| 7689981723 | Pedantic | A person who tends to be obsessively concerned with minor details | 57 | |
| 7689981724 | Wry | Dry, mocking humor, can be sarcastic or ironic | 58 | |
| 8062490878 | Apostles | The 12 men who were Jesus' "entourage" | 59 | |
| 8062490879 | Bade | To order, to instruct | 60 | |
| 8062490880 | Whorl | The act of swirling, and moving in circles | 61 | |
| 8062490881 | Din | Loud, raucous noise | 62 | |
| 8062490882 | Cultivate | To grow, to nurture | 63 | |
| 8062490883 | Chasten | To discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior | 64 | |
| 8062490884 | Deity | A god | 65 | |
| 8062490885 | Jocund | Cheerful, merry | 66 | |
| 8062490886 | Naivete | innocence or inexperience | 67 | |
| 8062490887 | Prodigy | A person with great talent; young genius | 68 | |
| 8062490888 | Promulgate | To proclaim it exclaim | 69 | |
| 8062490889 | Tumult | Uproar, disturbance | 70 | |
| 8062490890 | Scourge | Bane, curse, affliction or a whip, lash, punishment | 71 | |
| 8182782509 | Vocation | A calling for a job or what you're meant to do | 72 | |
| 8182782510 | Bellicose | Loud, argumentative, prone to fighting | 73 | |
| 8182782511 | Benign | Harmless | 74 | |
| 8182782512 | Homage | Respect and honor | 75 | |
| 8182782513 | Emulates | To imitate or copy | 76 | |
| 8182782514 | Faculty | Ability and power | 77 | |
| 8182782515 | Entreat | To beg | 78 | |
| 8182782516 | Phenomenon | a remarkable development | 79 | |
| 8182782517 | Mien | Bearing, presence, manner | 80 | |
| 8182782518 | Lathargic | Tired and listless | 81 | |
| 8182782519 | Prowess | A special skill | 82 | |
| 8182782520 | Reap | To gather, glean, harvest | 83 | |
| 8182782521 | Sable | Has a color that is dark, black-brown | 84 |