AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 8851997879 | Ephemeral | Temporary | 0 | |
| 8851997880 | infidelity (n) | disloyalty / changed feelings | 1 | |
| 8851997881 | servile (adj) | overly submissive | 2 | |
| 8851997882 | penitent (adj) | feeling regret | 3 | |
| 8851997883 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman | 4 | |
| 8851997884 | Imploring (adj) | asking earnestly; begging | 5 | |
| 8851997885 | Ingratiating | Charming or flattering | 6 | |
| 8851997886 | Groveling | Totally submissive | 7 | |
| 8851997887 | obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please | 8 | |
| 9131461242 | palpable (adj) | able to be touched or felt | 9 | |
| 9131461243 | diaphanous (adj) | light, airy, transparent | 10 | |
| 9131461244 | variegated (adj) | multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color | 11 | |
| 9131461245 | anomalous (adj) | abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual | 12 | |
| 9131675773 | malapropism (n) | a word humorously misused | 13 | |
| 9170290892 | Egalitarian | Promoting equal rights for all people | 14 | |
| 9170290893 | Dowager | an elderly woman of elevate social status | 15 | |
| 9170290894 | Dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic | 16 | |
| 9170290895 | Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions | 17 | |
| 9170290896 | Purveyor | One who supplies or sells | 18 | |
| 9185775886 | Imprecise | Not accurate | 19 | |
| 9185775887 | Deficient | Lacking | 20 | |
| 9185775888 | Obtrusive | (adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out | 21 | |
| 9185775889 | elliptical | oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out | 22 | |
| 9248570999 | Capricious (adj) | tending to make sudden and unpredictable changes | 23 | |
| 9248571000 | Bombastic (adj) | Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | 24 | |
| 9248571001 | loquacious (adj) | talkative | 25 | |
| 9248571002 | Dispassionate (adj) | impartial; calm, free from emotion | 26 | |
| 9248571003 | Decorous (adj) | Exhibiting appropriate behavior or conduct | 27 | |
| 9261592922 | Candid | Completely honest, straightforward | 28 | |
| 9261592923 | Ostentatious | Showy, pretentious | 29 | |
| 9261592924 | Convoluted | intricate and complicated | 30 | |
| 9274288378 | Mitigated | made less severe | 31 | |
| 9274288379 | Ossified | become fixed and rigid | 32 | |
| 9274288380 | Bureaucratization | a complicated organized system; rules and regulations | 33 | |
| 9274288381 | Politicized | To give a political character to something | 34 | |
| 9274288382 | jingoism | extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy | 35 | |
| 9274288383 | Infighting | conflict within a group | 36 | |
| 9274288384 | Streamlined | A smooth shape designed to decrease resistance to fluid flow | 37 | |
| 9297449284 | Visceral | Pertaining to the internal organs | 38 | |
| 9334780804 | Supercilious | Arrogant | 39 | |
| 9334780805 | Pugnacious | Eager to fight | 40 | |
| 9334780806 | Judicious | sensible; showing good judgement | 41 | |
| 9372984428 | Negligible (adj) | So unimportant that it can be disregarded | 42 | |
| 9395660492 | Penchant | A strong liking | 43 | |
| 9395660493 | Pilfer | To steal in small quantities | 44 | |
| 9395660494 | Predilection | Preference | 45 | |
| 9408835116 | Sundry | Various | 46 | |
| 9408835117 | Lugubrious | sorrowful; mournful; dismal | 47 | |
| 9408835118 | Prolific | Abundantly productive | 48 | |
| 9408835119 | Bucolic | Charmingly rural | 49 | |
| 9421144160 | Ineffable | Inexpressible | 50 | |
| 9421144161 | Articulated | Written down or stated | 51 | |
| 9421144162 | Consummate | complete; total; supremely good | 52 | |
| 9421144163 | Presumptive | presumed | 53 | |
| 9421144164 | Deleterious | Harmful | 54 |