AP Literature Vocabulary List #1 Flashcards
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4909603707 | Abrogate | To cancel, destroy, revoke, or void | 0 | |
4909603708 | Acerbic | Sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression or tone | 1 | |
4909603709 | Acrimony | Bitter, harsh, or biting sharpness | 2 | |
4909603710 | Acumen | Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding) | 3 | |
4909603711 | Adumbrate | To sketch, outline in a shadowy way | 4 | |
4909603712 | Ameliorate | To make or grow better | 5 | |
4909603713 | Aphorism | A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion | 6 | |
4909603714 | Apocryphal | Of doubtful authority or authenticity | 7 | |
4909603715 | Allegory | The representation of abstract ideas or principals by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | 8 | |
4909603716 | Arcane | Understood by only a few | 9 | |
4909603717 | Avarice | An excessive desire of gain; greediness | 10 | |
4909603718 | Banal | Commonplace; trivial | 11 | |
4909603719 | Bifurcate | To divide into two parts or branches | 12 | |
4909603720 | Binary | Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components | 13 | |
4909603721 | Bi-polar | Having two opposite or contradictory ideas | 14 |