AP Literature Unit 9 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 6346496433 | ascertain | 1. find something out for certain; to make sure of 2. to find out or learn with certainty | 0 | |
| 6346496434 | despondent | 1. in low spirits from loss of hope or courage 2. felling or showing profound hopelessness. dejection, discouragement, or gloom | 1 | |
| 6346496435 | glibly | 1. performed with a natural, offhand ease 2. characterized by fluency of speech or writing that often suggests insincerity 3. easy or unconstrained; readily fluent | 2 | |
| 6346497232 | ostentation | 1. pretentious and vulgar display, especially of wealth and luxury 2. intended to impress or attract notice 3. excessive display | 3 | |
| 6346497233 | rectify | 1. put (something) right; correct 2. electricity: convert an alternating current to direct current 3. to make right; remedy | 4 | |
| 6346498153 | tacit | 1. understood or implied without being stated 2. silent; saying nothing | 5 | |
| 6354198355 | definition: to make something better, more bearable or more satisfactory part of speech: verb synonym: improve | definition, part of speech, and synonym for ameliorate: | 6 | |
| 6354199666 | definition: the action of describing or portraying something precisely part of speech: noun synonym: drawing, sketch | definition, part of speech, and synonym for delineation: | 7 | |
| 6354215987 | definition: the quality of being easily broken or damaged part of speech: noun synonym: delicacy | definition, part of speech, and synonym for fragility: | 8 | |
| 6354229046 | definition: of, relating to, or present at birth; associated with one's birth; native part of speech: adjective synonym: natural, original | definition, part of speech, and synonym for natal: | 9 | |
| 6354243208 | definition: member of the clergy who has charge of a parish; one that directs part of speech: noun synonym: headmaster | definition, part of speech, and synonym for rector: | 10 | |
| 6354252689 | definition: behaving or looking as though one thinks he is superior to others part of speech: adjective synonym: arrogant | definition, part of speech, and synonym for supercilious: | 11 | |
| 6354261039 | ascent | KNOW FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION: movement upward from a lower to higher state or status; movement or return toward a source or beginning | 12 | |
| 6354267307 | deplore | KNOW FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION: to feel or express strong disapproval of | 13 | |
| 6354267308 | gaffe | KNOW FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION: an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; blunder | 14 | |
| 6354273060 | mendacity | KNOW FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION: the quality of being dishonest; falsehood | 15 | |
| 6354275334 | peremptory | KNOW FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION: insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in an imperious way | 16 | |
| 6354276273 | supplant | KNOW FOR SENTENCE COMPLETION: supersede and replace; to take the place of, as through force, scheming or strategy | 17 | |
| 6354297116 | assauge | KNOW FOR TONE SENTENCE: to make less intense; to satisfy (an appetite or desire) | 18 | |
| 6354297117 | demise | KNOW FOR TONE SENTENCE:a person's death; the end or failure of an enterprise or institution | 19 | |
| 6354297118 | mien | KNOW FOR TONE SENTENCE: a person's looks or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood | 20 | |
| 6354298507 | obliquely | KNOW FOR TONE SENTENCE: not straight or direct; morally, ethically, or mentally wrong | 21 | |
| 6354298508 | rapturous | KNOW FOR TONE SENTENCE: full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight | 22 | |
| 6354299839 | superfluous | KNOW FOR TONE SENTENCE: unnecessary, especially through being more than enough; being more than is sufficient or required; excessive | 23 |