AP Literature Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

11146154482	vor	comes from the Latin verb vorare, to eat, and the ending ivorous shows up in words that refer to eaters of certain kinds of food	0
11146163341	carnivorous	meat eating or flesh eating	1
11146181617	herbivore	plant eating	2
11146202892	insectivorous	feeding on insects	3
11146202893	voracious	having a huge appetite	4
11146202894	carn	comes from a Latin word meaning flesh or meat	5
11146219017	carnage	great destruction of life, as in a battle; slaughter	6
11146223020	carnal	having to do with bodily pleasures	7
11146242131	incarnate	given bodily or actual form; especially, having human body	8
11146563342	reincarnation	rebirth in new bodies of forms of life; someone who has been born again with a new body after death	9
11146563343	cred	comes from credere, the Latin verb meaning to believe or to entrust	10
11146563344	credence	mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief	11
11146563345	credible	able to be believed; reasonable to trust	12
11146294841	reincarnation	(1) Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life. (2) Someone who has been born again with a new body after death.	13
11146199337	insectivorous	feeding on insects	14
11338507427	cred	comes from credere, the latin verb meaning to believe or to entrust	15
11338545215	credence	mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief	16
11338549470	credible	able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe; good enough to be effective	17
11338571534	credulity	readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence	18
11338579588	credo	a statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith; a set of guiding principles or beliefs	19
11338601074	fid	comes from fides, the latin word for faith or trust	20
11338615839	affidavit	a sworn statement made in writing	21
11338619509	diffident	lacking confidence; timid, cautious	22
11338624168	fiduciary	having to do with a confidence or trust; held in trust for another	23
11338632056	perfidy	faithfulness, disloyalty, or treachery	24
11338644355	curr/curs	comes from currere, the Latin verb meaning to run	25
11338652047	concurrent	happening or operating at the same time	26
11338662124	cursory	hastily and often carelessly done	27
11338666000	discursive	passing from one topic to another	28
11338674462	precursor	one that goes before and indicates the coming of another	29
11338679161	ped	comes from the latin word for foot	30
11338689377	quadruped	an animal having 4 feet	31
11338695047	pedigree	the line of ancestors of a person or animal	32
11338704538	impediment	something that interferes with movement or progress	33
11338707729	pedestrian	commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative	34
11338949069	flect	comes from flectere, the latin verb meaning to bend	35
11338971169	deflect	to turn aside, especially from a straight or fixed course	36
11338985894	reflective	capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves; thoughtful	37
11339002261	genuflect	to kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect	38
11339064474	inflection	a change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice; the change in form of a word showing its case. gender, number. person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison	39
11339248721	post	comes from a latin word meaning after or behind	40
11339268126	posterior	situated toward or on the back; rear	41
11339273327	posthumous	published after the death of the author; following or happening after one's death	42
11339283044	postmodern	Having to do with a movement in architecture, art, or literature that is a reaction against modernism and that reintroduces traditional elements and techniques in odd contexts as well as elements from popular culture.	43
11339294000	postmortem	occurring after death; following the event	44
11339306381	calypso	a folk song or style of singing of west indian origin that has a lively rhythm and words that are often made up by the singer	45
11339337533	odyssey	a long, wandering journey full of trials and adventures; a spiritual journey or quest	46
11339350657	palladium	A precious, silver-white metal related to platinum that is used in electrical contacts and as an alloy with gold to form white gold	47
11339356360	penelope	a modest, domestic wife	48
11339365537	procrustean	ruthlessly disregarding individual differences or special circumstances	49
11339368706	protean	displaying great versatility or variety; able to take on many different forms or natures	50
11339376935	sibyl	A female prophet or fortune-teller.	51
11339381216	siren	a woman who tempts men with bewitching sweetness	52