AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 10432744256 | plaintive (adj.) | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful | 0 | |
| 10432744257 | portend (v.) | to signify, indicate | 1 | |
| 10432744258 | semblance (n.) | outward aspect or appearance, unreal appearance | 2 | |
| 10432744259 | penury (n.) | extreme poverty, impoverishment | 3 | |
| 10432744260 | desolate (adj.) | bleak, deserted,uninhabited | 4 | |
| 10432744261 | desolate (v.) | to abandon, devastate or depopulate | 5 | |
| 10432744262 | ascetic (n.) | a person who practices severe self discipline abstention | 6 | |
| 10432744263 | ascetic (adj.) | characterized or suggesting the practice of severe self discipline | 7 | |
| 10432744264 | sullen (adj.) | bad tempered and sulky, gloomy | 8 | |
| 10432744265 | peremptory (adj.) | insisting on immediate attention/obedience | 9 | |
| 10432744266 | soporific (adj.) | sleepy, drowsy or tediously boring | 10 | |
| 10432744267 | soporific (n.) | a drug that induces sleep | 11 | |
| 10432744268 | ludicrous (adj.) | so foolish, unreasonable or out of place as to be amusing | 12 | |
| 10432744269 | facade (n.) | a deceptive outward appearance | 13 | |
| 10432744270 | approbation (n.) | approval or praise | 14 | |
| 10432744271 | interminable (adj.) | endless (often used hyberbollically) | 15 | |
| 10432744272 | calumny (n.) | a false and slanderous statement | 16 | |
| 10432744273 | calumny (v.) | slander (towards someone) | 17 | |
| 10432744274 | acquiesce (v.) | accept something reluctantly but w/o protest | 18 | |
| 10432744275 | propitious (adj.) | giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable | 19 | |
| 10432744276 | venerate (v.) | regard with great respect, revere | 20 | |
| 10432744277 | phlegmatic (adj.) | having an unemotional and stolidly calm desparation | 21 | |
| 10432744278 | enigma (n.) | a person/thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand | 22 | |
| 10432744279 | deprecate (v.) | express disapproval of | 23 | |
| 10432744280 | noxious (adj.) | harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant | 24 | |
| 10432744281 | assiduous (adj.) | showing great care and perseverance | 25 | |
| 10432744282 | solicitous (adj.) | characterized by or showing interest or concern | 26 | |
| 10432744283 | fastidious (adj.) | very concerned about accuracy and detail | 27 | |
| 10432744284 | insipid (adj.) | lacking flavor; weak or tasteless | 28 | |
| 10432744285 | inveterate (adj.) | having a particular habit that is unlikely to change | 29 | |
| 10432744286 | enervate (v.) | make (someone) feel drained of energy | 30 | |
| 10432744287 | enervate (adj.) | lacking in energy | 31 | |
| 10432744288 | trepidation (n.) | a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that is unlikely to change | 32 | |
| 10432744289 | evince (v.) | reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate | 33 | |
| 10432744290 | engender (v.) | cause or give rise to | 34 | |
| 10432744291 | capricious (adj.) | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood/behavior | 35 | |
| 10432744292 | countenance (n.) | a person's face or support | 36 | |
| 10432744293 | countenance (v.) | admit as acceptable | 37 | |
| 10432744294 | conjecture (n.) | an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information | 38 | |
| 10432744295 | inexorable (n.) | impossible to stop or prevent | 39 | |
| 10432744296 | sardonic (adj.) | grimly mocking or cynical | 40 | |
| 10432744297 | impetuous (adj.) | acting or done quickly and w/o thought or care | 41 | |
| 10432744298 | equivocal (adj.) | open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous | 42 | |
| 10432744299 | transitory (adj.) | not permanent | 43 | |
| 10432744300 | ephemeral (adj.) | lasting for a very short time | 44 | |
| 10432744301 | ephemeral (n.) | short-lived plant | 45 | |
| 10432744302 | obscure (adj.) | not discovered or known about, uncertain | 46 | |
| 10432744303 | obscure (v.) | to keep from being seen | 47 | |
| 10432744304 | sanguine (adj.) | optimistic or positive (esp: in a bad situation) | 48 | |
| 10432744305 | sanguine (n.) | a blood-red color | 49 | |
| 10432744306 | prodigal (adj.) | spending money freely and recklessly | 50 | |
| 10432744307 | prodigal (n.) | a person who spends money recklessly | 51 | |
| 10432744308 | discern (v.) | to recognize or find out | 52 | |
| 10432744309 | profligate (adj.) | recklessly extravagant/wasteful in the use of resources | 53 | |
| 10432744310 | profligate (n.) | a promiscuous and dissolute person | 54 | |
| 10432744311 | languid (adj.) | having/showing a disinclination for physical exertion/effort, unenergetic | 55 | |
| 10432744312 | sententious (adj.) | given to moralizing in a pompous manner, self- righteous | 56 | |
| 10432744313 | disposition (n.) | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character, constitution | 57 | |
| 10432744314 | apoplexy (n.) | bleeding within the organs | 58 | |
| 10432744315 | insuperable (adj.) | impossible to overcome | 59 | |
| 10432744316 | indefatigable (adj.) | persisting tirelessly | 60 | |
| 10508340350 | capacious (adj) | spacious, roomy | 61 | |
| 10508343168 | fervent (adj) | intense, enthusiastic, Arden | 62 | |
| 10508357974 | ascertain (v) | verify | 63 | |
| 10508361676 | innocuous (adj) | harmless, Benign | 64 | |
| 10508364347 | dauntless (adj) | brave | 65 | |
| 10508365888 | picayune (adj) | worthless | 66 | |
| 10508371477 | querulous (adj) | hard to please, Irascible | 67 | |
| 10508374137 | puerile (adj) | immature, Callow | 68 | |
| 10508381254 | indemnity(n) | payment, compensation | 69 | |
| 10508387304 | effluence (n) | out flow, wordiness, Verbosity | 70 | |
| 10508396173 | irascible (adj) | easily angered, grouchy, Bilious, Petulant, Querulous | 71 | |
| 10508408400 | imbibe (v) | consume, swallow, ingest, absorb | 72 | |
| 10508413820 | dross (n) | trash | 73 | |
| 10508417643 | physiognomy(n) | outward appearance, Countenance | 74 | |
| 10508420352 | Confabulation (n) | conversation, Palaver | 75 | |
| 10722633627 | noisome (adj) | offensive, disgusting | 76 | |
| 10722640326 | concilliate (v) | to calm, to satisfy, ASSUGE | 77 | |
| 10722652621 | automaton (n) | a robot, a gadget | 78 | |
| 10722663163 | misconstrue (v) | to interpret incorrectly; misjudge | 79 | |
| 10722696078 | propinquity (n) | proximity (nearness in place), Kinship (nearness in relation) | 80 | |
| 10722708692 | asperity (n) | bitterness, irritability | 81 | |
| 10722717601 | tyro (n) | beginner, newcomer, novice | 82 | |
| 10722728000 | panegyric (n) | a speech praising someone after death, AN ECOMIUM | 83 | |
| 10723629637 | assuage (v) | to ease, to lessen, CONCILIATE | 84 | |
| 10723639357 | invidious (adj) | offensive, hateful | 85 | |
| 10723660267 | effrontery (n) | boldness, audacity, IMPUDENCE | 86 | |
| 10725492473 | disquieting (adj) | unsettling, disturbing | 87 | |
| 10725497387 | rapt (adj) | captivated, immersed | 88 | |
| 10725502299 | sapient (adj) | wise, intelligent | 89 | |
| 10725510133 | mien (n) | manner; personality; DISPOSITION | 90 | |
| 10725518815 | capitulate (v) | to surrender | 91 | |
| 10725522368 | preclude (v) | to prevent; hinder; impede | 92 | |
| 10725529771 | disputatious (adj) | argumentative | 93 | |
| 10725536783 | salient (adj) | significant; remarkable; obvious | 94 | |
| 10725604633 | facile (adj) | effortless | 95 | |
| 10725612295 | maladroit (adj) | clumsy; unskillful | 96 | |
| 10725619636 | fait accompli (n) | an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed | 97 | |
| 10725630907 | pedantry (n) | meticulousness; extreme exactness | 98 | |
| 10725645217 | ineffable (adj) | inexpressable | 99 | |
| 10725649739 | eclectic (adj) | assorted; MULITFARIOUS | 100 | |
| 10725664992 | misanthropy (n) | hatred for mankind | 101 | |
| 10725704008 | cursory (adj) | superficial, careless, haphazard | 102 | |
| 10725725462 | dissimulate (v) | to pretend, deceive, to feign | 103 | |
| 10725741961 | immutable (adj) | unchanging; eternal | 104 | |
| 10725751121 | ameliorate (v) | to make better; to improve | 105 | |
| 10725755053 | palliate (v) | lessen; soothe; MITIGATE | 106 | |
| 10725767590 | fetter (v) | to restrain; TRAMMED | 107 | |
| 10725776112 | arrogate (v) | to take or claim without right; confiscate | 108 | |
| 10725801433 | predilection (n) | passion; fondness; PROCLIVITY | 109 | |
| 10725815978 | choleric (adj) | hot-tempered | 110 | |
| 10725822883 | ambivalent (adj) | indecisive; IRRESOLUTE | 111 | |
| 10725832753 | contumelious (adj) | insolent, rude | 112 | |
| 10725850702 | prurient (adj) | lewd; obscene; lustful; LASCIVIOUS | 113 | |
| 10725868020 | machinations (n) | schemes, plots | 114 | |
| 10725885893 | ignominious (adj) | shameful, disgraceful | 115 | |
| 10725949789 | pedantic (adj) | unimaginative; DIDACTIC | 116 | |
| 10725968924 | imperious (adj) | insistent; domineering; PREMPTORY | 117 | |
| 10726009260 | rankle (v) | to irritate; to irk | 118 | |
| 10726016216 | exculpate (v) | to pardon; to forgive | 119 | |
| 11112719738 | lassitude (n) | weariness; LANGUOR | 120 | |
| 11112730401 | abstruse (adj) | complex, obscure, comfusing | 121 | |
| 11112739536 | sobriquet (n) | nickname | 122 | |
| 11112744592 | abject (adj) | miserable; hopeless; INSUPERABLE | 123 | |
| 11112756555 | diffident (adj) | shy, timid, reserved; RETICENT | 124 | |
| 11112769100 | sanguinary (adj) | bloody; murderous | 125 | |
| 11112776518 | sedulous (adj) | hardworking; industrious; ASSIDUOUS | 126 | |
| 11112785702 | dirge (n) | a funeral song | 127 | |
| 11112792760 | petulant (adj) | moody, irritable, IRASCIBLE; BILIOUS | 128 | |
| 11112807888 | ostensible (adj) | apparent; supposed | 129 | |
| 11112871317 | equanimity (n) | calmness; composure | 130 | |
| 11430252881 | dastardly (adj) | cowardly, PUSILLANIMOUS | 131 | |
| 11430262393 | amalgamate (v) | to combine | 132 | |
| 11430311298 | palpable (adj) | concrete; real; touchable | 133 | |
| 11466091242 | censure (v, n) | to condemn, to criticize harshly REMONSTRATE(V) REMONSTRATION(N) | 134 | |
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