AP Literature Unit III Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 10602500693 | ancillary (adj) | (an' sə ler ē) subordinate or supplementary SYNONYMS: auxiliary, accessory ANTONYMS: central, key, primary, principal, main | 0 | |
| 10602502716 | bowdlerize (v) | (bōd' lə rīz) to remove material considered offensive from a book, play, film, etc. SYNONYMS: purge, expurgate | 1 | |
| 10602507630 | condescend (v) | (kon di send') to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing way SYNONYM: talk down to | 2 | |
| 10602509306 | cozen (v) | (kəz' ən) to trick; to cheat or swindle SYNONYMS: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle | 3 | |
| 10602510792 | enclave (n) | (en' klāv) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people of having a special character SYNONYMS: island, subgroup | 4 | |
| 10602512436 | forte (n) | (fort; fôr' tā) a person's strong point; what a person does best SYNONYMS: gift, aptitude, specialty ANTONYMS: weakness, foible | 5 | |
| 10602513979 | gratis (adv) | (adj) free without charge SYNONYM: free | 6 | |
| 10602517058 | icon (n) | (ī' kän) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion SYNONYM: emblem | 7 | |
| 10602520074 | interstice (n) | (in tər' stis) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things SYNONYMS: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna | 8 | |
| 10602522145 | macrocosm (n) | (mak' rō koz əm) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something SYNONYMS: cosmos, entirety ANTONYMS: model, miniature, microcosm | 9 | |
| 10602523845 | mountebank (n) | (måun' tə bank) a trickster of swindler; a charlatan SYNONYMS: quack ANTONYMS: dupe, "mark," "pigeon" | 10 | |
| 10602525369 | paean (n) | (pē' ən) a song of praise, joy, or triumph SYNONYMS: ode, anthem ANTONYMS: dirge, elegy, threnody | 11 | |
| 10602527141 | persiflage (n) | (pər' sə fläzh) light hearted joking, talk, or writing SYNONYMS: banter, jesting, badinage | 12 | |
| 10602530554 | plethora (n) | (pleth' ə rə) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity SYNONYMS: surplus, glut, excess ANTONYMS: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity | 13 | |
| 10602532245 | pragmatic (adj) | (prag mat' ik) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stuff in one's opinions SYNONYM: down-to-earth ANTONYMS: impractical, visionary | 14 | |
| 10602537010 | quizzical (adj) | (kwiz' i kəl) puzzled; mocking; off; equivocal SYNONYMS: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive ANTONYMS: unequivocal, unambiguous | 15 | |
| 10602538242 | rapacity (n) | (rə pas' ə tē) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder SYNONYMS: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness ANTONYMS: liberality, altruism | 16 | |
| 10602539528 | schism (n) | (siz' əm; skiz' əm) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions SYNONYM: rift ANTONYM: reconciliation | 17 | |
| 10602541169 | therapeutic (adj) | (ther ə pyü' tik) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial SYNONYMS: salutary, salubrious ANTONYMS: harmful, injurious, deleterious | 18 | |
| 10602543469 | virtuoso ( adj, n) | (vər chü ō' sō) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; masterly or brilliant SYNONYMS (n): expert, prodigy, maestro ANTONYMS (n): amateur, beginner, novice; (adj) mediocre | 19 |