AP Literature: Vocabulary Lesson 8 Flashcards

7748813351	adhere	(v.) stick fast to (a surface or substance)	0
7748817527	austerity	(n.) sternness or severity of manner or attitude	1
7746208913	bigot	(n.) a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions; chauvinistic	2
7746214774	brazen	(adj.) bold and without shame; shameless	3
7746214775	charlatan	(n.) a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud	4
7746214776	composure	(n.) the state or feeling of being calm and in control of oneself; self control	5
7746217814	cull	(v.) select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources	6
7746227259	despondent	(adj.) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage; discouraged, downcast	7
7746220151	diminish	(v.) to make or become smaller or less; reduce	8
7746227260	endorse; endorsement	(v.) declare one's public approval or support of	9
7746231073	equilibrium	(n.) a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced; symmetry	10
7746231074	fickle	(adj.) changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection; capricious	11
7746235620	grovel	(v.) lie or move abjectly on the ground with one's face downward; prostrate oneself	12
7746235621	histrionic	(adj.) overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style; melodramatic	13
7746238949	impudent	(adj.) not showing due respect for another person; impertinent	14
7746238950	indigent	(adj.) poor, needy	15
7746244119	lassitude	(n.) a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy; lethargy	16
7746244120	litigate; litigation	(v.) go to law; be a party to a lawsuit	17
7746246823	magnitude	(n.) the great size or extent of something; enormity	18
7746246824	minuscule	(adj.) very small; tiny	19
7746256932	misanthrope; misanthropy	(n.) a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society	20
7746264515	miser; miserly	(n.) a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible; penny-pincher	21
7746264516	monotony	(n.) lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine	22
7746264517	mystic	(adj.) inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination; mysterious	23
7746267845	novel	(adj.) new or unusual in an interesting way; original	24
7746271952	ostentatious	(adj.) characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice; pretentious	25
7746271953	parochial	(adj.) having a limited or narrow outlook or scope; narrow-minded	26
7746271954	philatelist	(n.) stamp collector	27
7746274873	placate	(v.) make (someone) less angry or hostile; pacify, mollify	28
7746274874	placebo	(n.) a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect	29
7746274875	pout	(v.) push one's lips or one's bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or in order to make oneself look sexually attractive	30
7746277304	predestination	(n.) (as a doctrine in Christian theology) the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others	31
7746277305	progenitor	(n.) a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent	32
7746282185	querulous	(adj.) complaining in a petulant or whining manner; petulant	33
7746282186	reactionary	(adj.) (of a person or a set of views) opposing political or social liberalization or reform; conservative	34
7746285874	recombinant	(adj.) relating to or denoting an organism, cell, or genetic material formed by recombination	35
7746290584	relic	(n.) an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest; artifact	36
7746290585	ruse	(n.) an action intended to deceive or mislead someone; trick	37
7746290586	secular	(adj.) denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis; nonreligious	38
7746297420	shantytown	(n.) a deprived area on the outskirts of a town consisting of large numbers of crude dwellings	39