AP Literature Flashcards

10702692911	Antagonistic	acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually/ hostile; unfriendly	0
10702692912	Audacious	extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless	1
10702692913	Malicious	desiring to harm others or to see others suffer; ill-willed; spiteful	2
10702692914	Ominous	portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious	3
10702692915	Stolid	Not easily stirred or moved	4
10790103045	Curt	rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner	5
10790103046	nonchalant	coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual	6
10790103047	pensive	dreamily or wistfully thoughtful	7
10790103048	tranquil	peaceful, calm, quiet	8
10790103049	vindictive	revengeful; unforgiving; bitter; spiteful	9
10790127582	ambivalent	Having mixed feelings	10
10790127583	apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	11
10790127584	euphoric	Overjoyed; having an intense feeling of well-being	12
10790127585	Fatalistic	the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable	13
10790127586	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	14
10921971978	Contentious	causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial	15
10921971979	dubious	wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt	16
10921971980	malancholic	Causing or expressing sadness	17
10921971981	Penintent	remorseful; sorry for having done wrong	18
10921971982	irenic	aiming or aimed at peace	19
10921971983	condescending	showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority	20
10921971984	insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful	21
10921971985	patronizing	displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner	22
10921971986	pompous	characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance	23
10921971987	skeptical	marked by or given to doubt	24
10921971988	Hamarta	fatal flaw	25
10921971989	Hubris	excessive pride or self-confidence	26
10921971990	tragic hero	A judgement error that inevitable leads to his/hers own destruction	27