AP Literature: Vocabulary 61-80 Flashcards

11291681570	avarice	greed, cupidity	0
11291684433	calumny	slander, lies to damage another's reputation	1
11291695640	consonant	in agreement, in harmony	2
11291700644	dearth	scarcity, shortage, lack	3
11291711435	debacle	sudden collapse, a flood, a failure	4
11291721773	elan	dash, distinctive and stylish elegance	5
11291725231	elegy	a lament for the dead	6
11291730957	galvanize	startle into sudden activity, to coat with zinc	7
11291738676	histronics	acting, theatricals	8
11291741706	illicit	unlicensed, unlawful	9
11291745691	inane	pointless, silly, foolish	10
11291755608	intrinsic	innate, true, natural, inherent	11
11291803457	levity	lightness of character, excessive frivolity	12
11291810339	lucid	clear, bright, shining	13
11291817240	mercurial	active, lively, erratic	14
11291825435	paradox	seeming self-contradiction that's true, a statement opposing accepted opinion	15
11291833272	pathos	pity, evoking compassion	16
11291835891	pensive	reflective, meditative, dreamily thoughtful	17
11291843267	penurious	poor, impoverished	18
11291848222	plethora	excess, abundance, state of being overfull	19