AP Literature Vocabulary 10 Flashcards

4074050314	oeuvre	a work of art, sum of an artist's work	0
4074067533	officious	unnecessarily helpful, meddlesome, interfering	1
4074068744	omniscient	all knowing, infinite awareness	2
4074077111	omnivorous	eating or absorbing everything, feeding on both animals and vegetable substances	3
4074079643	onerous	burdensome, oppressive, troublesome	4
4074080619	onus	burden, blame, obligation	5
4074081934	opprobrious	extremely critical, disgraceful, condemning	6
4074083727	opus	a creative work, musical composition	7
4074088022	oscillate	to swing back and forth	8
4074089070	ossify	to become rigid, to be set in one's ways	9
4074089866	palliate	to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies	10
4074092473	pallid	lacking color	11
4074126340	panacea	a remedy that cures everything	12
4074146956	panegyric	lofty praise, eulogistic writing	13
4074152852	paradigm	a model or example	14
4074153885	parsimonious	stingy	15
4074153886	patina	surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation, a superficial covering or exterior	16
4074156435	patois	a language used by a particular population that differs from standard speech	17
4074158428	penultimate	next to last	18
4074163731	penury	extreme poverty	19