AP Literature and Composition: Set 2 Flashcards

11568290495	enthralled	fascinated and giving total attention to something	0
11568290496	equanimity	calmness, composure, refusal to panic	1
11568290497	expostulation	to express disagreement or disapproval, especially when attempting to dissuade someone from doing something	2
11568290498	felicity	happiness or contentment; something that creates happiness	3
11568290499	flippant	showing a lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate	4
11568290500	fractious	irritable and likely to complain or misbehave	5
11568290501	grandiloquent	a pompous or lofty manner of speaking or writing	6
11568290502	hagiographic	biography that treats its subject with undue reverence	7
11568290503	hedonism	a devotion, especially a self-indulgent one, to pleasure and happiness as a way of life	8
11568290504	imperious	haughty and domineering	9
11568290505	importunate	persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion	10
11568290506	impudent	rude; showing a lack or respect and excessive boldness	11
11568290507	inchoate	just beginning to develop	12
11568290508	incredulity	the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something	13
11568290509	libidinous	having or expressing strong sexual desires	14
11568290510	loathing	intense dislike of somebody or something	15
11568290511	lugubrious	extremely mournful, sad, or gloomy	16
11568290512	maladroit	clumsy or insensitive in speech or behavior	17
11568290513	maudlin	overly or tearfully sentimental, especially when affected by alcohol	18
11568290514	mawkish	bland or unappetizing in taste or smell; sentimental in a feeble or sickly way	19
11568290515	mercurial	relating to the Roman god Mercury; lively, witty, fast-talking, and likely to do the unexpected	20
11568290516	mordant	sharply sarcastic or scathingly critical	21
11568290517	munificent	very generous in giving a lot of money; characterized by generosity	22
11568290518	naiveté	an immature quality or immature behavior	23
11568290519	nurturing	to encourage somebody or something to grow, develop, thrive, and be successful	24
11568290520	obfuscate	to make something obscure or unclear, especially by making it unnecessarily complicated	25
11568290521	obsequious	excessively eager to please or obey	26
11568290522	ode	a lyric poem, usually expressing exalted emotion in a complex scheme of rhyme and meter	27
11568290523	officious	characteristic of somebody who is eager to give unwanted help or advice	28
11568290524	onerous	representing a great burden or much trouble	29