AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

7328812288	Philistine- n	an uncultured person that rejects culture	0
7328812289	On Tenterhooks- prep phrase	to be in a state of great anticipation	1
7328873236	Belie- v	to make false; to turn into a lie	2
7328875608	Edification- n	the intellectual building up of a person	3
7328877514	Onus- n	a burden	4
7328879479	Wont- n	custom	5
7328882593	Scuttlebutt- n	word on the street	6
7328884852	Dichotomy- n	a sharp division between related things that creates conflict	7
7328887043	Tenuous- adj	dangerously unstable	8
7328895721	Mot Juste- n	perfect word for the occasion	9
7329056900	to be on tenterhooks	phrase used with On Tenterhooks	10
7329068011	things that stretch fabric	what are tenterhooks?	11
7329081283	for your own edification	phrase used with edification	12
7329089691	latin	what is the word edification from?	13
7329093734	edify	verb form of edification	14
7330098240	as is my wont	phrase used with wont	15
7330103842	dichotomize	verb form of dichotomy	16
7330110295	latin "tenere" to hold	tenuous come from	17
7330112851	french	mot juste comes from	18
7330114932	fitting word	mot juste in french means	19
7413606321	Lothario- n	ladies man	20
7413609264	Charlatan- n	a fraudulent leader	21
7413611072	Bane- n	a hated thing	22
7413611073	Nominal- adj	a very small fee	23
7413613086	Hackneyed- adj	an overused expression	24
7413614017	Tête-à-Tête- n	a conversation between two people	25
7413615141	Sinecure- n	a job that requires no work	26
7413615142	Chutzpah- n	spunk	27
7413616902	Nuance- n	a subtle difference in meaning or shade	28
7413616903	Existential Crisis- n	when you question the meaning of your existence	29
7413626939	Lothario	word that comes from a book	30
7413628827	the bane of my existence	phrase that goes with bane	31
7413636978	a nominal fee	phrase that goes with nominal	32
7413638672	nomen	root of the word nominal	33
7413642518	french	origin of Tête-à-Tête	34
7413644771	head to head	what does Tête-à-Tête literally mean	35
7413645969	yiddish	origin of Chutzpah	36
7525813863	wanderlust- n	innate desire to roam	37
7525817927	bravado- n	inflated sense of bravery	38
7525817928	apropos- adj	fitting for the occasion/ appropriate	39
7525821064	nom de plume- n	Pen name used by authors	40
7525821065	Soupçon- n	a tiny amount	41
7525823349	squalor- n	filthy conditions	42
7525823350	lore- n	a body of knowledge related to mythical ancient things	43
7525823351	pedestrian- adj	ordinary	44
7525826843	commiserate- v	to empathize with one's sorrow or misery	45
7525829326	deus ex machina- n	something that solves a conflict immediately and randomly	46
7525868060	german	origin of wanderlust	47
7525870229	Italian/ Spanish	origin of bravado	48
7525874737	french	origin of apropos	49
7525879757	latin	origin of commiserate	50
7526052396	com= with miser= suffering	break down commiserate in latin	51
7526061314	latin	origin of deus ex machina	52
7526068251	God from the machine	what does deus ex machina mean in latin	53
7526075931	name of feather	what does nom de plume mean in french	54
7526079306	french	origin of nom de plume	55
7753779812	goad- v	to coax	56
7753783606	Bon Vivant- n	someone who likes the good life	57
7753811596	Nascent- adj	just beginning to be born	58
7753814135	Glower- v	to scowl	59
7753818204	Self-deprecating- adj	mocking oneself	60
7753821354	Nebulous- adj	unclear; confusing	61
7753825069	Subterfuge- n	an act of deception	62
7753827905	Contrite- adj	remorseful and attempting to atone	63
7753831513	Hirsute- adj	hairy	64
7753833962	Schadenfreude- n	enjoyment of other people's' pain; sadism	65
7753842206	french	what is the origin of bon vivant?	66
7753845882	good living	what does bon vivant translate to in French?	67
7753852604	latin	what is the origin of nascent?	68
7753857630	to be born	what does nascent mean in latin?	69
7753863176	contrition	what is the noun form of contrite?	70
7753872327	german	what is the origin of Schadenfreude?	71
7753872328	you HAVE Schadenfreude	how do you use Schadenfreude?	72
7985944261	insipid- adj	bland; tasteless	73
7985947448	verbiage- n	wordiness	74
7985951996	neologism- n	a newly coined word	75
7985956943	mano a mano- adv	to go hand to hand; combat	76
7985963569	Savoir Faire- n	know- how	77
7985966908	motley- adj	assorted random; colorful	78
7985971156	condone- v	to implicitly support; to not object to	79
7985974414	gravitas- n	intellectual weight	80
7985978476	Et tu, ...?- exp	and you to	81
7985982184	Bildungsroman- n	a coming of age story	82
7985987284	french	what is the origin of Savoir Faire?	83
7985994893	to know to do	what does Savoir Faire mean in french?	84
7986071822	latin	what is the origin of gravitas?	85
7986104539	julius caesar	what is et tu an allusion to?	86
7986108425	german	what is the origin of bildungsroman?	87
8169548359	albeit- conj	whether; though	88
8169551764	plight- n	a struggle	89
8169555531	elucidate- v	to clarify	90
8169561073	kitsch- n	tacky collectables	91
8169565867	byzantine- adj	overly complicated	92
8169568369	untoward- adj	inappropriate	93
8169573737	renege- v	to go back on one's word	94
8169581279	pique- v	to sting or prick	95
8169584992	motif- n	something that repeats	96
8169588389	spoonerism- n	have two words and flip flop the first letter of each word	97
8169595246	latin	what is the origin of elucidate?	98
8169603864	light	what does "lux" mean in latin in reference to elucidate?	99
8169608765	yiddish	what is the origin of kitsch?	100
8169612302	kitschy	what is the adjective form of kitsch?	101
8169618666	french	what is the origin of pique?	102
8780293938	languish- v	to waste away	103
8780297025	brouhaha- n	a commotion that dies down quickly	104
8780299966	furtive- adj	quick and sneaky	105
8780309271	elicit- v	to draw/ bring out	106
8780311674	integral- adj	critical/ essential	107
8780318180	opus- n	a work	108
8780320806	ad hoc- adj	designed for a specific purpose	109
8780326357	unctuous- adj	oily, slimy, greasy	110
8780374690	Mazel Tov- exp	congratulations	111
8780379819	Raison D'être- n	one's reason for living	112
8780388933	french	what is the origin of brouhaha?	113
8780394861	latin	what is the origin of opus?	114
8780400949	latin	what is the origin of ad hoc?	115
8780406019	"to this (purpose)"	what does ad hoc mean in latin?	116
8780410784	latin	what is the origin of unctuous?	117
8780414395	to appoint with oil	what does the latin form of unctuous "unguere" mean?	118
8780424755	yiddish	what is the origin of Mazel Tov?	119
8780429355	french	what is the origin of Raison D'être?	120
9049769993	to fritter away- v	to waste in slow increments	121
9049774104	Red herring- n	a misleading clue	122
9049777146	tome- n	a big, heavy, thick book	123
9049782169	yore- n	days gone by	124
9049786453	complicit- adj	being involved in something nefarious	125
9049788839	disdain- n	looking down on something and feeling superior to it	126
9049792375	High-falutin- adj	fancy, lofty, pretentious	127
9049797235	peruse- v	to study something with great attention	128
9049799768	imminent- adj	impending/ about to happen	129
9049801858	wunderkind- n	a child prodigy	130
9049809609	fish	what type of animal is a red herring?	131
9049813612	thieves would drop fish to lead the dogs astray	what is the story behind a red herring?	132
9049819095	german	what is the origin of wunderkind?	133
9049823489	child, wonder	what does "kind" and "wunder" mean in German?	134
9288509597	i.e.- conj	used for clarification; in essence/ that is	135
9288512617	Wishy-washy- adj	not firm in opinions or beliefs; fluctuating easily; uncertain; do not have strong convictions	136
9288515160	Quagmire- n	a predicament or a situation you cannot get out of	137
9288518324	Disingenuous- adj	tricky; untruthful	138
9288521707	Pittance- n	a meager amount of money	139
9288527889	Convalesce- v	to recover from illness	140
9288531467	Coup de grâce- n	the final blow	141
9288534055	Infringe- v	to violate/ encroach/ interfere with	142
9288536955	Panache- n	to do something with flare/ style	143
9288541970	Oy vey!- exp	an expression of frustration	144
9288546354	latin	origin of i.e.	145
9288557196	id est	what is the word in latin for e.i?	146
9288559051	that is	what does id est mean?	147
9288568654	french	what is the origin of coup de grâce?	148
9288572894	french	what is the origin of panache?	149
9288575933	yiddish	what is the origin of "oy vey!"?	150
9658508894	vindicate- v	to clear one's name from error; to prove one's right after all	151
9658508895	preclude- v	to stand in the way of	152
9658511361	halcyon- adj	ideal/ like a paradise	153
9658511362	illicit- adj	illegal or taboo	154
9658512736	jaded- adj	world-weary	155
9658512737	to cast aspersions- v	to insult/ criticize	156
9658514768	pithy- adj	concise but deep	157
9658514769	ilk- n	sort or kind	158
9658516072	kvetch- v	to complain	159
9658518579	veni, vidi, vici- exp	i came, i saw, i conquered	160