AP literature Vocabulary List 2 Flashcards
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| 7531706728 | Acceretion | n. Growth, increase by successive addition, building up | 0 | |
| 7531712469 | Averbic | adj. Having a sour or bitter taste or character | 1 | |
| 7531716528 | Alacrity | n. eager and enthusiastic willingness | 2 | |
| 7531729394 | Alloy | v. To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior | 3 | |
| 7531734511 | Burgeon | v. To grow rapidly or flourish | 4 | |
| 7531741402 | Calumniate | v. To slander, make false accusation | 5 | |
| 7531748503 | Capricious | adj. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic | 6 | |
| 7531757611 | Complaisance | n. willingness to comply with the wishes of others | 7 | |
| 7531763451 | Disparate | adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar with others | 8 | |
| 7531769004 | Dissemble | v. to disguise or conceal; to mislead | 9 | |
| 7531772001 | Effusive | adj. gushing; excessively demonstrative | 10 | |
| 7531775935 | Extemporaneous | adj. improvised; done without preparation | 11 | |
| 7531792776 | Furtive | adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious | 12 | |
| 7531798339 | Inveigle | v. To obtain by deception or flattery | 13 | |
| 7531801058 | Pernicious | adj. Extremely harmful, potentially causing death | 14 | |
| 7531806427 | Pillory | v. To punish, hold up to public scorn | 15 | |
| 7531808963 | Rarefy | v. to make or become thin, less dense, refine | 16 | |
| 7531821434 | Redoubtable | adj. awe-inspiring; worthy of honor | 17 | |
| 7531824343 | Refulgent | adj. Radiant; shiny; brilliant | 18 | |
| 7531835506 | Tautology | n. A repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument | 19 |