AP Literature Week 1 Vocab Flashcards

14331404110	Acerbic	Sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic in temper mood or tone	0
14331404111	Alacrity	Cheerful and readiness	1
14331404112	Auspicious	Showing or suggesting that future success is likely	2
14331404113	Capricious	Impulsive	3
14331404114	Confluence	A coming or flowing together, meeting or gathering at one point	4
14331404115	Credulous	Readiness to believe especially on uncertain evidence	5
14331404116	Desultory	Marked by a lack of a definite plan, regularity or purpose; disappointing in progress	6
14331404117	Disingenuous	Giving a false appearance of simple frankness; calculating	7
14331404118	Duplicity	Contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action	8
14331404119	Ebullience	lively or enthusiastic expression : exuberance	9
14331404120	ensue	To strive to attain	10
14331404121	Exorbitant	exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size	11
14331404122	fatuous	(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way	12
14331404123	inculcate	to teach; impress in the mind	13
14331404124	laudatory	full of praise	14
14331404125	Misanthropy	a hatred or distrust of mankind	15
14331404126	ostensibly (adv)	To all outward appearances	16
14331404127	pedantic	Unimaginative and dull	17
14331404128	reticent	Reserved in expression, presentation, or appearance	18
14331404129	temerity	recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger	19