Chapter Five Vocabulary : AP Literature & Composition Flashcards
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| 10876333448 | ephemeral | lasting a very short time | 0 | |
| 10876333449 | indiscretion | behavior or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgment | 1 | |
| 10876333450 | sepulcher | a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried | 2 | |
| 10876333451 | tumult | a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people | 3 | |
| 10876333452 | zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses | 4 | |
| 10876333453 | itinerant (adj) | traveling from place to place | 5 | |
| 10876333454 | itinerant (n) | a person who travels from place to place | 6 | |
| 10876333455 | ameliorate | to make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better | 7 | |
| 10876333456 | capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior | 8 | |
| 10876333457 | egregious | outstandingly bad | 9 | |
| 10876333458 | fastidious | very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail | 10 |