AP vocab Flashcards

12651271489	quaint	attractively unusual or old-fashioned	0
12651276572	bleak	an area lacking vegetation or exposed to the elements	1
12668567192	placid	person or animal not easily upset	2
12668571967	lore	a body or traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, traditionally passed from person to person by word of mouth	3
12685506148	obeisance	deferential respect	4
12685511025	countenance	a person's facial expression	5
12733753390	beguiling	charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way	6
12733762184	discourse	written or spoken communication or debate	7
12752038821	decorum	behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety	8
12752042179	undaunted	not intimidated	9
12769908162	balm	fragrant ointment used to heal or soothe skin	10
13657042441	Balmy	pleasantly warm	11
12769922177	melancholy	a feeling of pervasive sadness typically with no obvious cause	12
12786033036	refulgent	shining bright	13
12786038204	interpose	place or insert between one thing and another	14
13615628762	taciturn	a person who doesn't talk much, not communicative	15
13615631966	repugnant	extremely distasteful and unacceptable	16
12874691649	querulous	complaining in a petulant or whining manner	17
12874710395	disconsolate	without consolation or comfort	18
12888926133	incredulous	unwilling and unable to believe something	19
12888928733	plaintive	sounding sad and mournful	20
12921957981	Achille's heel	a single vulnerable spot	21
12921961220	adonis	an extremely handsome young man	22
12921965569	aegis	sponsorship or protection	23
12960498838	amazon	a powerful masculine woman	24
12960502696	atlas	a collection of maps	25
12960506283	cassandra	a person who warns of coming evil but whose prophecies are unheeded	26
12978409367	chimera	a foolish or idle fancy	27
12978412331	elysium	place or state of blissful happiness	28
12978420135	gorgon	a snaky-haired creature so ugly as to petrify an onlooker	29
13025819194	halcyon	calm, peaceful	30
13025823143	herculean	very powerful	31
13025827375	hydra	a persistent evil, one difficult to eradicate	32
13044490435	labyrinth	a complicated arrangement of passageways or roads, a maze	33
13044499955	mentor	a wise counselor	34
13044502890	midas	a very rich man	35
13062437412	narcissism	abnormal attachment to one's own appearance and personality- in love with one's self	36
13062452606	nemesis	retribution or the person who brings retribution	37
13062464833	odyssey	a long series of wanderings	38
13079717792	olympian	exalted; majestic	39
13079720650	paean	a song of thanksgiving or praise	40
13079725538	procrustean	forcing rigid conformity	41
13230635220	siren	an alluring but dangerous woman, seductive	42
13230639428	stentorian	very loud	43
13230643272	stygian	dark, gloomy	44
13230703070	tantalize	tease	45
13230708960	titanic	of enormous strength, size, or power	46
13230708961	protean	extremely changeable	47
13305965979	academy	n. a school or learned society	48
13305969897	arcadian	adj. simple, peaceful, rustic	49
13305979455	croesus	n. a very rich man	50
13339582658	cynic	one who sarcastically doubts human motives	51
13339587314	draconian	extremely harsh and severe	52
13339591466	epicurean	to have refined taste in food or drink	53
13368381167	to cut the Gordian knot	to solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means	54
13368383317	laconic	brief, pithy, concise	55
13368387178	mausoleum	a large tomb	56
13615670668	meander	to wander around aimlessly	57
13615676741	ostracize	exclude	58
13615680817	philippic	bitter denunciation, to rip someone apart verbally	59
13431466470	pyrrhic victory	a victory won at too great a cost	60
13431476265	solecism	n. social error, or bad usage of language	61
13431483421	sophistry, sophism	n. a clever argument meant to deceive	62
13447300065	spartan	rigorous, the bare-minimum in comfort, disciplined, simplest possible	63
13447309819	stoic	tough exterior, not showing emotion	64
13447314832	Sword of Damocles	a constantly threatening danger	65
13461006125	sybarite	one devoted to luxury and pleasure	66
13461008112	bedlam	chaos, uproar and confusion	67
13461013333	boycott	refusing to have any kind of interaction with some organization or business	68
13491094753	frankenstein	a thing that becomes terrifying to its creator	69
13491101544	jeremiad	a lamentation or sad complaint	70
13491108316	maudlin	weakly or tearfully sentimental	71
13615705159	quixotic	to be foolishly idealistic, totally unrealistic	72
13615709211	tawdry	gaudy, showy but worthless	73
13615711717	utopia	a perfect society	74
13615716350	simony	the act of selling something sacred	75
13615723217	dunce	a stupid or ignorant person	76