AP English Language - Fab Vocab Review #2 Flashcards
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| 15006199030 | bacchanalia | NOUN - a festival celebrated with dance and song; an orgy | 0 | |
| 15006199031 | cereal | NOUN - a plant yielding starchy grain suitable for food; food made chiefly from grain | 1 | |
| 15006199032 | cicerone | NOUN - one who guides (tourists or sightseers); a mentor or tutor | 2 | |
| 15006199033 | draconian | ADJECTIVE - severe or cruel | 3 | |
| 15006199034 | elysian | ADJECTIVE - blissful; delightful | 4 | |
| 15006199035 | hector | VERB - to behave in an arrogant or intimidating way; to play the bully | 5 | |
| 15006199036 | hypnosis | NOUN - a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person who suggestions are readily accepted by the subject | 6 | |
| 15006199037 | iridescence | NOUN - a lustrous or attractive quality or effect | 7 | |
| 15006199038 | jeremiad | NOUN - a prolonged lamentation or complaint; an angry harangue | 8 | |
| 15006199039 | juggernaut | NOUN - a massive force, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path | 9 | |
| 15006199040 | laconic | ADJECTIVE - using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious | 10 | |
| 15006199041 | maudlin | ADJECTIVE - weakly and effusively sentimental; drunk enough to be emotionally silly | 11 | |
| 15006199042 | narcissism | NOUN - egoism; love of oneself or one's own body | 12 | |
| 15006199043 | nemesis | NOUN - one who inflicts retribution or vengeance; a formidable rival or opponent | 13 | |
| 15006199044 | paean | NOUN - a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving or triumph | 14 | |
| 15006199045 | panic | NOUN - a sudden overpowering fright; a sudden unreasoning terror | 15 | |
| 15006199046 | platonic | ADJECTIVE- relating to a relationship marked by the absence of romance or sex | 16 | |
| 15006199047 | Promethean | ADJECTIVE - daringly original or creative | 17 | |
| 15006199048 | protean | ADJECTIVE - displaying great diversity or variety; versatile | 18 | |
| 15006199049 | pyrrhic | ADJECTIVE - achieved at excessive cost | 19 | |
| 15006199050 | spartan | ADJECTIVE - marked by strict self-discipline; marked by simplicity and frugality, avoiding luxury or comfort | 20 | |
| 15006199051 | stentorian | ADJECTIVE - extremely loud | 21 | |
| 15006199052 | tantalize | VERB - to tease or torment by presenting something desirable to the view but that is kept out of touch | 22 | |
| 15006199053 | thespian | NOUN - an actor; relating to the drama; dramatic | 23 | |
| 15006199054 | titanic | ADJECTIVE - having great magnitude, force or power; colossal | 24 |