AP Literature Vocabulary: Unit 13 Flashcards

6591033485	Accolade	(n.) praise or approval; ceremonial embrace or greeting	0
6591033486	Acerbity	(n.) sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression	1
6591033487	Attrition	(n.) process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment	2
6591033488	Bromide	(n.) trite or commonplace remark; tiresome or boring person; sedative	3
6591033489	Chauvinist	(adj.) extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; (n.) such a person	4
6591033490	Chronic	(adj.) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often	5
6591033491	Expound	(v.) to explain in detail	6
6591033492	Factionalism	(n.) party strife and intrigue	7
6591033493	Immaculate	(adj.) spotless; without blemish or fault	8
6591033494	Imprecation	(n.) curse; the act of cursing	9
6591033495	Ineluctable	(adj.) not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome	10
6591033496	Mercurial	(adj.) characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant	11
6591033497	Palliate	(v.) to make less serious or sever by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate	12
6591033498	Protocol	(n.) customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette, as in a court or among diplomats; type of international agreement; memorandum, official account, or record	13
6591033499	Resplendent	(adj.) shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent	14
6591033500	Stigmatize	(v.) to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious	15
6591033501	Sub rosa	(adv.) in secret; confidentially; privately; (adj.) secretive	16
6591033502	Vainglory	(n.) excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; vain show or display	17
6591033503	Vestige	(n.) trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but now is lost or vanished	18
6591033504	Volition	(n.) power to choose, will, or decide; act of choosing, willing, or deciding	19