AP Literature Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards

15040487072	abortive	(adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed syn: miscarried, fruitless ant: realized, consummated stress: bor	0
15040487073	bruit	(v.) to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors syn: noise abroad, blazon ant: cover up, hush up	1
15040487074	contumelious	(adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating syn: vituperative, excoriating ant: laudatory, commendatory, deferential stress: me	2
15040487075	dictum	(n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement syn: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom stress: dic	3
15040487076	ensconce	(v.) to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place syn: lodge, entrench ant: unseat, oust stress: sconce	4
15040487077	iconoclastic	(adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions syn: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical ant: conservative, reverent, orthodox	5
15040487078	in media res	(adv.) in or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things stress: med	6
15040487079	internecine	(adj.) mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed syn: murderous, savage, ruinous ant: peaceful, harmonious, constructive stress: nes	7
15040487080	maladroit	(adj.) lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement syn: inept, awkward, gauche ant: dexterous, deft, tactful stress: droit	8
15040487081	maudlin	(adj.) excessively or effusively sentimental syn: mushy, mawkish stress: mod	9
15040487082	modulate	(v.) to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust syn: adapt, moderate stress: mod	10
15040487083	portentous	(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous syn: foreboding, ominous, pretentious ant: auspicious, encouraging, propitious stress: ten	11
15040487084	prescience	(n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight syn: foreknowledge ant: hindsight stress: pres	12
15040487085	quid pro quo	(n.) something given in exchange or return for something else syn: swap, trade stress: kwid, kwo	13
15040487086	salubrious	(adj.) conductive to health or well-being; wholesome syn: healthy, invigorating ant: harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious stress: lu	14
15040487087	saturnalian	(adj.) characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness syn: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic ant: prim, decorous, sedate, seemly	15
15040487088	touchstone	(n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness syn: criterion, benchmark, yardstick stress: touch	16
15040487089	traumatic	(adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage syn: jolting ant: soothing, comforting, pleasant, agreeable	17
15040487090	vitiate	(v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of syn: degrade ant: purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance stress: vish	18
15040487091	waggish	(adj.) fond of making jokes, characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll syn: whimsical ant: serious, grave, grim, humorless stress: wag	19