AP Literature Vocab Set 11 Flashcards
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| 13324547795 | propensity | a tendency | 0 | |
| 13324553211 | condescending | displaying superiority; patronizing | 1 | |
| 13324560585 | compunction | an uneasiness caused by guilt; a qualm | 2 | |
| 13324565875 | sepulcher | a tomb or burial chamber | 3 | |
| 13324570208 | bellicose | warlike; inclined to fight | 4 | |
| 13324575033 | pulchritude | physical beauty | 5 | |
| 13324579787 | wizened | shriveled or withered from age or illness | 6 | |
| 13324591525 | rhapsodize | to express oneself enthusiastically | 7 | |
| 13324599024 | physiognomy | facial features | 8 | |
| 13324603032 | voluble | talkative | 9 | |
| 13324607039 | revel | to enjoy; to take pleasure in | 10 | |
| 13324612345 | umbrage | a feeling of offense; resentment | 11 | |
| 13324617983 | epiphany | a revelation; sudden knowledge or insight | 12 | |
| 13324625587 | assiduous | diligent; persistent | 13 | |
| 13324635130 | panacea | a cure-all; a remedy for all diseases | 14 | |
| 13324663272 | philistine | a person with no appreciation for culture | 15 | |
| 13324673999 | Faustian bargain | a sacrifice of one's self or values in exchange for getting what one desires | 16 | |
| 13324710726 | Coals to Newcastle | refers to giving a superfluous gift or making a contribution that is gratuitous and unnecessary | 17 | |
| 13324721374 | Freudian Slip | an unintentional or accidental error that reveals one's subconscious thoughts or desires | 18 | |
| 13324742177 | Labor of Sisyphus | a seemingly endless, perhaps futile task | 19 | |
| 13324788027 | Methuselah | an extremely old person | 20 | |
| 13324795293 | Scylla and Charybdis | to be between these means to be caught between two equal dangers | 21 | |
| 13324810012 | Holy Grail | an object that is extremely desirable or valuable and which is attainable only after a long and difficult quest | 22 | |
| 13324830608 | Luddite | someone who opposes change, especially industrial or technological advances | 23 | |
| 13324845637 | pass the buck | to shift responsibility (and often blame) to another person | 24 |