AP Literature and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards

13740959147	abnegation	self-denial, rejection in favor of others	0
13740959148	acquiesce	to agree, to favor, to accept	1
13740959149	acrimony	sharp animosity, harshness, or bitterness	2
13740959150	acumen	superior mental qualities, keen insight	3
13740959151	aplomb	great poise, confident composure	4
13740959152	assuage	appease, satisfy, make less intense	5
13740959153	bedizen	ornament in a showy, gaudy, vulgar manner	6
13740959154	bucolic	pastoral, idyllically rural; of or relating to shepherds	7
13740959155	caliber	degree of merit, degree of mental capacity	8
13740959156	candid	frank, outspoken, sincere	9
13740959157	captious	fault-finding, exaggerating trivial defects	10
13740959158	charlatan	impostor, fraud	11
13740959159	cohort	companion, a group of warriors or soldiers	12
13740959160	credulity	gullibility, readiness to believe without evidence	13
13740959161	cupidity	greed, lust for wealth, excessive desire	14
13740959162	dilatory	delaying, procrastinating, inclined to waste time	15
13740959163	effusive	demonstrative, overflowing emotion	16
13740959164	elation	great joy or gladness, high spirits	17
13740959165	enjoin	direct someone to do something, to prohibit or forbid	18
13740959166	explicate	explain, make plain, make clear	19
13740959167	abrogate	abolish or treat as non-existent	20
13740959168	anachronistic	set in the wrong time, misdated	21
13740959169	ardor	fervor, zeal, passion	22
13740959170	auspicious	favorable, attended by good	23
13740959171	boorish	rude, unmannerly	24
13740959172	chastise	discipline, punish	25
13740959173	cogent	to the point, relevant	26
13740959174	conflagration	large, destructive fire or war	27
13740959175	coruscate	sparkle, gleam	28
13740959176	coterie	clique, select group of people	29
13740959177	decry	belittle, to condemn openly	30
13740959178	diatribe	tirade, criticism	31
13740959179	ebullient	high spirited, joyously unrestrained	32
13740959180	enervate	weaken, exhaust, deprive of strength	33
13740959181	erudite	learned, showing profound knowledge of	34
13740959182	exonerate	free from blame, relieve from responsibility	35
13740959183	fetid	stinking, having an offensive odor	36
13740959184	foment	instigate, attempt to stir up public opinion	37
13740959185	garrulous	wordy, rambling, excessively talkative	38
13740959186	gregarious	sociable, fond of company	39
13740959187	codicil	supplement to a will, a legal change to a will	40
13740959188	copious	abundant, plentiful	41
13740959189	diametrical	direct opposite, absolute reverse	42
13740959190	disburse	expend, distribute	43
13740959191	dolt	blockhead, stupid person	44
13740959192	duplicity	deceitfulness, deceptiveness	45
13740959193	effete	decadent, sterile, worn out	46
13740959194	equine	of, relating to, or resembling horses or the horse family	47
13740959195	exculpate	absolve, free from blame	48
13740959196	expedite	hasten, dispatch, quicken	49
13740959197	extemporize	to do in a makeshift way, to deliver impromptu	50
13740959198	fallible	liable to err, likely to fail or to make a mistake	51
13740959199	fatuous	inane, silly, unreal	52
13740959200	furtive	stealthy, sly, shifty	53
13740959201	gauche	awkward, tactless, lacking social grace	54
13740959202	germane	relevant, pertinent	55
13740959203	hone	sharpen, whet, file, grind	56
13740959204	immutable	unchangeable, unalterable	57
13740959205	iniquitous	sinful, wicked, vicious	58
13740959206	kudos	glory, a praising remark for exceptional achievement	59
13740959207	avarice	greed, cupidity	60
13740959208	calumny	slander, lies to damage another's reputation	61
13740959209	consonant	in agreement, in harmony	62
13740959210	dearth	scarcity, shortage, lack	63
13740959211	debacle	sudden collapse, a flood, a failure	64
13740959212	elan	dash, distinctive and stylish elegance	65
13740959213	elegy	a lament for the dead	66
13740959214	galvanize	startle into sudden activity, to coat with zinc	67
13740959215	histronics	acting, theatricals	68
13740959216	illicit	unlicensed, unlawful	69
13740959217	inane	pointless, silly, foolish	70
13740959218	intrinsic	innate, true, natural, inherent	71
13740959219	levity	lightness of character, excessive frivolity	72
13740959220	lucid	clear, bright, shining	73
13740959221	mercurial	active, lively, erratic	74
13740959222	paradox	seeming self-contradiction that's true, a statement opposing accepted opinion	75
13740959223	pathos	pity, evoking compassion	76
13740959224	pensive	reflective, meditative, dreamily thoughtful	77
13740959225	penurious	poor, impoverished	78
13740959226	plethora	excess, abundance, state of being overfull	79
13740959227	impolitic	unwise, injudicious	80
13740959228	incarnadine	blood-red, crimson, flesh color	81
13740959229	indigenous	native, natural, innate	82
13740959230	indigent	destitute, impoverished, needy	83
13740959231	ineffable	inexpressible, unutterable, indescribable, taboo	84
13740959232	inure	toughen, harden, habituate	85
13740959233	irascible	testy, touchy, irritable	86
13740959234	laud	praise, extol, acclaim, to glorify	87
13740959235	limpid	clear, transparent, lucid, serene	88
13740959236	lithe	pliant, flexible, supple	89
13740959237	loquacious	very talkative, garrulous	90
13740959238	ludricous	laughable, ridiculous, funny because of obvious absurdity	91
13740959239	lugubrious	mournful, dismal, gloomy, excessively sorrowful	92
13740959240	malfeasance	wrongdoing, official misconduct, illegal deed	93
13740959241	malign	defame, slander	94
13740959242	morass	marsh, bog, swamp	95
13740959243	mundane	common, ordinary, everyday	96
13740959244	pariah	outcast, Untouchable	97
13740959245	patrimony	heritage from one's father or other ancestor, legacy	98
13740959246	pecuniary	financial, monetary, relating to money	99
13740959247	abatement	the act of putting an end to, a deduction	100
13740959248	altruistic	unselfish concern for the welfare of others	101
13740959249	analogous	comparable, similar	102
13740959250	aquiline	hooked like an eagle's beak, having characteristics like an eagle	103
13740959251	austerity	strict economy, without adornment; a state of great self-denial	104
13740959252	brevity	shortness, conciseness, terseness	105
13740959253	castigate	criticize or punish severely	106
13740959254	deplorable	sad, pitiable, lamentable	107
13740959255	doddering	trembling, shaking with old age, to progress in a feeble manner	108
13740959256	ennui	boredom, weariness, dissatisfaction	109
13740959257	eyrie	nest of a bird of prey, a home	110
13740959258	jocularity	state of being playful, jesting, characterized by joking	111
13740959259	mandate	command, authorize, decree	112
13740959260	maudlin	mawkish, tearfully sentimental	113
13740959261	mete	dole, measure out, allot	114
13740959262	peregrination	travel from one place to another, journey	115
13740959263	prodigious	enormous, extraordinary in size or degree	116
13740959264	saturate	fill up completely	117
13740959265	temerity	foolish boldness, fearless, daring	118
13740959266	vacuous	stupidly blank or empty	119
13740959267	iconoclast	destroyer of images of idols, attacker of traditions	120
13740959268	impeccable	faultless, irreproachable	121
13740959269	inexorable	relentless, unyielding	122
13740959270	infer	conclude, to derive by reasoning, to guess, speculate	123
13740959271	insipid	pointless, flat, dull	124
13740959272	integral	entire, whole, essential	125
13740959273	invidious	offensive, obnoxious	126
13740959274	laconic	concise, expressing much in a few words	127
13740959275	lethargic	drowsy, sluggish, vagrant	128
13740959276	malignant	harmful, dangerous	129
13740959277	martial	warlike, pertaining to war	130
13740959278	misanthropy	hatred or dislike of mankind	131
13740959279	mollify	pacify, appease, reduce	132
13740959280	ominous	threatening, portentous	133
13740959281	omniscient	all-knowing, infinite awareness	134
13740959282	ostracism	banishment, exile, exclusion	135
13740959283	panegyric	formal eulogy, or commendation	136
13740959284	paradigm	model, pattern, standard	137
13740959285	parsimonious	stingy, excessively frugal.	138
13740959286	peripatetic	wandering, roving, vagrant	139
13740959287	affray	public fight or riot, quarrel, or brawl	140
13740959288	apothegm	short, pithy saying, terse remarks	141
13740959289	decrement	loss, decrease	142
13740959290	incongruous	lacking harmony or agreement	143
13740959291	salacious	lustful, lecherous, obscene	144
13740959292	sartorial	of or about tailors or tailoring	145
13740959293	soliloquy	talking as is alone; utterance by a person talking to himself	146
13740959294	sordid	dirty, vile	147
13740959295	stringent	strict, severe, exacting	148
13740959296	supplant	remove, replace, overthrow	149
13740959297	taciturn	uncommunicative, habitually silent	150
13740959298	tepid	lukewarm, moderately warm	151
13740959299	truculent	savage, cruel, fierce	152
13740959300	unctuous	suave, smug, excessively pious	153
13740959301	venal	mercenary, corruptible, able to be bribed	154
13740959302	verbose	wordy, loquacious, lack of incisiveness or precision	155
13740959303	vernacular	common, native language	156
13740959304	virago	a shrew; ill-tempered woman	157
13740959305	voracious	greedy, immoderate, insatiable	158
13740959306	tedium	boredom, ennui, dullness	159
13740959307	incite	provoke, arouse, goad	160
13740959308	insular	detached, isolated, having a narrow point of view	161
13740959309	intrepid	fearless, dauntless, fortitude	162
13740959310	manumission	freeing, release from slavery	163
13740959311	moribund	dying, stagnant, on the verge of extinction	164
13740959312	nescient	ignorant, agnostic, lack of knowledge	165
13740959313	obfuscate	confuse, cloud, make obscure	166
13740959314	placebo	substance having no pharmaceutical effect	167
13740959315	proliferation	excessive rapid spread	168
13740959316	pusillanimous	cowardly in spirit, fearful	169
13740959317	recondite	deep, difficult, profound, little known	170
13740959318	sanctimonious	hypocritical show of piety or righteousness	171
13740959319	similitude	likeness, resemblance, comparison	172
13740959320	soporific	of or about sleep, drowsy	173
13740959321	supine	inactive, passive, lying on the back	174
13740959322	tactile	tangible, perceptible to the touch	175
13740959323	temporal	secular, transitory of this world, limited by time	176
13740959324	ungulate	hoof like, of or about horses	177
13740959325	vapid	insipid, spiritless, inane	178
13740959326	zenith	acme, highest point	179
13740959327	antipathy	aversion, habitual repugnance	180
13740959328	wane	diminish, abate, decrease	181
13740959329	encomium	eulogy, formal expression of high praise	182
13740959330	cacophonous	harsh, discordant, unpleasant	183
13740959331	ambivalent	having opposing feelings or desires	184
13740959332	puissant	powerful, potent, mighty	185
13740959333	bellicose	pugnacious, ready to fight	186
13740959334	amenable	agreeable, answerable	187
13740959335	cavil	harp, nitpick, raise minor objections	188
13740959336	commodious	spacious, roomy	189
13740959337	desultory	disconnected, random, lacking in order	190
13740959338	discreet	judicious, tactful, diplomatic	191
13740959339	emanate	emit, send forth, flow out	192
13740959340	didactic	too inclined to teach, preach, or lecture	193
13740959341	ephemeral	transitory, short-lived, fleeting	194
13740959342	feckless	feeble, ineffective, worthless	195
13740959343	heinous	hateful, odious, abominable	196
13740959344	piquant	pungent, spicy, provocative	197
13740959345	obstreperous	unruly, uncontrolled, vociferous, clamorous	198
13740959346	discrete	separate, distinct, detached from others	199