AP Literature General Vocabulary Flashcards

13079467391	Ominous	giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening	0
13079469894	Idyllic	extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque	1
13079472818	Ephemeral	lasting for a very short time	2
13079477156	Enigma	mystery; puzzle; difficult to understand	3
13158227359	Mercurial	subject to sudden or unpredictable changes in mood	4
13158230993	Contempt	worthless; the feeling that something is beneath your attention	5
13158235588	Erudite	having/showing great knowledge and learning	6
13158240178	Proclivity	tendency towards or predisposition for something	7
13158244874	Digression	temporary departure from the main subject	8
13158248536	Rigid	inflexible; unchangeable	9
13158251787	Monologue	a long speech by one person	10
13158260546	Explicate	analyze in order to reveal its meaning	11
13158266621	Inexorable	impossible to stop, prevent, or persuade	12
13158269714	Lucid	very clear and easy to understand	13
13158273972	Deprecating	serving undervalue or mock	14
13158276961	Beguile	to trick or deceive	15
13158280162	Lofty	elevated in character or spirit	16
13158282663	Vivid	creating a clear impression on the senses	17
13158286658	Terse	using few words; smooth and elegant	18
13158291608	Discursive	moving from topic to topic (either fluidly or incoherently)	19
13158296982	Despondent	showing extreme discouragement, dejection, depression	20
13158301036	Subtle	perceptive, refined, insightful	21
13158304544	Sentimental	resulting from feeling rather than thought or reason	22
13158311041	Scathing	bitterly severe	23
13158313884	Apathetic	showing little or no feeling, emotion, or concern	24
13158328561	Incredulous	unwilling to accept what is offered as true; unbelieving; shocked	25
13158335910	Condescending	showing a superior attitude towards others	26
13158341205	Bemused	marked by confusion; last in thought; bewildered	27
13158346422	Facetious	joking or jesting often inappropriately; lacking seriousness	28
13158353372	Sedate	calm, dignified, and unhurried; quiet and rather dull	29
13158360868	Nostalgic	longing for the past, or a place with happy associations	30
13158364354	Sardonic	mocking bitterly	31
13158364356	Callous	unfeeling; showing no sympathy	32
13158369519	Malaporpism	unintentional misuse or distortion of a word or phrase	33
13158379029	Ellipsis	a mark (ex: ...) showing an omission or a pause	34
13158386676	Pretentious	expressing exaggerated sense of importance or worth	35
13158391342	Didactic	designed or intended to teach; usually in an excessively moralistic way	36
13158398587	Wry	Dry, mocking humor	37
13158404220	Irreverent	showing a lack of respect for things that are usually taken seriously	38
13158414383	Pernicious	highly injurious or destructive	39
13158420301	Epithet	word or phrase to capture the quality of the person/thing; used to honor or to mock	40
13158426916	Jocular	given to jesting; humorous; playful	41
13158437549	More	gloomy or sullen disposition or expression	42
13158441123	Cynical	distrustful of human nature and people's motives	43
13158446829	Equivocate	Use uncertain language to avoid committing oneself or to avoid the truth	44
13158453446	Usurp	to take illegally or by force	45
13158457831	Unscrupulous	having or showing no moral principles	46
13158463779	Candor	open, honest, frank	47
13158467360	Rapacious	very greedy	48
13158467361	Colloquial	used in ordinary or familiar conversations (not literary)	49