AP British Literature Flashcards
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14807821067 | Aphorism | Noun, Maxim, adage; concise, witty saying | 0 | |
14807826995 | Ferret | Verb intransitive, search around, often doggedly | 1 | |
14807831145 | Auspicious | Adjetive, Promising, favorable | 2 | |
14807833521 | Immolate | Verb Transitive, sacrifice | 3 | |
14807834891 | Disparage | Verb Transitive, belittle, slight | 4 | |
14807836576 | Pernicious | Adjective, destructive, ruinous, injurious | 5 | |
14807837986 | Assertive | Verb Transitive, assert; state seriously or positively | 6 | |
14807847786 | Plaintive | Adjective, expressing sorrow or melancholy | 7 | |
14807849395 | Beguile | Verb Transitive, to deceive or delude; charm or divert; pass time pleasantly | 8 | |
14807861380 | Antipathy | Noun, strong aversion or repugnance | 9 | |
14807862643 | commiserate | Verb Transitivem sympathize with, console, pity | 10 | |
14807870877 | Refection | Noun, food or drink taken for refreshment; a light meal | 11 | |
14807871491 | Garret | Noun, attic; room just below the sloping roof | 12 | |
14807873675 | Augur | Verb Transitive/Intransitive, fortell, prophesy | 13 | |
14807875699 | Laconic | Adjective, using a few words, terse | 14 | |
14807877776 | Adjuration | Noun, a solemn charge; an ernest entreaty | 15 | |
14807878434 | Admonish | Verb Transitive, warn, urge | 16 | |
14807881781 | stolid | Adjective, having or showing little emotion | 17 | |
14807882433 | Adjacent | Adjective, lying next to | 18 | |
14807883121 | Pecuniary | Adjective, involving or pertaining to money | 19 | |
14807884176 | Offal | Noun, entrails of a butchered animal | 20 | |
14807886068 | Porringer | Noun, a porridge bowl | 21 | |
14807886719 | expostulate | Verb Intransitive, reason with someone earnestly, to dissuade or correct | 22 | |
14807888920 | Lethargy | Noun, sluggishness, lack of energy | 23 | |
14807890090 | Trepidation | Noun, tremulousness; fearful uncertainty or anxiety | 24 | |
14807891624 | Deprecate | Verb Transitive, feel and express dissapproval of | 25 | |
14807894029 | Convivial | Adjective, fond of feasting in good company; sociable | 26 | |
14807898253 | Menagerie | Noun, a collection of wild animals for display | 27 | |
14807898741 | Foray | Noun, a sudden attack or raid | 28 | |
14807899382 | Debauchery | Noun, extreme indulgence of one's appetites | 29 |