AP Lit Flashcards

10826203429	GEN	race; type; kind genotype genetics	0
10826212365	Degenerate	n. a person with low moral standards and behavior \ di-ˈjen-rət\ Most of the teachers at the school felt that Rachel was a degenerate who could not be trusted.	1
10826251188	Engender	v. to bring out; to produce \ in-ˈjen-dər\ The sudden rise in the cost of fuel engendered a high number of firings at the airline companies.	2
10826264270	Genre	n. a kind or type of art \ ˈzhän-rə\ Frankenstein is a good example of a novel of the Gothic genre.	3
10826276877	NASC, NAT	to be born denature adnascent connate	4
10826286726	Cognate	adj. related to or coming from the same source \ ˈkäg-ˌnāt\ Linguists were baffled by the newly discovered language, which did not seem to be cognate with any other they knew.	5
10826297473	innate	adj. natural; present from birth \ i-ˈnāt\ While other children needed lessons, Michael Jackson had an innate talent for song and dance.	6
10826307446	nascent	adj. in the act of being born; growing \ ˈna-sᵊnt\ The president triumphantly announced that he had crushed the nascent rebellion in his own political party before it could get out of control.	7
10826318958	FIG, FICT	to shape fiction figure affliction conflict	8
10826330603	Transfigure	v. to change the form or appearance of \ tran(t)s-ˈfi-gyər\ Building the Golden Gate Bridge transfigured the landscape of San Francisco.	9
10826342497	Fictive	adj. not real \ ˈfik-tiv\ The movie Shrek takes place in a fictive kingdom that captures children's imaginations.	10
10826351680	feign	v. to make up or invent; to pretend \ fān\ Monica was easily able to feign shock, even though she knew about the surprise party in advance.	11
10826370013	PAR, PER	to give birth, to produce paradox parachute persecute	12
10826377979	Parturient	adj. about to being forth or give birth; pregnant \ pär-ˈtu̇r-ē-ənt\ The naturalist wrote that the volcano before him seemed parturient with all the fires of Earth.	13
10826389699	Repertory	n. the range or works an artist can produce or perform \ ˈre-pər-ˌtȯr-ē\ For such a young guitarist, Meg has a surprisingly large repertory.	14