AP Literature Exam Vocabulary Flashcards
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8438698222 | vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by common people | 0 | |
8438698223 | ubiquitous | always around; omnipresent; seeming to occur everywhere | 1 | |
8438699864 | equanimity | calmness; composure | 2 | |
8438699865 | interminable | unending | 3 | |
8438706068 | carte blanche | boundless authority | 4 | |
8438702532 | contemptuous | to prideful; arrogant | 5 | |
8438704206 | cosmopolitan | sophisticated; worldly | 6 | |
8438709065 | abstemious | not self indulgent, restrain | 7 | |
8438710254 | archaic | out of date; obsolete | 8 | |
8438710255 | catharsis | release of emotional tension | 9 | |
8438710256 | inundate | overwhelmed; fill beyond capacity | 10 | |
8438712160 | efficacious | effective; productive | 11 | |
8438712161 | putrid | rotten smelling | 12 | |
8438713563 | intrinsic | relating to a thing in its natural place | 13 | |
8438713564 | anomaly | something that doesn't usually happen | 14 | |
8438715849 | incongruous | incompatible; unsuitable for the situation | 15 | |
8438715850 | innocuous | harmless; doesn't effect others | 16 | |
8438717824 | vitriolic | bitterly critical; harsh in tone | 17 | |
8438719345 | prognosticate | to predict; foretell | 18 | |
8438719346 | platitude | obvious remark; cliche | 19 | |
8438721079 | sanctimonious | showing false piety; self-righteous | 20 | |
8438721080 | stringent | restrictive; having demanding standards | 21 | |
8438721081 | convoluted | complicated; intricate | 22 | |
8438722879 | cogent | reasonable; convincing | 23 | |
8438722880 | churlish | crude; borish | 24 | |
8438722881 | inimical | unfriendly; hostile | 25 | |
8438724213 | lurid | shocking; explicit | 26 | |
8438724214 | lionize | to treat as a celebrity | 27 | |
8438724215 | recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant; showing opposition | 28 | |
8438726448 | penultimate | next to last | 29 | |
8438729603 | provocative | tending to excite or stimulate | 30 | |
8438733358 | corroborate | confirm or give support to | 31 | |
8438733359 | benign | gentle; kind | 32 | |
8438733360 | tacit | silently implied | 33 | |
8438735996 | untenable | impossible to defend or justify | 34 | |
8438735997 | indolent | lazy | 35 | |
8438737653 | requisite | required | 36 | |
8438737654 | disingenuous | insincere; calculating | 37 | |
8438737655 | bellicose | war like; inclined to fight | 38 | |
8438739708 | propensity | habit; tendency | 39 | |
8438742799 | wizened | shriveled or withered from age | 40 | |
8438742800 | assiduous | diligent; persistent | 41 | |
8438744053 | discretionary | left to ones own judgement | 42 | |
8438744054 | flummox | to confuse; perplex | 43 | |
8438745521 | implicate | to involve or connect unfavorably | 44 | |
8438745522 | moribund | near death; about to die | 45 | |
8438747235 | fractious | unruly; disruptive | 46 | |
8438747236 | curmudgeon | a stubborn, ill-tempered person | 47 | |
8438750653 | autonomy | independence | 48 | |
8438750654 | supercilious | arrogant | 49 |