AP lit flash cards

proscribe (v.)

to prohibit or put outside the law

Debauch, debauchery, and profligacy

to engage in wild and corruptive living immorality

licentious , prurient , salacious

inmoral lewd , corruptive

demagogue , demagoguery

political leader who seeks support by appealing to desires rather then by rational argument

umbrage

to take offense or annoyance

travail

suffering and hardship

veracity, veracious

truth

voracious , rapacious , rapacity

greedy, grasping

encomium

great praise

plaudits, accolades , laudation

loud praise

Banal, prosaic

ordinary and dull

dereliction

failure to preform an official duty or responsibility

derelict (adj)

in very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect

derelict (n.)

a person without a job or property , failure to preform job

travesty

a farce, misinterpretation

anathema (n)

anything forbidden socially

perfidy (n) , perfidious(adj) , treachery(n) , treacherous(adj.)

treason or double dealing

ignominy, Ignominious (adj)

disgraceful

pyrrhic (adj)

some win or victory accomplished at too great a cost

surfeit

an excess or overabundance

dour

gloomy, solemn

slothful , sloth(n)

lazy, indolent

pithy, terse , laconic

brief to the point (in language )

nemesis

a long standing rival n, an archenemy

acquisitive

comes from acquire but has a pejorative or negative connotation , greedy / materialistic

pariah

an outcast

paradigm

an outstandingly clear or typical example or something

ebullient (adj) , ebullience (n)

buoyant, bubbly, enthusiastic, full of energy

culpable (adj), culpability

guilt

exculpate (v)

to free from blame

recondite (adj)

little known

peremptory

final, irrevocable

countermand

to go against

pertinacious

holding firmly to an option or a course of action from tenacious and persistent

lambert

glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance

peccadillo

a small, relativity unimportant offense or sin

cupidity (n)

inordinate desire for wealth

tawdry and meretricious

cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality

internecine (adj.)

destructive for everyone involved

imbroglio

a confused, complicated mess or situation

impetus (n)

the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly

perspicacious

an acute mental vision or discernment, a ready insight and understanding or things

confluence

flowing together

effluence

literally means flowing out of.

simplistic

too simple

ablutions

literally a religious word meaning purifying water ( cleaning)

abstemious

comes from abstain , not self indulgent =, especially when eating and drinking

amulet , talisman

an ornament or small piece or jewelry thought to give protection against evil., danger, disease

mitigate, alleviate

make ( suffering or problem ) less severe

analogous

from analogy, comparable in certain aspects

apparition , specter, wraith

all mean ghost

parse, peruse

to read carefully, analyze, or examine

artifice , ruse, machination, stratagem, ploy, gambit

clever trick