AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards Semester #2 Final

Vocabulary flashcards for AP Literature, Semester Two.

Panegyric

A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.

Felicity

Intense happiness.

Duplicity

Deceitfulness; double-dealing.

Reproof

An expression of blame or disapproval.

Archly

In a playfully roguish manner.

Solicitude

Care or concern for someone or something.

Acquiesce

Accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Coquetry

Flirtatious behavior or a flirtatious manner.

Imprudence

The quality of being imprudent; rashness.

Inured

Accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant.

Affectation

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

Disillusioned

Disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed.

Enmity

The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

Indolent

Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.

Invective

Insulting or abusive language.

Obsequious

Excessively eager to please or obey.

Penurious

Extremely poor; impoverished.

Prevaricate

Speak or act in an evasive way.

Rectitude

Moral correctness; righteousness.

Repine

Feel or express discontent; fret.

Abstruse

Difficult to understand; obscure.

Indisposed

Slightly unwell.

Lugubrious

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Prosaic

Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

Punctilious

Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

Reticent

Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.

Truculent

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Uncouth

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

Venerable

Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.

Zealot

A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

Adage

A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

Bathos

Something, typically a story, which goes from serious tone to a silly mood.

Concatenation

A series of interconnected things.

Dénouement

The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

Feckless

Irresponsible; incompetent.

Peremptory

Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

Prognosticate

Foretell or prophesy.

Tenebrous

Dark; shadowy or obscure.

Vacillate

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real.

Ascetic

Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Diaphanous

Very thin and light; translucent.

Edify

Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.

Evanescence

The quality of being brief or fleeting.

Opaque

Not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Peroration

The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm or admiration.

Propensity

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Rotund

Plump.

Sophistry

The use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.

Surfeit

An excessive amount of something.

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Amorphous

Without a clearly defined shape or form.

Aubade

A song or poem appropriate to the dawn.

Circumspect

Wary and unwilling to take risks.

Convivial

Friendly, lively, and enjoyable.

Desultory

Going from one thing to another, without a plan or purpose.

Efficacy

The ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Epigram

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

Liturgy

A form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted.

Repartee

Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty replies.

Aplomb

Self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation.

Choleric

Bad-tempered or irritable.

Dint

A great effort

Fecund

Capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile.

Insinuate

Suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way.

Moribund

In terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor.

Privation

A state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking.

Propitiatory

Having the power to atone for or expiate; expiatory.

Recondite

Difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend; deep.

Ribald

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way.

Acquisition

The purchase of an object, company, asset, etc.

Culmination

The highest or ultimate point of something; climax.

Deleterious

Causing harm or damage.

Demur

Raise doubts or objections or show reluctance.

Egregious

Outstandingly bad; shocking.

Hiatus

A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

Jaunty

Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

Preternatural

Beyond what is normal or natural.

Promulgate

Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).

Substantiate

Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

Aesthetic

Related with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

Anomaly

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected: unusual.

Corroborate

Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

Empirical

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Exculpate

Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.

Foment

Instigate or stir up

Illusory (adj.)

Based on illusion; not real.

Polemical

Relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech.

Postulate

Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

Tome

A large, heavy book.

Blithe

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Camaraderie

Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.

Cavort

Jump or dance around excitedly.

Euphoria

A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

Exhilarating

Making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling.

Forbearance

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.

Grandiloquent

Extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.

Hedonist

A person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker.

Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Spontaneity

The condition of being spontaneous; impulsive action.