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AP Literature 2016-2017 Summer Words

Terms in this set (95)

V: lessen and grow weaker

Adj: not willing to change an opinion or decision

V: to speak in a way that expresses criticism

N: excessive admiration or flattery

Adj: friendly and easy to talk to

Adj: having more than one possible meaning

N: exact opposite of something

Adj: subject to the will of someone with power / random

V: to make something less painful, severe, etc.

Adj: having an ability to understand things clearly

V: make greater in size or value

Adj: simple or plain

Adj: boring or ordinary

V: to trick or deceive (someone)

Adj: talking or behaving in a direct, brief, and unfriendly way

Adj: often angry or annoyed

N: a person who pretends to know something to deceive people

Adj: done in a private place or way

N: kind treatment of someone who could be given harsh punishment

V: to come together to form one group

N: an opinion formed without sufficient evidence

V: to secretly help someone do something dishonest or illegal

Adj: very large in amount or number

V: to support a statement by providing evidence

N: belief that something is true

Adj: done or made quickly

N: the condition of not having enough of something

N: a great disaster or complete failure

Adj: old and in bad condition

Adj: no longer existing or being used

V: to clearly show or describe (something)

V: to hate or dislike (something) very much

V: to cause something to go to many people

Adj: having the power to produce a desired result or effect

Adj: very bad and easily noticed

V: to get something from someone

V: to come / send out from a source

N: someone / thing that is difficult to explain

N: something written or said in memory of a dead person

V: to avoid something because you do not think it is right

N: pleasing or sweet sound

V: to make (a bad situation, a problem, etc.) worse

Adj: providing an easy and quick way to solve a problem

Adj: used to describe speech meant to be funny but regarded as annoying or not proper

N: a false or mistaken idea

V: to pretend to be affected by (something)

Adj: happening by chance / having good luck

Adj: done in a quiet and secret way to avoid being noticed

V: to collect or gather something

Adj: tending to talk a lot

Adj: relating to a subject in an appropriate way

Adj: enjoying the company of other people

N: something that shows what is coming

Adj: very bad or evil : deserving of hate or contempt

N: language that describes something as better or worse than reality

N: a situation or event that causes you to feel ashamed or embarrassed

Adj: continuing without stopping

Adj: having rain and storms / severe in temper or action

Adj: not able to be corrected or changed

N: a person who holds a particular office or position

V: to gain approval by doing things people like

Adj: feeling no fear : very bold or brave

Adj: expressing too much emotion in a foolish way

N: a hatred of women

V: to calm (someone) down

Adj: very sad or unhappy

Adj: not actual or real / very small in amount

Adj: of or relating to marriage /wedding

Adj: too eager to obey someone important

V: to exclude (someone) from a group

N: two opposite things that seems impossible but are actually possible

V: very unwilling to spend money

N: an amount that is less than needed

Adj: attitude of people who become angry when they don't get what they want

Adj: using few words in a clever and effective way

N: a tendency to be attracted to something

N: a right or privilege

N: the quality of a person who is completely honest

N: a person who lives far away from large cities

Adj: decayed, very ugly, bad, or unpleasant

Adj: stubbornly refusing to obey rules

Adj: satisfied (a need) fully or to excess

N: the quality that makes something interesting or enjoyable

Adj: relating to physical world and not spiritual

TransV: to look, feel, or behave like (something)

Adj: showing concern for someone's health, happiness, etc.

N: the use of tricks to hide or get something

Adj: proud / unpleasant attitude of people who think that they are better than others

N: an amount that is too much

N: a feeling of fear that causes hesitation because you think something bad is going to happen

Adj: not interesting or effective because of overuse

N: a feeling of being offended by what someone has said

Adj: not lively or interesting : dull or boring

Adj: experienced by watching, hearing, or reading about someone else

Adj: likely to change suddenly or dangerously

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