Ap English Lit Vocab Lessons 4, 5, 6

Front 1

actuality

Back 1

true existence; reality

Front 2

adolescent

Back 2

growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful

Front 3

fabrication; fabricator

Back 3

a fake or forgery, to devise or concoct a lie

Front 4

gratitude

Back 4

thankfulness, appreciation

Front 5

heroines

Back 5

a distinguished woman of courage or ability, who is brave.

Front 6

ideal

Back 6

a standard of perfection or excellence

Front 7

immense

Back 7

vast, huge, very great.

Front 8

inhibited

Back 8

restrained

Front 9

justification

Back 9

the state of being justified

Front 10

standard

Back 10

an accepted or approved example of something that others are compared to

Front 11

admonish

Back 11

to council, advise, or counsel against something

Front 12

capricious

Back 12

flighty, erratic, on a whim, unpredictable changes in behavior

Front 13

indulge

Back 13

to yield to an inclination or desire

Front 14

placid

Back 14

having a calm or peaceful nature

Front 15

pretension

Back 15

a claim or title to something

Front 16

retain

Back 16

to keep possession of

Front 17

rigid

Back 17

stiff, not flexible

Front 18

ruffle

Back 18

to agitate, disarrange, a low continuous beat of a drum

Front 19

simulate

Back 19

to assume the characteristics of

Front 20

tact

Back 20

a keen sense of what is appropriate, perception

Front 21

default

Back 21

failure to act

Front 22

degradation

Back 22

wearing down, degeneration

Front 23

divert

Back 23

to turn aside from a path or course

Front 24

intrusion

Back 24

invasion, trespassing, violation

Front 25

judicious

Back 25

using wise judgment

Front 26

lull

Back 26

to put to sleep, lull

Front 27

moderate

Back 27

kept within reasonable limits

Front 28

reciprocation

Back 28

a returning for something given

Front 29

recoil

Back 29

to draw back

Front 30

unsolicited

Back 30

not requested or invited