5397924591 | paltry | (adj.) small; insignificant | 0 | |
5397929358 | contrition | (n.) state of repentance; remorse | 1 | |
5397936612 | supposition | (n.) an uncertain belief | 2 | |
5397940457 | contingency | (n.) potential happening | 3 | |
5397943550 | proxy | (n.) the authority to represent someone else [legally] | 4 | |
5397948785 | stipulation | (n.) a particular rule or term agreed upon by two or more parties | 5 | |
5397954736 | incandescent | (adj.) hot, fiery, bright | 6 | |
5397957946 | iniquity | (n.) horrible sin | 7 | |
5397965010 | stigma | (n.) mark of disgrace or shame as a result of some heinous action | 8 | |
5397969900 | vendetta | (n.) a feud, usually incited by the murder of a family member | 9 | |
5397983541 | litotes | (n.) understatement expressed by the negation of its contrary | 10 | |
5397989295 | zeugma | (n.) use of one word to modify two or more other words | 11 | |
5397993650 | magnanimous | (adj.) forgiving or merciful | 12 | |
5398017904 | conflagration | (n.) a large fire that destroys a considerable amount of land | 13 | |
5398302368 | embellish | (v.) to exaggerate or intensify meaning through superfluous actions | 14 | |
5398308087 | onerous | (adj.) burdensome; requiring a great amount of effort or force | 15 | |
5398314362 | callous | (adj.) indifferent to the wellbeing of others | 16 | |
5398317358 | disposition | (n.) inherent qualities; personality constitution | 17 | |
5398320099 | anaphora | (n.) repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses | 18 | |
5398324480 | syllogistically | (n.) involving or explained as a syllogism (minor premise plus major premise equals something that is consequentially truthful) | 19 |
AP Language Vocab: Unit 5 Flashcards
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