7731122413 | Affable | friendly; good nature | 0 | |
7731122414 | Affinity | a natural liking of something or someone | 1 | |
7731122415 | Captious | detecting small or trivial faults | 2 | |
7731122416 | Cavalier | showing a lack of proper concern | 3 | |
7731122417 | Censorious | severely critical | 4 | |
7731122418 | Contentious | likely to cause an argument; (of a person) provoking an argument | 5 | |
7731122419 | Deride | to laugh at mockingly; scorn | 6 | |
7731122420 | Dispassionate | unaffected by strong feelings or emotions | 7 | |
7731122421 | Exasperated | annoyed or irritated | 8 | |
7731948980 | Hyperbolic | exaggerated | 9 | |
7731948981 | Impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being influenced or persuaded | 10 | |
7731948982 | Insularity | ignorance of or lack of interest other cultures | 11 | |
7731948983 | Lofty | elevated in tone or style (inflated) | 12 | |
7731948984 | Mirth | laughter and amusement; cheerful | 13 | |
7731948985 | Moralistic | having strong beliefs about what is right and wrong | 14 | |
7731948986 | Pariah | an outcast | 15 | |
7731948987 | Pejorative | having derogatory, disparaging, belittling, or negative tone | 16 | |
7731948988 | Prosaic | matter-of-fact; lacking poetic qualities | 17 | |
7731948989 | Rueful | showing sorrow or regret | 18 | |
7731948990 | Sanctimonious | making of show of being morally superior to others ("holier-than-thou") | 19 | |
7731948991 | Sentimental | emotional; maudlin | 20 | |
7731948992 | Skeptical | questioning or doubting | 21 | |
7731948993 | Sublime | of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty that it is admired | 22 | |
7731948994 | Sycophant | a self-seeking flatterer: a person who flatters in order to gain something to his advantage | 23 | |
7731948995 | Tongue-in-cheek | not meaning what you say or write to be taken seriously | 24 | |
7731948996 | Atmosphere | how the author uses the setting, plot, and details to create a specific mood Effect - tone, foreshadowing | 25 | |
7731948997 | Connotation | the association a word has Effect: diction, tone, ethos | 26 | |
7731948998 | Denotation | the dictionary definition of a word Effect: diction, tone, emphasis, ethos | 27 | |
7731948999 | Extended metaphor | a metaphor that is lengthy and spans several lines or paragraphs Effect: tone, imagery, ethos, logos | 28 | |
7731949000 | Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration Effect: tone, emphasis | 29 |
AP Language Week 8 Flashcards
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