5548084943 | Cacophonic | characterized by a harsh discordance of sound; dissonance | 0 | |
5548084944 | Austere | severe in manner or appearance, uncompromising, strict, forbidding, serious | 1 | |
5548084945 | Unadorned | not decorated; plain | 2 | |
5548084946 | Lilting | A sentence with rhythmic swing or cadence | 3 | |
5548084947 | Ornate | elaborately adorned, embellished with rhetoric | 4 | |
5548084948 | Erudite | Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly | 5 | |
5548084949 | Grating | irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings. | 6 | |
5548084950 | Staccato | composed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected elements; disjointed | 7 | |
5548084951 | Tortuous | Full of twists, turns, and bends | 8 | |
5548084952 | Obfuscating | confusing, bewildering, stupefying | 9 | |
5548084953 | Laconic | using few words, concise | 10 | |
5548084954 | Mellifluous | Sweetly or smoothly flowing | 11 | |
5548084955 | Euphonic | pleasing to the ear, harmonious | 12 | |
5548084956 | Antithetic | of the nature of or involving antithesis, opposite | 13 | |
5548084957 | Sultry | oppressively hot and humid | 14 | |
5548084958 | Fusty | stale, damp, stuffy | 15 | |
5548084959 | Tepid | showing little enthusiasm | 16 | |
5548084960 | Attenuate | to reduce in force | 17 | |
5548084961 | Dubious | doubtful, hesitating | 18 | |
5548084962 | Incongruous | inconsistent, inappropriate | 19 | |
5548084963 | Lurid | vivid in color that gives a horrifying effect | 20 | |
5548151635 | Periodic sentence | a type of sentence that makes sense only when end of sentence is reached | 21 | |
5548151636 | Loose sentence | a type of sentence that makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending | 22 | |
5548151637 | Antithesis | when two opposing clauses are used | 23 | |
5548151638 | Asyndeton | a deliberate omission of conjunction in a series of related clauses | 24 | |
5548151639 | Anaphora | the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses | 25 | |
5548151640 | Parallel structure | refers to a grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence; elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased | 26 | |
5548151641 | Polysyndeton | using a string of coordinating conjunctions | 27 | |
5548151642 | Juxtaposition | unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another | 28 |
AP Literature Syntax Quiz Vocabulary Flashcards
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