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AP Literature Unit 6 Flashcards

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5564941736abject(adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved0
5564950898agnostic(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj) without faith, skeptical1
5564955424complicity(n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice2
5564958087derelict(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty3
5564961852diatribe(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack4
5564965344effigy(n) a crude image of a despised person5
5564968635equity(n) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim6
5564976053inane(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value7
5564977578indictment(n) an act of accusing; a formal accusation8
5564979274indubitable(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied9
5564981651intermittent(adj)) stopping and beginning again, sporadic10
5564983427moot(adj) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v) to bring up for discussion; (n) a hypothetical law case argued by students11
5564991912motif(n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design12
5564998856neophyte(n) a new convert, beginner, novice13
5565000620perspicacity(n) keenness in observing and understanding14
5565002868plenary(adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members15
5565005372surveillance(n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation16
5565010451sylvan(adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody17
5565014287testy(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation18
5565019182travesty(n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion19
5565034217sanguineoptimistic, cheerful20
5565034218antitheticalconflicting ideas21
5565036716pessimisticseeing the worst side of things22
5565036717indolentlazy, apathetic23
5565038928forthrightdirectly frank24
5565038929spoonerismmixing the first letter of two words25
5565041383slant-rhymenear rhyming words, such as "lawn" and "down"26
5565044476end-stopped linepoetry that ends with a period, colon, or semi-colon27
5565046883enjambmentcontinuing a line without punctuation28
5565049786juxtapositionunassociated ideas that are placed beside one another to achieve an effect of surprise or new insight29

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