8387512657 | Profligate | recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources | 0 | |
8387521424 | Eschatological | the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind. | 1 | |
8387526271 | Sardonic | grimly mocking or cynical. | 2 | |
8387526272 | Fallacy | a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. | 3 | |
8387526273 | Erudite | having or showing great knowledge or learning. | 4 | |
8387529678 | Arduous | involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring. | 5 | |
8387529679 | Paean | a song of praise or triumph. | 6 | |
8387534327 | Idyllic | (especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. | 7 | |
8387534328 | Syntax | 8 | ||
8387534329 | Ironic | 9 | ||
8387538444 | Parochial | having a limited or narrow outlook or scope. | 10 | |
8387538445 | Ascetic | 11 | ||
8387538446 | Apostrophe | 12 | ||
8387543054 | Ephemeral | 13 | ||
8387547686 | Onomatopoeia | 14 | ||
8387547687 | Understatement | 15 | ||
8387547688 | Stasis | 16 | ||
8387552985 | Hyperbole | 17 | ||
8387558580 | Synecdoche | 18 | ||
8387565537 | Anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. | 19 | |
8387565538 | Metaphor | 20 | ||
8387565539 | Simile | 21 | ||
8387570329 | Paradox | 22 | ||
8387570330 | Antithesis | a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as "hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins". | 23 | |
8387570331 | Diction | 24 | ||
8387570332 | COnceit | 25 | ||
8387574637 | Allusion | 26 | ||
8387574638 | Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. | 27 | |
8387574639 | Hubris | 28 | ||
8387578066 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 29 |
AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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