4782871132 | Abrogate | repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) | 0 | |
4782871133 | Abscond | leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft. | 1 | |
4782872816 | Alacrity | brisk and cheerful readiness. | 2 | |
4782872817 | Antithesis | a contrast or opposition between two things. | 3 | |
4782873703 | Bane | a cause of great distress or annoyance. | 4 | |
4782873704 | Bilk | obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud. | 5 | |
4782873705 | Demagogue | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. | 6 | |
4782874505 | Extol | praise enthusiastically. | 7 | |
4782874506 | Fetter | a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles. | 8 | |
4782874507 | Inimical | tending to obstruct or harm. | 9 | |
4782875737 | Insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects. | 10 | |
4782875738 | Knell | the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. | 11 | |
4782875739 | Proclivity | a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing. | 12 | |
4782876633 | Solicitous | characterized by or showing interest or concern. | 13 | |
4782876634 | Amplification | a literary practice wherein the writer embellishes the sentence by adding more information to it in order to increase its worth and understandability. | 14 | |
4782877331 | Anastrophe | a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. | 15 | |
4782877332 | Anthropomorphism | aims to make an animal or object behave and appear like they are human beings. | 16 | |
4782878556 | Cacophony | the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. | 17 | |
4782878557 | Caesura | a break between words within a metrical foot; an interruption | 18 | |
4782879758 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | 19 |
AP Literature Vocabulary Set One Flashcards
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