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AP Literature - Week of 11/14 Flashcards

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5432097761piousadj. devoutly religious0
5432097763mirthn. gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter1
5432100820conscientiousadj. diligent and careful2
5432104305melancholyn. dark sadness3
5432110766falseadj. deliberately untrue; said or done to fool or deceive someone4
5432147703frivolousadj. of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously5
5432153698fraudulencen. obtained for criminal deception. Forgery for material gain.6
5432159906incorrigibleadj. not able to be corrected; beyond control7
5432164415charlatann. a fake; fraud; imposter; cheat8
5432167388seditiousadj. resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government; treasonous9
5432176464didacticadj. intended to teach10
5432178937gluttonyn. overindulgence in food or drink11
5432181649chastisev. to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely12
5432190005recapitulatev. to review a series of facts; to sum up "recap"13
5432193764anecdoten. a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person; it is used to illustrate a point.14
5432203315paradigmn. model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc.15
5432220684versificationn. the act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.16
5432224459heroic coupletn. a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style17
5432227536irreverentadj. sacrilegious; lacking proper respect or seriousness; disrespectful18
5432240713rhyme royalen. seven-line iambic pentameter stanza, with the rhyme scheme ABABBCC, sometimes ending with a hexameter line19

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