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AP Language- Vocab ALL Flashcards

8611170246	juxtapose	to place two words close together for comparison or contrast	0
8611172241	acquiesce	to agree without protesting	1
8611172679	denigrate	to belittle, diminish the opinion of	2
8611172894	abridge	to cut down, to shorten	3
8611173999	preclude	to prevent	4
8611174403	litany	a prolonged or tedious account	5
8611174794	capricious	fickle	6
8611174795	enigmatic	mysterious, cryptic	7
8611175680	mercurial	characterized by a rapid change or temperamentality	8
8611176655	opulent	characterized by rich abundance, verging on ostentation	9
8611177149	morose	ill tempered, gloomy	10
8611177247	derisive	contemptuous, mocking	11
8611177248	laconic	concise, expressing much in few words	12
8611177486	acrimonious	caustic, biting or bitter in nature of speech (anger)	13
8611177655	sanguine	cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident	14
8611178038	elucidate	to clarify or explain	15
8611178255	philanthropic	charitable, giving	16
8611178256	pithy	concisely meaningful	17
8611178435	modicum	a small amount of something	18
8611178896	paragon	a model of excellence or perfection	19
8611179397	replete	full, abundant	20
8611179702	impudent	casually rude, insolent, impertinent	21
8611180122	propituous	favorable	22
8611180225	recalcitrant	defiant, unapologetic	23
8611180227	indefatigable	incapable of defeat, failure, decay	24
8611180955	esoteric	understood by or meant for only a select few who have special knowledge or interest (word to describe language)	25
8611181506	sophomoric	immature, uninformed, weak	26
8611181634	acerbic	biting, bitter in tone or taste	27
8611181753	affable	friendly, amiable (happy)	28
8611182062	audacious	extremely bold or daring, recklessly brave, fearless (strong)	29
8611182224	surreptitious	obtained, done made, etc. by stealth, secret or unauthorized (mysterious)	30
8611182592	ascribe	to assign, credit, attribute to	31
8611182899	somnolent	sleepy, drowsy	32
8611183257	grandiloquence	lofty, pompous language	33
8611183258	rhapsodize	to engage in excessive enthusiasm	34
8611183802	neophyte	someone who is young or inexperienced	35
8611183992	facade	a deceptive appearance or attitude	36
8611183994	assiduous	hard working, diligent	37
8611184239	insurgent	one who rebels	38
8611184240	temerity	audacity, recklessness	39
8611184449	vociferous	loud, boisterous	40
8611184450	conciliatory	friendly, agreeable	41
8611184695	discordant	not agreeing, not in harmony with	42
8611184962	quixotic	idealistic yet impractical, dreamy	43
8611185505	pejorative	derogatory, uncomplimentary	44
8611185824	querulous	whiny, complaining	45
8611185826	adjure	urge or request solemnly or earnestly to do something	46
8611186053	transgress	to violate, go over a limit	47
8611186686	inexorable	incapable of being persuaded or placated	48
8611186687	efface	to wipe out, obliterate, wipe away	49
8611186954	expurgate	to remove offensive or incorrect parts, usually of a book	50
8611187390	immutable	not changeable	51
8611187391	resplendent	shiny, glowing	52
8611187668	turpitude	depravity, moral corruption	53
8611188004	veracity	truthfulness, accuracy	54
8611188007	zealous	fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something	55
8611188412	venerative	showing awe, respect (reverence)	56
8611189568	impious	not pious or religious, lacking reverence for God	57
8611189871	repugnant	distasteful, offensive, disgusting	58
8611190604	irascible	easily provoked to anger, very irritable	59
8611190882	lugubrious	mournful, dismal, or gloomy (sadness)	60
8611191689	assuage	to make less painful, severe, to ease	61
8611192168	perfidy	betrayal of trust	62
8611192169	arduous	difficult	63
8611192394	avarice	greed	64
8611192395	aphorism	a brief, pointed statement, expressing a wise or clever observation	65
8611192951	abrogate	to abolish, usually by authority	66
8611193254	enmity	ill will, hatred, hostility	67
8611193479	phlegmatic	uninterested, unresponsive	68
8611193824	scurrilous	vulgar, coarse	69
8611193825	superfluity	an unnecessary or excessively large amount or number of something	70
8611194545	caustic	bitter, biting, cutting	71
8611195233	imperious	commanding, domineering	72
8611195234	insipid	dull, boring	73
8611196107	tenable	able to be defended or maintained	74
8611196346	verbose	wordy, impaired by wordiness	75
8611196347	espouse	to take up as a cause, support	76
8611196844	abase	to humiliate, degrade	77
8611196845	blithe	carefree	78
8611196946	connate	existing naturally, innate	79
8611197217	coalesce	to fuse into a whole	80
8611197218	nomadic	wondering from place to place	81
8611197592	obdurate	unyielding to persuasion or moral influence	82
8611197736	petulance	rudeness, irritability	83
8611197974	loquacious	talkative	84
8611197975	docile	easily taught or trained	85
8611198123	physiognomy	the assessment of a person's character or personality from his or her outer appearance, especially the face	86
8611198500	ignominy	public shame or disgrace	87
8611199427	mendacious	having a lying, false character	88
8611199557	nebulous	vaguely defined, cloudy	89
8611199559	maudlin	weakly sentimental	90
8611199720	perspicacious	shrewd, insightful perspective	91
8611199906	cursory	brief, to the point of being superficial	92
8611200170	delineate	to describe, outline, shed light on	93
8611200644	mores	the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people	94
8611201185	paradigm	an example that is a perfect pattern or mode	95
8611201585	ruminate	to contemplate, reflect	96
8611201586	stoic	unaffected by passion or feeling	97
8611201800	adept	extremely skilled	98
8611201801	veneer	a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance	99
8611202601	intransigent	refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion	100
8611203523	idiosyncratic	peculiar to one person, highly individualized	101
8611204004	fallacious	incorrect, misleading	102
8611204005	jubilant	extremely joyful, happy	103
8611205630	multifarious	having great diversity	104
8611205778	winsome	charming, pleasing	105
8611205779	trite	overused, unoriginal	106
8611206090	trenchant	effective, articulate, clear cut	107

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AP English Language Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary for AP English Language

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6620789001	Ad Hominem Argument	Attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand	0
6620789002	Allegory	Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts	1
6620789003	Alliteration	The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words	2
6620789004	Allusion	A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person	3
6620789005	Ambiguity	Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation	4
6620789006	Analogy	The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different	5
6620789007	Anecdote	A short story used to illustrate a point the author is making	6
6620789008	Antecedent	Every pronoun refers back to a previous noun or pronoun	7
6620789009	Antithesis	An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses	8
6620789010	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker	9
6620789011	Appositive	A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity	10
6620789012	Assonance	A type of internal rhyming in which vowel souds are repeated	11
6620789013	Asyndeton	When the conjunctions (such as "and" or "but") that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence	12
6620789014	Atmosphere	The emotional feeling -or mood- of a place, scene, or event	13
6620789015	Attitude	The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea	14
6620789016	Contrast	Oppositions	15
6620789017	Colloquial Language	Slang or common language that is informal	16
6620789018	Connotative	The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning	17
6620789019	Deductive Argument	The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example	18
6620789020	Diction	An author's choice of words	19
6620789021	Didactic	Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing	20
6620789022	Elegy	A work that expresses sorrow	21
6620789023	Ellipses	Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted	22
6620789024	Ethos	Refers to generally ethics, or values	23
6620789025	Euphemism	A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea	24
6620789026	Exposition	Writing or speech that is organized to explain	25
6620789027	Figurative Language	All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison	26
6620789028	Foreshadowing	A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative	27
6620789029	Hyperbole	A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis	28
6620789030	Imagery	A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations	29
6620789031	Inductive Argument	Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide	30
6620789032	Irony	When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected	31
6620789033	Juxtaposition	When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison	32
6620789034	Logos	The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument	33
6620789035	Metaphor	A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly	34
6620789036	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it	35
6620789037	Mood	The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event	36
6620789038	Onomatopoeia	An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning	37
6620789039	Oxymoron	Two contradictory words in one expression	38
6620789040	Paradox	A seeming contradiction that in fact reveals some truth	39
6620789041	Parallelism	A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures	40
6620789042	Parody	An effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing a comic imitation of the work	41
6620789043	Pathos	A sympathetic feeling of pity or compassion evoked by an artistic work	42
6620789044	Periodic Sentence	Presents the main clause at the end of the sentence, for emphasis	43
6620789045	Persona	The character created by the voice and narration of the speaker of a text	44
6620789046	Personification	A figure of speech in which ideas or objects are described as having human qualities or personalities	45
6620789047	Point of View	The particular perspective from which a story is told	46
6620789048	Pun	A play on words	47
6620789049	Repetition	The reiteration of a word or phrase for emphasis	48
6620789050	Rhetoric	The art and logic of a written or spoken argument to persuade, to analyze, or to expose	49
6620789051	Rhetorical Strategy	The way an author organizes words, sentences, and overall argument in order to achieve a particular purpose	50
6620789052	Rhetorical Devices	The specific language tools that an author uses to carry out a rhetorical strategy (diction, imagery, or syntax)	51
6620789053	Rhetorical Question	A question that is asked for the sake of argument	52
6620789054	Satire	To ridicule or mock ideas, persons, events, or doctrines	53
6620789055	Selection of Detail	The specific words, incidents, images, or events the author uses to create a scene or narrative	54
6620789056	Simile	A commonly used figure of speech that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as"	55
6620789057	Speaker	The narrator of a story, poem, or drama	56
6620789058	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning in which pieces of evidence are used to create a new conclusion	57
6620789059	Symbol	Something that stands for something else	58
6620789060	Synonym	A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word	59
6620789061	Syntax	The way words are arranged in a sentence	60
6620789062	Tension	A feeling excitement and expectation the reader or audience feels because of the conflict, mood, or atmosphere of the work	61
6620789063	Theme	The central idea	62
6620789064	Tone	Attitude	63
6620789065	Understatement	When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves	64
6620789066	Zeugma	When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them	65

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AP Language Study Terms Flashcards

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4744420393	Ambiguity	Obscurity	0
4744423909	Antithesis	Contrary	1
4744425657	Euphemism	Substitute	2
4744427344	Allegory	Analogy	3
4744428291	Epigram	Pun	4
4744430798	Discern	Percieve	5
4744431494	Elucidate	Clarify	6
4744432286	Meander	Twist	7
4744433619	Pervade	Penetrate	8
4744435552	Regale	Reject	9
4744437165	Ambivalent	Indecisive	10
4744438845	Brusque	Blunt	11
4744441723	Candid	Straightforward	12
4744442206	Choleric	Irritable	13
4744443911	Conciliatory	Appeasing	14
4744444975	Cynical	Doubtful	15
4744447327	Effusive	Unrestrained	16
4744448570	Foreboding	Anxiety	17
4744449458	Haughty	Arrogant	18
4744452903	Introspective	Introvert	19
4744453554	Melancholy	Gloom	20
4744454276	Mirthful	Amusing	21
4744458592	Reticent	Shy	22
4744457703	Sardonic	Sarcastic	23
4744459822	Timorous	Nervous	24
4744462930	Omniscient	All-Knowing	25

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AP Spanish Language - Expresiones Flashcards

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7290993679	a partir de	beginning with	0
7290993680	al principio	at the beginning	1
7290993681	como punto de partida	as a starting point	2
7290993682	en primer lugar	in the first place	3
7290993683	en segundo, tercer lugar	in the second, third place	4
7290993684	para empezar/comenzar	to begin	5
7290993685	primero	first	6
7290993686	a causa de	on account of, because of	7
7290993687	a mi parecer	in my opinion	8
7290993688	a pesar de todo	in spite of everything	9
7290993689	actualmente	presently	10
7290993690	ahora mismo	right now	11
7290993691	al considerar	upon considering	12
7290993692	claro	of course	13
7290993693	como	as in, as much as, since	14
7290993694	de ninguna manera	by no means	15
7290993695	de todos modos	at any rate	16
7290993696	en cuanto a	regarding, with respect to	17
7290993697	en la actualidad	presently	18
7290993698	en realidad	actually	19
7290993699	en vista de que	considering that	20
7290993700	es cierto que	it is true that, it is certain that	21
7290993701	es seguro que	it is certain that	22
7290993702	hace poco	a short while ago	23
7290993703	hasta el momento, hasta la fecha	until now	24
7290993704	hay que tomar en cuenta que	one must realize that	25
7290993705	hoy día	nowadays	26
7290993706	la verdad es que	the truth is that	27
7290993707	lo esencial	what is essential is that	28
7290993708	lo importante	what is important is that	29
7290993709	lo que importa es que	what matters is that	30
7290993710	sin duda	without a doubt	31
7290993711	sobre todo	above all	32
7290993712	además (de)	furthermore, in addition	33
7290993713	a la (misma) vez	at the same time	34
7290993714	además	besides, furthermore	35
7290993715	al mismo tiempo	at the same time	36
7290993716	asimismo	likewise	37
7290993717	bastaría poner un ejemplo	here is an example	38
7290993718	con respecto a	with respect to	39
7290993719	conforme a	according to	40
7290993720	constar que	to make known that, to certify that	41
7290993721	de aquí (ahora, hoy) en adelante	from now on	42
7290993722	de hecho	in fact	43
7290993723	el caso es que	the fact is that	44
7290993724	el hecho de que	the fact that	45
7290993725	en otras palabras	in other words	46
7290993726	entonces	then	47
7290993727	es decir (que)	that is to say, in other words	48
7290993728	específicamente	specifically	49
7290993729	igualmente	equally	50
7290993730	las razones por las que	the reasons for which	51
7290993731	mientras tanto	meanwhile	52
7290993732	o sea	that is to say, in other words	53
7290993733	para continuar	to continue	54
7290993734	para ejemplificar	to exemplify	55
7290993735	para ilustrar	to illustrate	56
7290993736	por añadidura	as well, besides, in addition	57
7290993737	por eso	therefore	58
7290993738	por ejemplo	for example	59
7290993739	principalmente	firstly, especially	60
7290993740	mientras	while	61
7290993741	mientras tanto	meanwhile, in the meantime	62
7290993742	para continuar	to continue	63
7290993743	también	also	64
7290993744	tampoco	neither, nor either	65
7290993745	al contrario de	in contrast to	66
7290993746	ambos	both	67
7290993747	a pesar de que	in spite of the fact that	68
7290993748	aunque	although	69
7290993749	como	since, given that	70
7290993750	dado que	given that, since	71
7290993751	de la misma manera	in the same way	72
7290993752	de lo contrario	otherwise	73
7290993753	de otro modo	on the other hand	74
7290993754	en cambio	on the other hand	75
7290993755	en vez de	instead of	76
7290993756	es cada vez más	it is increasingly, every time is more	77
7290993757	igualmente	similarly	78
7290993758	no obstante	however, nevertheless	79
7290993759	pero	but	80
7290993760	por la mayor parte	for the most part	81
7290993761	por motivo que	for the reason that	82
7290993762	por otro lado	on the other hand	83
7290993763	por un lado	on one hand	84
7290993764	sin embargo	however, nevertheless	85
7290993765	sino	but	86
7290993766	sino que	but rather	87
7290993767	tanto mejor	all the better, even better	88
7290993768	tanto "X" como "Y"	jast as "X....", "Y"	89
7290993769	a causa de (que)	because of	90
7290993770	al considerar	upon consideration of	91
7290993771	al parecer	seemingly, apparently	92
7290993772	ante esto	in light of this	93
7290993773	ante tal hecho	considering such a fact	94
7290993774	así que	thus, so, therefore	95
7290993775	como	since, inasmuch as	96
7290993776	como consecuencia	as a consequence, result	97
7290993777	como resultado de	as a result of	98
7290993778	debido a	owed to, because of	99
7290993779	de manera que	so that	100
7290993780	después de que	after	101
7290993781	en todo caso	in any case	102
7290993782	por	because of	103
7290993783	por consiguiente	accordingly, consequently	104
7290993784	por ese motivo	for this reason, that's why	105
7290993785	por lo mismo	for the same reason	106
7290993786	por lo tanto	therefore, hence	107
7290993787	porque	because	108
7290993788	puesto que	since	109
7290993789	resulta que	it results that	110
7290993790	se debe tomar en cuenta	one must take into account that	111
7290993791	sigue que	it follows	112
7290993792	ya que	since, because, seeing that	113
7290993793	a fin de cuentas	in the end, after all	114
7290993794	al fin	finally, at last, in the end	115
7290993795	al fin y al cabo	after all	116
7290993796	ante todo	first, first of all	117
7290993797	de lo anterior, se ve que	from the above, it is clear that	118
7290993798	de todas formas	in any case, anyway	119
7290993799	de todo esto se deduce que	in conclusion	120
7290993800	de todos modos	at any rate	121
7290993801	en breve	shortly, briefly, in short	122
7290993802	en conclusión	in conclusion	123
7290993803	en definitiva	in conclusion, definitely	124
7290993804	en fin	finally, in short	125
7290993805	en resumen	in summary	126
7290993806	en resumidas cuentas	in short	127
7290993807	en todo caso	in any case, anyway	128
7290993808	finalmente	finally	129
7290993809	lo esencial es que	what is essential is that	130
7290993810	mejor dicho	rather, indeed	131
7290993811	para concluir	to conclude	132
7290993812	para resumir	to summarize	133
7290993813	para terminar	to end, to close	134
7290993814	por fin	finally	135
7290993815	por último	lastly	136
7290993816	por siguiente	consequently, thus	137

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AP Language and Composition Prefixes and Roots Flashcards

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5008788888	Intro-	Within, inwardly.	0
5008810804	Spect-	To look, watch, see, or observe	1
5008899143	Introspection	To look inside, reflect	2
5008792326	Anti-	Against, opposite of.	3
5093980551	Antithesis	Using Strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences or ideas.	4
5008797224	Syn- (or Sym)	With, together	5
5008798719	Thesis-	Put, place, position	6
5008806933	Hypothetical	Assumed based on assumption, used as a tentative solution	7
5008908609	Inter-	Between	8
5008910779	Intercede	To plead on behalf of someone else. To serve as a go-between in a disagreement.	9
5008913890	Interloper	One who moves in where he or she is not wanted/has no right to be.	10
5008920301	Autos-	Self	11
5008920302	Autonomy	Self-government, or political control.	12
5008924083	Caput/Capitis-	Head	13
5008925201	Recapitulate	To review a series of facts or to sum up.	14
5093946123	Trans-	Across, over, through	15
5093947852	Transcend	To rise above, exceed.	16
5093950097	Transgress	To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, to break the law.	17
5093953531	Transient	Lasting only a short time, fleeting. OR One who stays only a short time.	18
5093959806	Transmute	To change from one nature, substance, or form to another.	19

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AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

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4805580718	afraid	feeling fear; frightened; apprehensive; or regretful realization; anzious, alarmed	0
4805580719	allusive	containing an indirect reference to another work; casual reference	1
4805580720	angry	wild and stormy; wrath; indignation; rage; ire; vitriol, fume	2
4805580721	apologetic	an acknowledging and expressing regret for a fault, injury, insult, etc.; sorry, remorseful	3
4805580722	audacious	too daring; reckless; bold; presumptuous; insolent; impudent; bantam, assuming	4
4805580723	bantering	to tease or make fun of in a playful way; raillery, joshing	5
4805580724	bitter	causing or showing sorrow, discomfort, or pain; grievous; sardonic; acrimonious, embittered	6
4805580725	boring	wearying by being dull, uninteresting, etc.; monotonous, hackneyed	7
4805580726	candid	honest, outspoken; unbiased, impartial; frank, genuine	8
4805580727	childish	immature; silly; not fit for an adult; juvenile; puerile, pedomorphic	9
4805580728	clinical	purely scientific; dispassionately curious; objective, detached	10
4805580729	cold	without warmth of feeling; not cordial; chilling and gloomy; calm; unenthusiastic, icy	11
4805580730	colloquial	words, phrases or idioms as used in conversation; informal, vernacular	12
4805580731	compassionate	to have sorrow for suffering with helpful intent; pity, deep sympathy	13
4805580732	facetious	lightly joking, usually at an inappropriate time; jacose, jocular	14
4805580733	factual	having te nature of something true; genuine, accurate	15
4805580734	fanciful	indulging in imagination or delusion; imaginative, whimsical	16
4805580735	formal	high level of language utilizing high vocabulary, complex syntax, etc.; academic, pomp	17
4805580736	frivolous	not properly serious or sensible; of little value or importance; trifling; trivial, paltry	18
4805580737	giddy	having a whirling, dazed sensation; whirling; reeling, lightheaded	19
4805580738	happy	favored by circumstances; having, showing, or sharing a feeling of great pleasure; joyous, pleased	20
4805580739	hollow	lacking depth, worthless; not real or meaningful; loneliness; shallow, empty	21
4805580740	humorous	funny; amazing; amusing; comical; droll; waggish, ribald	22
4805580741	impartial	favoring none more than another; without prejudice; just; fair, unbiased	23
4805580742	incisive	cutting into; sharp; keen; piercing; acute; trenchant, poignant	24
4805580743	indignant	anger or scorn from injustice, cruelty, etc.; resentment, animus	25
4805580744	inflammatory	rousing or likely to rouse excitement or violence; vehement, fiery	26
4805580745	informal	casual, easy, unceremonious, or relaxed; colloquial, offhand	27
4805580746	informative	giving instruction, knowledge or education; advisory, illuminating	28
4805580747	insipid	not exciting or interesting; flavorless; dull, inane	29
4805580748	benevolent	doing or inclined to do good; charitable	30
4805580749	burlesque	broadly comic or satirical imitation as of writing, play, etc.; derisive caricature; low comedy	31
4805580750	complimentary	conveying or epressing praise, commendation or admiration	32
4805580751	concerned	interested; troubled or anxious	33
4805580752	condescending	graciously willing to do something regarded as beneath one's dignity; to deal with others in a proud or haughty way	34
4805580753	confident	assured; certain; trustful	35
4805580754	contemptuous	expressing disdain, or scorn, or intense disgust	36
4805580755	contentious	tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome	37
4805580756	cynical	denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions	38
4805580757	detached	not involved by emotion; impartial	39
4805580758	didactic	intended for teaching/instruction; too much inclined to teach others	40
4805580759	disdainful	treating or regarding as beneath one's dignity; aloof contempt or scorn	41
4805580760	dramatic	filled with action, emotion or exciting qualities	42
4805580761	effusive	pour out freely; overflowing; express excessive emotion in unrestrained manner	43
4805580762	elegiac	sad; mournful; plaintive	44
4805580763	elusive	hard to grasp or retain mentally; baffling	45
4805580764	flippant	frivolous and disrespectful; impertinent	46
4805580765	informative	educational, instructional	47
4805580766	irreverent	disrespect; lack of love or awe for something sacred	48
4805580767	ironic	contrary to what is expressed or usual	49
4805580768	insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful; impertinent	50
4805580769	lugubrious	very sad or mournful to an exaggerated or ridiculous extent	51
4805580770	mock-heroic	mocking or burlesquing a heroic manner, action or character	52
4805580771	moralistic	adhering to a system of morals or perhaps imposing this system on others	53
4805580772	objective	without bias or prejudice; detached; impersonal	54
4805580773	patronizing	to treat in a condescending manner	55
4805580774	pedantic	to stress minor or trivial points of learning	56
4805580775	petty	relatively worthless; trivial; minor	57
4805580776	pretentious	making claims, implicit or explicit, to some distinction or importance	58
4805580777	restrained	limited; restricted; suppressed	59
4805580778	sardonic	characterized by bitter or scornful derision	60
4805580779	satiric	use of ridicule, sarcasm, irony to expose, attack or deride vices, follies, stupidities or abuses	61
4805580780	scornful	filled with extreme indignant contempt; disdain; refusing or rejecting as wrong/disgraceful	62
4805580781	sentimental	having or showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, but sometimes in an excessive or maudlin way; influenced more by emotion than reason	63
4805580782	somber	dark and gloomy; earnest and solemn	64
4805580783	sympathetic	looking upon with favor	65
4805580784	taunting	challenging or reproachfull in a sarcastic, insulting or jeering manner	66
4805580785	turgid	inflated, overblown or pmpous; bombastic	67
4805580786	urgent	calling for hast; insistent	68
4805580787	vibrant	throbbing with life; vigorous, energetic, radiant	69
4805580788	whimsical	unpredictable, fanciful	70
4805580789	pitiful	sorrow felt for another's suffering or misfortune; commiserate; condoling, sympathetic	71
4805580790	playful	fond of fun; sportive; humorous, joking, or merry; fralicsome, waggish	72
4805580791	proud	delight or satisfaction of oneself, achievements, possessions, etc. (can be haughty); arrogant, superior	73
4805580792	sad	having, expressing, or showing low spirits; unhappy; sorrowful; mournful, melancholy	74
4805580793	sarcastic	intent to hurt by taunting with mocking ridicule, veiled snickers, etc.; sardonic, caustic	75
4805580794	seductive	tending to persuade to do wrong or evil; lead astray; tempting, enticing	76
4805580795	sharp	harsh; biting; severe, as language, temper, criticism, etc.; harsh, acrimonious	77
4805580796	shocked	any sudden disturbance or agitation of the mind or emotions (surprise, disgust, etc.); dazed, flabbergasted	78
4805580797	silly	having or showing little sense, judgement, or sobriety; absurd; foolish, ludicrous	79
4805580798	intimate	most private or personal; very close or familiar	80
4805580799	joking	anything said or done that deserves laughter	81
4805580800	joyful	feeling, causing, or indicating gladness	82
4805580801	learned	showing knowledge of events or showing scholarly ability	83
4805580802	mocking	to ridicule; mimic; with a sarcastic tone	84
4805580803	mock-serious	imitation of a grave quality or manner; to imitate the earnest of an act	85
4805580804	nostalgic	a wishing for something that happened long ago or is now far away; a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations or the past	86
4805580805	peaceful	free from strife; lacking noise or disorder; quiet	87
4805580806	solemn	deeply earnest, serious, and sober	88
4805580807	sweet	pleasing to the senses; agreeable; having a pleasing disposition; lovable	89
4805580808	tired	weary, hackneyed, lack of sleep and rest	90
4805580809	upset	to disturb the functioning of; to disturb emotionally or physically	91
4805580810	vexed	disturbed, annoys especially in a petty way; to distress or afflict	92
4805580811	zealous	motivated or filled by enthusiastic devotion or strong diligence; fervent; showing great emotion	93

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AP Language Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

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5885456434	alliteration	the repetition of the same sounds in neighboring words or stressed syllables	0
5885459159	allusion	a reference to something in history or in literature	1
5885504541	analogy	shows the relationship of one pair to another pair.	2
5885507748	diction	word choice an author uses to reflect his attitude toward the subject	3
5885511952	hyperbole	an exaggeration of great proportions	4
5885527507	imagery	- appeals to five senses	5
5885530015	irony	present when a contradiction occurs in action or in speech. (aka a person says one thing but means the opposite)	6
5885536432	Juxtaposition	placement of two things next to each other for emphasis	7
5885538106	metaphor	- compares two unlike things - a simile is also a type of metaphor but uses the words "like" and "as"	8
5885544042	parallel structure	- shows similar patterns in sentence structure - author uses this to either compare and contrast or to list items	9
5885549928	personification	- gives inanimate objects human characteristics	10
5885552762	repetition	- occurs when an authors repeat a remark to emphasize its importance	11
5885555810	satire	used to ridicule people, policies, and institutions	12
5885578060	symbolism	uses to concrete items to represent abstract ideas	13
5885580478	syntax	- sentence structure	14

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AP French Language and Culture Exam Prep Set 2 Flashcards

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6890779950	adapter	to adapt	0
6890779951	agrandir	to extend	1
6890779952	améliorer	to improve	2
6890779953	analyser	to analyze	3
6890779954	apprécier	to appreciate	4
6890779955	apprêter	to prepare	5
6890792547	s' apprêter	to get dressed, ready	6
6890806498	bâtir	to build, construct	7
6890779956	calquer	to trace	8
6890779957	catégoriser	to categorize	9
6890779958	choisir	to choose	10
6890779959	classifier	to classify	11
6890779960	comparer	to compare	12
6890779961	conclure	to conclude	13
6890779962	construire	to construct, build	14
6890779963	contraster	to contrast	15
6890779964	critiquer	to criticize	16
6890779965	décortiquer	to analyse, dissect	17
6890779966	déduire	to deduce	18
6890779967	défendre	to defend	19
6890779968	désosser	to debone, take apart	20
6890779969	déterminer	to determine	21
6890779970	développer	to develop	22
6890779971	deviner	to guess, infer	23
6890779972	différencier	to differentiate	24
6890779973	diviser	to divide	25
6890779974	dresser une liste	to make a list	26

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Unit 1 Etymology Vocab AP Language and Composition Flashcards

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4764669159	L	Latin	0
4764670234	GK	Greek	1
4764671827	ON	Old Norse, the Germanic language of the Scandinavian peoples before 1300	2
4764672736	AS	Anglo Saxon, the language of the Germanic peoples who overran Britain, 400-500	3
4764675667	OE	Old English, the language of the Anglo Saxons who settled Britain and renamed it "England" (land of the Angles)	4
4764676718	ME	Middle English, English approximately between 1050 and 1450	5
4764678729	OF	Old French, French approximately between 800 and 1500	6
4764680574	GER	German	7