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AP english language rhetorical terms Flashcards

7433443973	Audience	The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most texts have multiples audiences.	0
7433470067	Concession	An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In an argument an concession is accompanied by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument	1
7433525971	Connotation	meaning or associations that readers have with a word beyond its definition. Usually pos or neg & can affect the authors tone	2
7433562713	Context	the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	3
7433582247	counterargument	an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. rather than ignoring a counterargument a writer will address it through concession and refutation	4
7433617719	ethos	greek for "character". speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible to speak on a given topic. Ethos is established by both who you are and what you say.	5
7433645434	Logos	Greek for "embodied" thought" speakers appeal to logos or reason by offering clear rational ideas & using specific details, examples, facts, statistics or expert testimony to back them up.	6
7433803028	occasion	the time & place a speech is given or a piece is written	7
7433809542	pathos	greek for suffering or experience. speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. plays on audiences values, desires, and hopes	8
7433834199	persona	greek for mask. the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience	9
7433860618	polemic	greek for hostile. an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. polemics don't concede that opposing opinions have any merit.	10
7433911527	propaganda	the spread of ideas and info to further a cause. in its negative sense, propaganda is the use of rumors, lies,disinformation and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause	11
7433938666	purpose	the goal the speaker wants to achieve	12
7433980325	refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument. in order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or or reasonable	13
7434029461	rhetoric	the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. its the art of finding ways to persuade an audience	14
7434071789	rhetorical appelas	rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. 3 major appeals are to ethos(character), logos (reason), pathos (emotion)	15
7434140999	rhetorical triangle	a diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text	16
7434157386	SOAPS	a mnemonic device that stands for occasion, audience, purpose, speaker	17
7434245244	speaker	the person or group who creates a text.	18
7434245245	subject	the topic of a text. what the text is about	19
7434246981	text	generally means the written word in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be read not just consumed and comprehended but investigated. includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons,fine art, photography, performances, fashion, cultural trends and much more	20

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AP Italian language and culture1.1 Flashcards

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8620843045	abbracciare	to embrace	0
8620843046	accogliere	to welcome, to accommodate	1
8620843047	al pari	alike	2
8620843048	l'appellativo	epithet, nickname	3
8620843049	l'approvvigionamento	food supply	4
8620843050	l'arricchimento	enrichment	5
8620843053	il banchiere	banker	6
8620843055	la carestia	famine	7
8620843056	ciascuno	each person, each one	8
8620843059	cosciente	aware	9
8620843060	diffuso	common, widespread	10
8620843061	il dopoguerra	post World War II period	11
8620843062	dotto	scholarly, learned	12
8620843064	la fabbrica	factory	13
8620843066	la fierezza	pride	14
8620843068	fornire	to provide	15
8620843070	l'indebolimento	weakening	16
8620843071	la mancanza	lack	17
8620843074	meridionale	southern	18
8620843076	nutrire	to feed	19
8620843077	occidentale	western	20
8620843078	il palazzo comunale	city hall	21
8620843083	settentrionale	northern	22
8620843084	svilupparsi	to develop	23
8620843085	svolgersi	to develop, to happen	24

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Vocab Semester 2- AP Language Flashcards

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8758948554	idolatry	n. excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object	0
8758948555	adulterate	v. to make impure; to contaminate syn. taint; corrupt ant. refine; refined	1
8758948556	emanate	v. to come forth or to send forth syn. rise; emerge	2
8758948557	garish	adj. tastelessly gaudy syn. showy; glaring; flashy ant. sedate; conservative	3
8758948558	immutable	adj. unchangeable; fixed syn. enduring ant. flexible; changeable	4
8758948559	diadem	n. a crown	5
8758948560	bucolic	adj. pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic syn. pastoral ant. urban	6
8758948561	redolent	adj. having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative syn. aromatic ant. acrid	7
8758948562	impecunious	adj. without money; penniless syn. destitute; indigent ant. affluent; prosperous	8
8758948563	sedition	n. rebellion or resistance against the government syn. treachery; disloyalty	9
8758948564	defile	v. to pollute; to corrupt	10
8758948565	gratuitous	adj. unnecessary or uncalled for	11
8758948566	onus	n. a burden; a responsibility	12
8758948567	impious	adj. disrespectful toward God syn. irreligious; profane ant. devout; pious	13
8758948568	caveat	n. a warning syn. admonition; caution	14
8758972290	elixir	n. a supposed remedy for all ailments syn. medicine; panacea	15
8758973861	desiccated	adj. dried up	16
8758975052	cessation	n. a stopping; a discontinuance syn. ceasing, end ant. beginning; commencement	17
8758977587	juxtapose	v. to place side by side for comparison syn. measure; examine	18
8758980071	kinetic	adj. pertaining to motion	19
8758981546	garrulous	adj. talkative syn. loquacious; verbose ant. taciturn	20
8758982678	fetish	n. an object that receives respect or devotion syn. charm, talisman	21
8758985710	scintillate	v. to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually	22
8758989378	lachrymose	adj. tearful, weepy	23
8758990378	fissure	n. an opening; a groove; a split	24
8758991751	epitome	n. a typical example syn. embodiment, archetype	25
8758993643	languid	adj. sluggish; drooping from weakness syn. listless; feeble; drooping ant. robust; vigorous	26
8758996491	delineate	v. to describe, to depict	27
8758997551	legerdemain	n. sleight of hand; deception	28
8758998811	libertine	n. one who leads an immoral life syn. hedonist; glutton; epicurean	29
8894105894	halcyon	adj. calm; pleasant syn. tranquil; unruffled ant. troubled; tumultuous	30
8894108024	fastidious	adj. hard to please; fussy syn. meticulous; exacting ant. casual; lax	31
8894109941	badinage	n. playful; teasing talk syn. chaff; joshing	32
8894111397	malapropism	n. a word humorously misused	33
8894112560	garner	v. to gather; to acquire	34
8894114339	kismet	n. destiny; fate; fortune	35
8894115854	hegira	n. flight; escape	36
8894117051	paradigm	n. model; example	37
8894117535	debauchery	n. corruption; self-indulgence syn. excess; dissipation	38
8894119981	milieu	n. environment; setting	39
8894121139	regress	v. to move backward	40
8894121709	bilious	adj. bad tempered; cross syn. grouchy; cantankerous ant. pleasant	41
8894124923	necromancy	n. magic, especially that practiced by a witch	42
8894125650	gumption	n. courage and initiative; common sense syn. enterprise; aggressiveness; drive	43
8894127396	blandishment	n. flattery	44
9183844505	nirvana	n. a condition of great peace or happiness	45
9183846361	salutary	adj. healthful; wholesome syn. beneficial ant. pernicious	46
9183847949	despicable	adj. contemptible; hateful syn. vile; base ant. laudable; worthy	47
9183850272	harlequin	n. a clown	48
9183850283	empathy	n. an understanding of another's feelings syn. appreciation; compassion	49
9183854076	brevity	n. briefness; short duration syn. terseness; conciseness ant. lengthiness	50
9183856554	savant	n. a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar	51
9183858068	obsequious	adj. excessively submissive or overly attentive	52
9183860604	redundant	adj. repetitious; using more words than needed syn. wordy; excessive; unnecessary ant. essential	53
9183867408	offal	n. garbage; waste parts	54
9183869252	hoi polloi	n. the common people; the masses	55
9183871129	sentient	adj. conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving syn. alert; alive; cognizant	56
9183873556	impinge	v. to encroach; to trespass syn. infringe; intrude	57
9183875545	cataract	n. a large waterfall	58
9183877353	animosity	n. hatred syn. ill-will; hostility ant. friendliness; congeniality	59
9259504443	bombast	n. impressive but meaningless language	60
9259507167	orthography	n. correct spelling	61
9259508882	paleontology	n. a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils	62
9259512125	recoil	v. to retreat; to draw back	63
9259513538	panache	n. self-confidence; a showing manner syn. charisma; spirit	64
9259516257	saturnine	adj. gloomy; sluggish syn. sullen morose ant. genial	65
9259519453	endemic	adj. confined to a particular country or area syn. native; indigenous ant. alien; foreign	66
9259524254	mendacious	adj. lying; false; deceitful syn. duplicitous ant. truthful	67
9259529811	obviate	v. to prevent; to get around	68
9259537037	paroxysm	n. a sudden outburst; a fit syn. outburst; commotion	69
9259539160	aggrandize	v. to increase the range of; to expand; to make appear large syn. enlarge; augment enrich; exaggerate; embellish ant. decrease diminish belittle devalue	70
9259546790	deign	v. to lower oneself before an inferior syn. stoop or condescend	71
9259549479	flaunt	v. to show off syn. boast; exhibit ant. conceal	72
9259551317	shibboleth	n. a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group	73
9259555689	elicit	v. to draw forth; to call forth syn. ecoke; extract ant. cover; suppress	74
9628169848	orifice	n. mouth; opening	75
9628170620	hallow	v. to make holy syn. bless; consecrate ant. desecrate	76
9628183602	perdition	n. damnation; ruin; hell	77
9628185196	chaff	n. worthless matter syn. rubbish	78
9628188074	aesthetic	adj. pertaining to beauty syn. artistic ant. displeasing	79
9628189348	empirical	adj. based on practical experience rather than theory syn. observable ant. theoretical	80
9628193524	germane	adj. relevant; itting syn. appropriate; pertinent; suitable ant. irrelevant	81
9628195455	hermetic	adj. tightly sealed syn. airtight	82
9628198156	meretricious	adj. attractive in a cheap, flashy way syn. gaudy; showy; tawdry ant. restrained; tasteful	83
9628205758	querulous	adj. complaining; grumbling syn. fretful; peevish ant. complacent; satisfied	84
9646972491	Flaccid	Adj. flabby Syn. Weak, feeble Ant. Solid, taut	85
9646972492	Hospice	N. A shelter for travelers orphans or the ill or destitute	86
9646972493	egregious	Adj. remarkably bad outrageous Syn. Flagrant gross Ant. Moderate	87
9646972494	Ratiocinate	V. To reason to think	88
9646972495	Foment	V. To stir up; to incite Syn. Instigate arouse Ant. Quell curb	89
9693027869	salient	adj. significant; conspicuous; standing ou from the rest	90
9693034210	recant	v. to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion	91
9693036627	jocular	adj. humorous; lighthearted syn. joking, witty, amusing ant. solemn, morose	92
9693042431	palliate	v. to ease; to lessen; to soothe syn. alleviate; excuse ant. intensify; exacerbate	93
9693049405	malleable	adj. capable of being changed; easily shaped syn. workable ant. rigid; inflexible	94
9693056193	recreant	n. a coward; a traitor	95
9693057591	affinity	n. an attraction to syn. partially; fondness ant. aversion	96
9693062388	impalpable	adj. unable to be felt; intangible syn. imperceptible; indiscernible	97
9693071162	fiscal	adj. pertaining to finances syn. economic; budgetary	98
9693074127	regale	v. to delight with something pleasing or amusing syn. amuse; entertain ant. anger; depress; annoy	99
9693079467	miscreant	n. a vicious person syn. villain; criminal; knave	100
9693084647	flagellate	v. to whip; to lash syn. flog	101
9693087360	lascivious	adj. lustful or lewd syn. wanton; obscene ant.wholesome; decent	102
9693093005	flout	v. to ridicule; to show contempt for syn. mock; scoff ant. esteem; revere	103
9693101635	salacious	adj. obscene; lustful syn. lecherous ant. chaste	104
10080280039	rebuke	v. to scold; to blame syn. admonish; reprimand ant. praise; laud	105
10080283440	nonentity	n. a person or thing of little importance syn. cipher; nobody	106
10080285453	sang-froid	n. calmness; composure or self-possession syn. aplomb; self confidence ant. uneasiness; perturbation	107
10080290009	desultory	adj. wandering from subject to subject syn. disconnected; rambling	108
10080293720	hector	v. to buly; to pester syn. badger; browbeat	109
10080295822	pandemic	adj. general; widespread	110
10080298460	coalesce	v. to blend; to merge syn. mix, unitem combine ant. separate; divide	111
10080304694	beguile	v. to deceive; to charm; to enchant syn. charm, fool ant. irritate, bore	112
10080318047	ennui	n. boredom; a weariness resulting from lack of interesting ant. excitement; interest	113
10080320446	hiatus	n. pause or gap syn. intermission; break	114
10080325301	lambent	adj. softly bright or radiant; moving lightly over a surface syn. glowing; lucid	115
10080327297	ergo	therefore syn. consequently; hence	116
10080329205	hubris	n. excessive pride or self-confidence syn. arrogance; overconfidence ant. humility; diffidence	117
10080332843	pecuniary	adj. pertaining to money; financial syn. monetary	118
10080336361	sibilant	adj. a hissing sound	119
10080340389	incendiary	adj. causing to excite or inflame syn. instigative; inciting	120
10080342844	apotheosis	n. the finest example syn. epitome; archetype	121
10080345481	contiguous	adj. making contact or touching at some point; side by side syn. adjoining; abutting ant. separated; detached	122
10080409133	auspicious	adj. signaling favorable or promising results syn. encouraging	123
10080411070	vociferous	adj. marked by noise; loud syn. boisterous; clamorous	124
10080413872	avuncular	adj. similar to an uncle	125
10080419976	proletariat	n. working or lower class	126
10080421841	tenacious	adj. strongly held; not easy to separate syn. clinging, resolute ant. weak	127
10080428590	specious	adj. deceptive or misleading syn. false ant. accurate	128
10080430615	refractory	adj. unmanageable or difficult to control; willful syn.defiant; provocative ant. obedient; conforming	129
10080436562	inimitable	adj. cannot be imitated syn. incomparable; unparalleled	130
10080438346	malfeasance	n. poor conduct or wrongdoing, especially on the part of a public official syn. corruption or crookedness	131
10080442350	platonic	adj. marked by the absence of romance or physical attraction	132
10080445235	pontificate	v. speak in a pretentiously dignified or dogmatic way syn. orate, sermonize	133
10080447381	prurient	adj. given to lustful or lewd thoughts syn. obscene	134

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AP Language Vocab Quiz 1 Flashcards

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7253091975	Abjure (part of speech)	Verb	0
7253096987	Abjure (definition)	to renounce or retract	1
7253098125	Anomaly (part of speech)	Noun	2
7253101875	Anomaly (definition)	deviation from the norm; odd or peculiar occurrence; unnatural	3
7253105066	Equanimity (part of speech)	noun	4
7253106258	Equanimity (definition)	stability or calmness; composure; sangfroid	5
7253109113	Estrange (part of speech)	verb	6
7253110178	Estrange (definition)	to alienate; disunite	7
7253111809	Flay (part of speech)	verb	8
7253113744	Flay (definition)	to whip; to remove skin	9
7253116222	Florid (part of speech)	adjective	10
7253117739	Florid (definition)	rosy-colored; reddish	11
7253119820	Interminable (part of speech)	adjective	12
7253121035	Interminable (definition)	tiresome and long; unending	13
7253124773	Lugubrious (part of speech)	adjective	14
7253125558	Lugubrious (definition)	mournful or gloomy; sorrowful	15
7253128804	Nondescript (part of speech)	adjective	16
7253129855	Nondescript (definition)	having no individuality; amorphous	17
7253131883	Propitious (part of speech)	adjective	18
7253132832	Propitious (definition)	favorable; auspicious	19
7253134776	Rife (part of speech)	adjective	20
7253137233	Rife (definition)	abundant; prevalent; full; dominant	21
7253139609	Truncate (part of speech)	verb	22
7253141533	Truncate (definition)	to shorten	23
7253143134	Ubiquitous (part of speech)	adjective	24
7253144270	Ubiquitous (definition)	occurring everywhere; omnipresent; universal	25
7253145774	Vernacular (part of speech)	noun	26
7253146699	Vernacular (definition)	everyday language; dialect	27
7253148296	Zealous (part of speech)	adjective	28
7253149680	Zealous (definition)	fervent; fanatical; passionate; enthusiastic	29

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AP Language: Syntax and Diction Flashcards

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5760363224	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines	0
5760368687	antimetabole	Repetition of words in reverse order	1
5760370866	antithesis	Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction	2
5760374033	archaic diction	Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words	3
5760377244	asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	4
5760382850	inversion	inverted order of words in a sentence(variation of the subject-verb-object order)	5
5760391909	synecdoche	Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole	6
5760402117	zeugma	Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings	7
5760407764	cumulative sentence	Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning and then builds and adds on	8
5760410950	horative sentence	Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action	9
5760416808	imperative sentence	Commanding sentence	10
5760419842	Periodic sentence	sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end	11

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Ap Geography Language Flashcards

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8658646442	Accent		0
8658647112	Anatolian Hypothesis		1
8658647113	Creole	A language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language with indigenous languag of people being dominated	2
8658647954	Dialect	A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,spelling, and pronunciation	3
8658647962	Extinct Language	A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used	4
8658651216	Ideogram	System of writing used in china and other east asian countries which each symbol represents idea or concept	5
8658651884	Indo European		6
8658652911	Nostratic Hypothesis		7
8658653694	Isogloss	A boundary that seperates regions in which in different languages usages predominate	8
8658654826	Isolated Language	A language that is unrelated to any other languages and there fore not attached to any language family	9
8658656515	Kurgan Hypothesis		10
8658656554	Language	Communication through use of speech , collection of sounds understood by a group to have the same meaning	11
8658657607	Language branch	Collection of languages related to common ancestor that excisted	12
8658658396	Language family	A collection of languages related to eachother. Through a common ancestor that exsisted long before record history	13
8658659219	Language group	Langauages within a branch that share a common orgin in relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammer and vocabularu	14
8658659738	Lingua Franca	A langiage mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages	15
8658660359	Literary tradition	A language that is written as well as spoken	16
8658661713	Mono bi multi linguality		17
8658662735	National language		18
8658663785	Official Language	Language adopted for use by government for conduct if business and publication of documents	19
8658665060	Orthography		20
8658665860	Pidgin	Form of speech that adopts simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca	21
8658666728	Polyglot		22
8658667478	Slang		23
8658667522	Standard Language	The form of a language used for official government buisness,education, and mass communications	24
8658669818	Syntax		25
8658669819	Toponym	The name goven to a portion of earths surface	26
8658671259	Trade Language		27
8658671296	Vernacular	An area that people believe as part of their cultural identity	28
8658678395	Vocabulary		29

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AP Lang VDB Units 1+2 Vocab Flashcards

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7255655951	abstract	having no reference to material objects or specific examples; not concrete	0
7255655952	allusion	a reference to people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art	1
7255655953	ambiguity	an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.	2
7255655954	anecdote	a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature	3
7255655955	antithesis	contrast or opposition; (rhetoric) the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, phrases, or words so as to accentuate differences or produce an effect of balance	4
7255655956	analogy	comparison between two things that are otherwise unlike	5
7255655957	antecedent	a word or phrase referred to by any relative pronoun	6
7255655958	aphorism	a concise statement to state a principle or an opinion that is generally understood to be a universal truth; maxim	7
7255655959	clause	a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence	8
7255655960	phrase	a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence	9
7255655961	cliche	a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse	10
7255655962	colloquial	characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal	11
7255655963	concrete	pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions	12
7255655964	connotation	the associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition	13
7255655965	context	the parts of a text that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect	14
7255655966	persona	the face or character that an author shows the audience	15
7255655967	denotation	the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word	16
7255655968	counterargument	an opposing argument to the one the author is putting forward	17
7255655969	concession	an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable	18
7255655970	refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	19
7259200571	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	20
7259201044	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	21
7259201482	awe	solemn wonder	22
7259201847	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	23
7259202851	cynical	questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	24
7259203859	condescending	a feeling of superiority	25
7259204521	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	26
7259214621	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	27
7259215281	critical	finding fault	28
7259216233	choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	29
7259216593	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or undeserving of respect	30
7259220188	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	31
7259221034	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality	32
7259224103	disdainful	scornful	33
7259224104	didactic	attempting to educate or instruct the reader	34
7259225142	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	35
7259225924	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	36
7259227121	erudite	learned, polished, scholarly	37
7259227585	fanciful	using the imagination	38
7259228586	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	39
7259229468	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	40
7259230284	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	41
7259230922	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	42
7259231597	intimate	very familiar	43
7259232076	judgemental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	44
7259233801	jovial	happy	45
7259234632	lyrical	expressing poetic inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	46
7259235440	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	47
7259236394	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	48
7259237046	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	49

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AP LANGUAGE TONE VOCAB WORDS Flashcards

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9251701356	sardonic	grimly mocking or cynical	0
9251703398	scornful	feeling or expressing contempt or derision	1
9251707747	satiric	sarcastic, critical, and mocking another's weaknesses	2
9251712624	vituperative	bitter and abusive	3
9251718100	scathing	witheringly scornful; severely critical	4
9251722918	facetious	treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant	5
9251733074	resigned	having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about	6
9251753470	objective	not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts	7
9251744473	wistful	having or showing a feeling of vague of regretful longing	8
9251749201	pedantic	overly concerned with formal rules and trivial point of learning	9
9251762591	didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	10
9251777849	disdainful	showing contempt for lack of respect	11
9251780940	laudatory	expressing praise and commendation	12
9251785820	idyllic	extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque	13
9251790102	reverent	feeling or showing deep and solemn respect	14
9251796596	irreverent	showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously	15
9251806520	lugubrious	looking or sounding sad and dismal	16
9251811474	elegiac	relating to or characteristic of an elegy that expresses similar mournfulness or sorrow	17
9251825973	macabre	disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or death and injury	18
9251830251	maudlin	self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness	19
9251838989	jingoistic	characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy	20
9251846613	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	21
9251849414	cynical	believing that people are motivated by self-interest, distrustful of human sincerity or integrity	22
9251854434	indignant	feeling or showing anger in annoyance in what is perceived as unfair treatment	23

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7293582393	Approbation	The expression of approval	0
7293582394	Assuage	To make easier or milder	1
7293583345	Coalition	A combination or union	2
7293583346	Decadence	Decline, decay, or deterioration	3
7293583347	Elicit	To draw forth	4
7293584824	Expostulate	To express strong disagreement	5
7293584825	Hackneyed	Used so often as to lack freshness	6
7293585937	Hiatus	A gap, opening, or break	7
7293585938	Innuendo	A hint or reference	8
7293585939	Intercede	Intervene on behalf of another	9
7293587334	Jaded	Wearied, worn-out, or dulled	10
7293588828	Lurid	Causing shock or horror	11
7293588829	Meritorious	deserving recognition and praise	12
7293590246	Petulant	Easily irritated and upset	13
7293590247	Prerogative	A special right or privilege	14
7293590248	Provincial	Pertaining to an outlying area	15
7293591547	Simulate	To make a pretense of	16
7293591548	Transcend	To rise above or beyond	17
7293594764	Umbrage	Shade cast by trees	18
7293660130	Unctuous	Really smooth or smug	19

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