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AP Literature: Vocabulary Words #6 Flashcards
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| 5719400802 | Antediluvian | (adj) ancient (n) old person or object | 0 | |
| 5719400803 | Concomitant | (adj) two things accompanying one another but the second thing plays a lesser role | 1 | |
| 5719400804 | Contemn | (v) treat with disdain, scorn | 2 | |
| 5719400805 | Contumely | (n) occurrence of insulting language or behavior | 3 | |
| 5719400806 | Exigency | (n) state of emergency | 4 | |
| 5719400807 | Feckless | (adj) weak, ineffective | 5 | |
| 5719400808 | Narcissistic | (adj) excessive love in oneself | 6 | |
| 5719400809 | Parsimony | (n) extremely unwilling to spend money or use resources -negative: cheap -positive: economical/careful | 7 | |
| 5719400810 | Precipitate | (n) result of (v) rush it along to do something hastily, to throw away something away violently (adj) done hastily | 8 | |
| 5719400811 | Punctilious | (adj) showing great attention to detail | 9 | |
| 5719400812 | Requite | (v) to repay or to get vengeance | 10 | |
| 5719400813 | Raiment | (n) clothing | 11 | |
| 5719400814 | Tatterdemalion | (n) person dressed in run down clothes | 12 | |
| 5719400815 | Tenable | (adj) something you can defend or maintain | 13 | |
| 5719400816 | Vertiginous | (adj) causing dissyness or inclined to pointless change | 14 |
AP Literature Terms Flashcards
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| 10160782924 | allegory | a story in which people, things and events have another meaning | 0 | |
| 10160786626 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings a work may communicate | 1 | |
| 10160798716 | Apostrophe | direct address usually to someone that is not present | 2 | |
| 10160801542 | Connotation | implication of a word or phrase | 3 | |
| 10160803499 | Convention | a device of style used for means of expression | 4 | |
| 10160805796 | denotation | dictionary meaning | 5 | |
| 10160807784 | Didactic | explicitly instructive | 6 | |
| 10160810079 | Digression | the use of material unrelated to the subject of a work | 7 | |
| 10160813717 | epigram | a pithy saying, often using contrast | 8 | |
| 10160816899 | euphemism | a figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness | 9 | |
| 10160828857 | grotesque | characterized by distortions or incongruitites | 10 | |
| 10160835366 | hyperbole | deliberate exaggeration | 11 | |
| 10160844109 | Jargon | Special language of a group or profession | 12 | |
| 10160850596 | Literal | not figurative | 13 | |
| 10160853088 | lyrical | songlike | 14 | |
| 10160856351 | Oxymoron | group of opposites | 15 | |
| 10160859174 | parable | a story designed to suggest a princible | 16 | |
| 10160861091 | paradox | a statement that seems self contradicting but in fact isn't | 17 | |
| 10160870906 | Parody | When a composition mimics another in forms of comedy | 18 | |
| 10160875515 | personification | A figurative use of giving nonhuman human characteristics | 19 | |
| 10160892156 | reliability | when the reader can trust the word of a fictional author | 20 | |
| 10160902864 | rhetorical question | a question not meant to be answered | 21 | |
| 10160908269 | soliloquy | When a character speaks their thoughts aloud privately | 22 | |
| 10160915753 | stereotype | conventional pattern | 23 |
Ap Literature Vocabulary terms. Flashcards
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| 10206136359 | Abstract | Expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed. | 0 | |
| 10206136360 | Adage | A traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation | 1 | |
| 10206141186 | Allegory | Figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. | 2 | |
| 10206142868 | Alliteration | Commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group | 3 | |
| 10206147811 | Allusion | An indirect or passing reference | 4 | |
| 10206148150 | Ambiguity | Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention. | 5 | |
| 10206153127 | Anachronism | Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time. | 6 | |
| 10206153128 | Analogy | A correspondence or partial similarity. | 7 | |
| 10206155502 | Anecdote | A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. | 8 | |
| 10206155550 | Antagonist | A person who is opposed to. | 9 | |
| 10206158607 | Antithesis | The direct opposite. | 10 | |
| 10240538516 | Aphorism | A terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation. | 11 | |
| 10240539199 | Apostrophe | The sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word. | 12 | |
| 10240539200 | Archetype | The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based. | 13 | |
| 10240539843 | Assonance | Resemblance of sounds. | 14 | |
| 10240539844 | Ballad | Any poem written in similar style. | 15 | |
| 10240540345 | Bathos | Triteness or triviality in style. | 16 | |
| 10240540346 | Blank verse | Unrhymed Verse. | 17 | |
| 10240555997 | Caesura | Any break, pause or interruption. | 18 | |
| 10240555998 | Canon | The body of ecclesiastical law. | 19 | |
| 10240557024 | Caricature | The art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions, etc. | 20 | |
| 10240579723 | Climax | A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. | 21 | |
| 10240580879 | Colloquial | Involving or using conversation. | 22 | |
| 10240581373 | Conceit | An excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc. | 23 | |
| 10240581872 | connotation | The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning. | 24 | |
| 10240581873 | consonance | Accord or agreement. | 25 | |
| 10240582521 | Couplet | A pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. | 26 | |
| 10240582530 | Diction | style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words. | 27 | |
| 10240583381 | Deus ex machina | Any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot. | 28 | |
| 10240583716 | Elegy | A poem written in elegiac meter. | 29 | |
| 10240605408 | Ellipsis | Printing a mark or marks as ——, ..., or * * *, to indicate an omission or suppression of letters or words. | 30 | |
| 10240605409 | Enjambment | The running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break. | 31 | |
| 10240607651 | Epic | resembling or suggesting such poetry. | 32 | |
| 10240623653 | Epigram | A short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought. | 33 | |
| 10240624148 | Euphemism | The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. | 34 | |
| 10240624404 | Exposition | writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain. | 35 | |
| 10240624405 | Fable | A story not founded on fact. | 36 | |
| 10240625141 | Falling action | The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. | 37 | |
| 10240625142 | Farce | Humor of the type displayed in such works. | 38 | |
| 10240626601 | First person - narrative | A literary style in which the narrative is told from the perspective of a narrator speaking directly about himself or herself. | 39 | |
| 10240627068 | Flashback | A device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. | 40 | |
| 10240627416 | Foil | To keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc. | 41 | |
| 10240627744 | Foreshadowing | To show or indicate beforehand. | 42 | |
| 10240627745 | Free verse | verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. | 43 | |
| 10240628326 | Genre | A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique. | 44 | |
| 10240630864 | Hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration. | 45 | |
| 10240630865 | Imagery | The use of rhetorical images. | 46 | |
| 10240631329 | In medias res | In the middle of things. | 47 | |
| 10240631330 | Irony | The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. Example- the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend. | 48 | |
| 10240726020 | Juxtapose | To place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. | 49 | |
| 10240727884 | Litotes | understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in "not bad at all." | 50 | |
| 10240727885 | Lyric | Pertaining to or writing lyric poetry. | 51 | |
| 10240728660 | Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. Example - "A mighty fortress is our God." | 52 | |
| 10240728661 | Meter | The fundamental unit of length in the metric system. | 53 | |
| 10240729464 | metonymy | A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related. Example - "scepter" for "sovereignty," or "the bottle" for "strong drink," or "count heads (or noses)" for "count people." | 54 | |
| 10240729968 | Mood | A distinctive emotional quality or character. Example - The mood of the music was almost funereal. | 55 | |
| 10240735045 | Motif | A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work. Example - the profit motif of free enterprise. | 56 | |
| 10240735046 | Narrator | A person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc. | 57 | |
| 10240735389 | Ode | A poem intended to be sung. | 58 | |
| 10240735390 | Omniscient point of view | Method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story. | 59 | |
| 10240736124 | Onomatopoeia | The use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect. | 60 | |
| 10240786656 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect. Example - "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly." | 61 | |
| 10240786657 | Parable | A short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. | 62 | |
| 10240787385 | paradox | A self-contradictory and false proposition. | 63 | |
| 10240787386 | Parody | A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. Example - his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy. | 64 | |
| 10240794029 | Pastoral | pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic. Example - pastoral scenery; the pastoral life. | 65 | |
| 10240794030 | Pathos | The quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion. | 66 | |
| 10240794836 | Persona | The narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author. | 67 | |
| 10240794837 | Personification | The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. | 68 | |
| 10240805796 | Plot | Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story. | 69 | |
| 10240806876 | Protagonist | The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. | 70 | |
| 10240806877 | Quatrain | A stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes. | 71 | |
| 10240807507 | Realism | The tendency to view or represent things as they really are. | 72 | |
| 10240807508 | Refrain | To abstain from an impulse to say or do something. Example - I refrained from telling him what I thought. | 73 | |
| 10240807948 | Rhetorical question | A question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply. Example - "What is so rare as a day in June?" | 74 | |
| 10240809561 | Rhyme | Identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse. | 75 | |
| 10240809562 | Rising action | A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. | 76 | |
| 10240809982 | Sarcasm | A sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark. Example - a review full of sarcasms. | 77 | |
| 10240809983 | Satire | a literary genre comprising such compositions. | 78 | |
| 10240810917 | Setting | the act of a person or thing that sets. | 79 | |
| 10240853895 | Shakespearean Sonnet | A sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg | 80 | |
| 10240857610 | Simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared. Example - "she is like a rose." | 81 | |
| 10240857611 | Soliloquy | The act of talking while or as if alone. | 82 | |
| 10240888777 | Stanza | An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem. | 83 | |
| 10240888778 | Stereotype | a set form; convention. | 84 | |
| 10240889280 | Structure | A complex system considered from the point of view of the whole rather than of any single part. Example - the structure of modern science. | 85 | |
| 10240895508 | Style | A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character. Example - the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking. | 86 | |
| 10240895509 | Syllogism | an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument. | 87 | |
| 10240896073 | symbolism | The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. | 88 | |
| 10240896529 | synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part. | 89 | |
| 10240896530 | syntax | A system or orderly arrangement. | 90 | |
| 10240898169 | Terza rima | An Italian form of iambic verse consisting of eleven-syllable lines arranged in tercets | 91 | |
| 10240898526 | Theme | A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition. Example - The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. | 92 | |
| 10240898527 | Tone | quality or character of sound. | 93 | |
| 10240899307 | Tragedy | A lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster. Example - stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths. | 94 | |
| 10240899308 | voice | A range of such sounds distinctive to one person, or to a type of person or animal. Example - Her voice is commanding. | 95 |
Vocab AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7223846190 | enjoin | to command somebody to do something or behave in a certain way; to forbid or direct | 0 | |
| 7223836264 | asceticism | austerity and self-denial, especially as a principled way of life | 1 | |
| 7223841047 | dint | force emphasis | 2 | |
| 7223841900 | envoy | somebody acting as a diplomat on behalf of a govt; official messenger | 3 | |
| 7223841901 | espouse | to adopt a cause, a belief, or a way of life | 4 | |
| 7223842527 | beguile | to mislead or deceive somebody | 5 | |
| 7223846189 | allocation | the assignment or earmarking of something/the thing, amount, or share,of something allocated to somebody or something | 6 | |
| 7223846948 | oscillate | to swing between two points; to sway back and forth between choices | 7 | |
| 7223846949 | interloper | somebody who interferes in other people's affairs, especially selfishly | 8 | |
| 7223847856 | histrionics | exaggerated emotional behavior done for show or to gain a reaction | 9 | |
| 7226671061 | innocuous | harmless in effect | 10 | |
| 7226671062 | impervious | remaining unmoved or unaffected | 11 | |
| 7226671063 | fetter | a chain or shackle; a means of confinement/to confine or restrain | 12 | |
| 7226671064 | desecrate | to damage something sacred | 13 | |
| 7226671065 | rend | to tear apart violently | 14 | |
| 7226671066 | salubrious | beneficial to or promoting health or well-being | 15 | |
| 7226671067 | vapid | lacking interest or liveliness; lacking strength, taste, or flavor | 16 | |
| 7226671068 | taciturn | habitually uncommunicative or reserved in speech and manner | 17 | |
| 7226671069 | alacrity | promptness or eager and speedy readiness | 18 | |
| 7226671070 | abstruse | obscure and not easily understood | 19 | |
| 7292581005 | Incarcerate | To put in prison; to place some situation of confinement | 20 | |
| 7292595327 | Vacuous | Having no content; lacking ideas or intelligence | 21 | |
| 7292601569 | Intimate | To imply or hint; to make known | 22 | |
| 7292608122 | Jubilant | Feeling or expressing great delight | 23 | |
| 7292612215 | Presumptuous | Inconsiderate, disrespectful, or overconfident, especially in doing something when not entitled or qualified | 24 | |
| 7292615668 | Pecuniary | Having to do with money or financial matters | 25 | |
| 7292625055 | Licentious | Lacking moral restraint, of a promiscuous or illegal nature | 26 | |
| 7292633342 | Muse | To ponder think over daydream | 27 | |
| 7292634529 | Subversive | Intended or likely to undermine or overthrow a government or other institution or idea | 28 | |
| 7292637682 | Lassitude | State of weariness accompanied by listlessness or apathy | 29 | |
| 7337774385 | vacillate | to be indecisive, to sway from side to side | 30 | |
| 7337777470 | initiative | ability to act and make decision without help or advice | 31 | |
| 7337782340 | disparity | lack of equality | 32 | |
| 7337791131 | avocation | hobby or pastime | 33 | |
| 7337797515 | efficacy | ability to produce the necessary or desired results | 34 | |
| 7337802974 | capricious | tending to make sudden and unpredictable changes; spontaneous | 35 | |
| 7337809931 | reticent | unwilling to communicate or reveal facts | 36 | |
| 7337815699 | dichotomous | dividing into two parts; branching | 37 | |
| 7337818261 | moribund | nearly dead; having lost all sense of purpose; becoming obsolete | 38 | |
| 7337824977 | risqué | alluding to sexual conduct in a way that is close to being indecent or in bad taste | 39 | |
| 7401155883 | unequivocally | in a way that is clear | 40 | |
| 7401158170 | inexorable | impossible to stop | 41 | |
| 7401160326 | retinue | a group of people who travel with and attend to an important person | 42 | |
| 7401160327 | insipid | lacking in character or lively qualities | 43 | |
| 7401162359 | shamble | to walk with an unsteady or unusual gait | 44 | |
| 7401164586 | corroborate | to give or represent evidence of the truth; to support | 45 | |
| 7401164587 | employment | to make use of; to apply | 46 | |
| 7401167183 | suppliant | humble towards one in power; servant-like/one who is humble | 47 | |
| 7401169144 | tedium | quality of being boring, monotonous, too long, or repetitive | 48 | |
| 7401172399 | torrid | full of romantic passion; sweltering; scorching | 49 | |
| 7409714108 | impasse (n) | a point at which no further progress can be made or an agreement reached | 50 | |
| 7409714109 | lugubrious | extremely sad, gloomy, or mournful | 51 | |
| 7409714110 | affront (n) | an open insult or giving offense | 52 | |
| 7409714111 | Indolent (adj) | not making an effort | 53 | |
| 7409714112 | Connoisseur | an expert in a specific field | 54 | |
| 7409714113 | cajole (v) | persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery | 55 | |
| 7409714114 | blasé (adj) | unimpressed due to past experience | 56 | |
| 7409714115 | Analogous | comparable in certain aspects | 57 | |
| 7409714116 | Choleric | easily angered | 58 | |
| 7409714117 | encumber | To weigh down or burden | 59 | |
| 7628508160 | droll | amusing in a wry or odd way | 60 | |
| 7628508161 | adulation | excessive flattery or admiration | 61 | |
| 7628510477 | carnage | widespread and discriminate slaughter or massacre | 62 | |
| 7628513462 | decrepit | in poor condition, especially old, overused, or not working efficiently | 63 | |
| 7628516196 | expectorate | to cough up or spit | 64 | |
| 7628516197 | attribute | to regard something as being caused by someone/an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | 65 | |
| 7628518570 | recurring | happening more than once or frequently; reptitive | 66 | |
| 7628518571 | lethargic | physically slow and mentally dull | 67 | |
| 7628521423 | endowed | provided, supplied, or equipped with; enriched; graced with | 68 | |
| 7628526929 | peremptory | communicating urgency, command, or instruction | 69 | |
| 7702841595 | prostrate | to lie flat on the face or bow very low, as in worship or humility | 70 | |
| 7702846300 | plethora | a large amount or number of something, especially an excessive amount | 71 | |
| 7702877419 | palpitate | to beat in an irregular or abnormally rapid way | 72 | |
| 7702883261 | propitious | favorable and likely to lead to success; kindly disposed or gracious | 73 | |
| 7702890107 | extricate | to release somebody or something with difficulty from a constraint or an unpleasant or complicated situation | 74 | |
| 7702936630 | emanate | to originate from; to be produced | 75 | |
| 7702981153 | antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite | 76 | |
| 7702995692 | deem | to judge or consider something in a particular light | 77 | |
| 7703002299 | fiasco | a total failure, especially a humiliating or ludicrous one | 78 | |
| 7703005101 | pinnacle | the highest or topmost point or level of something, a natural peak | 79 | |
| 7779086675 | Voluble (adj) | talking easily and at length, or involving lengthy talking | 80 | |
| 7779086676 | perspicuity | clearness, lucidity | 81 | |
| 7779086677 | perjury | false testimony under oath | 82 | |
| 7779086678 | flagrant (adj) | very obvious and contrary to stands of conduct or morality | 83 | |
| 7779086679 | acquiesce | To accept without protest; to agree or submit | 84 | |
| 7779086680 | amity (n) | friendly or peaceful relations | 85 | |
| 7779086681 | preposterous | going very much against what is thought to be sensible or reasonable | 86 | |
| 7779086682 | Parody (n) | a piece that deliberately copies another work in a comedic way | 87 | |
| 7779086683 | Arduous (adj) | hard to do, requiring much effort | 88 | |
| 7779086684 | Trepidation | A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen | 89 | |
| 7834635854 | Admonish (v) | warn or reprimand someone firmly. | 90 | |
| 7834635855 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. | 91 | |
| 7834635856 | collusion | secret agreement or cooperation | 92 | |
| 7834635857 | Cognizant (adj) | fully informed; to know or to be aware | 93 | |
| 7834635858 | barrage (n) | a rapid attacking or outpouring (can be used with insults) | 94 | |
| 7834635859 | ramification (n) | consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome | 95 | |
| 7834635860 | unctuous | excessively smooth or smug;u npleasant | 96 | |
| 7834635861 | Urbane (adj) | showing sophisticstion | 97 | |
| 7834635862 | Aplomb (n.) | Confidence, self-assurance | 98 | |
| 7834635863 | Nebulous (Adj) | Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form | 99 | |
| 7927039518 | brazen | showing or expressing boldness and complete lack of shame | 100 | |
| 7927046922 | inscrutable | mysterious, incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry | 101 | |
| 7927057928 | caricature | a verbal description meant to exaggerate or distort for comic relief | 102 | |
| 7927070023 | ennui | weariness and dissatisfaction with life that results from a loss of interest | 103 | |
| 7927080075 | debilitate | to sap strength of somebody or something | 104 | |
| 7927091998 | fraternize | to spend time with other people socially, especially am enemy | 105 | |
| 7927103704 | schism | the division of a group into mutually antagonistic factions | 106 | |
| 7927110496 | extonerate | to declare officially to be free from blame or guilt, to relieve someone from guilty | 107 | |
| 7927120397 | sedation | a state of calm restfulness or drowsiness | 108 | |
| 7927125776 | prognosticate | to predict or foretell future events | 109 | |
| 7993913026 | austere | plain and simple, without luxury | 110 | |
| 7993917968 | vehement | expressed with, or showing conviction or intense feeling | 111 | |
| 7993930203 | strident | harsh, loud, grating, or shrill | 112 | |
| 7993944860 | ostentatious | marked by vulgar display of wealth and success designed to impress people | 113 | |
| 7993957948 | derisive | showing contempt or ridicule | 114 | |
| 7993965263 | sanguine | cheerfully optimistic; flushed with a healthy rosy color | 115 | |
| 7993979210 | corpulent | obese, overdone | 116 | |
| 7993982423 | pompous | having excessive sense of self importance | 117 | |
| 7993995115 | facetious | intended to be humorous but often silly or inappropriate | 118 | |
| 7994009415 | manifest | to make something evident by showing or demonstrating it very clearly | 119 | |
| 8085304823 | malady (n) | a physical or psychological disorder or disease | 120 | |
| 8085304824 | allude to | refer to something/someone breifly | 121 | |
| 8085304825 | Grievances | A cause of distress felt to warrant a complaint not well founded | 122 | |
| 8085304826 | sequential | Forming or following a logical order or sequence. | 123 | |
| 8085304827 | vitiate (v) | to corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective | 124 | |
| 8085304828 | remonstrance | a forceful protest | 125 | |
| 8085304829 | profligate | extremely extravagant or wasteful | 126 | |
| 8085304830 | nuance | sought difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color | 127 | |
| 8085304831 | fortuitous | happening by chance | 128 | |
| 8085304832 | fecund | prolific, fruitful, fertile | 129 | |
| 8085304833 | status quo | the accepted or given situation, the usual | 130 | |
| 8204877038 | repartee | conversation consisting of witty remarks; a witty remark | 131 | |
| 8204889356 | incendiary | able to catch fire spontaneously or cause a fire easily | 132 | |
| 8204902953 | periphery | the area around the edge of a place | 133 | |
| 8204905696 | emissary | an agent or representative sent on a particular mission | 134 | |
| 8204916830 | venerable | worthy of respect as a result of great age, wisdom, remarkable achievements | 135 | |
| 8204928058 | brigand | a bandit operation in wild or isolated terrain, band of thieves | 136 | |
| 8204935507 | felicity | happiness or contentment | 137 | |
| 8204938580 | magnanimous | very generous, kind, or forgiving | 138 | |
| 8204951415 | ubiquitous | present everywhere at once, or seeming to be | 139 | |
| 8283598786 | garrulous | given to excessive, rambling talk | 140 | |
| 8283710740 | gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted | 141 | |
| 8283715888 | sonorous | having or producing sound | 142 | |
| 8283719922 | stupor | a state of reduced or suspended sensibility | 143 | |
| 8283727085 | frenetic | wildy excited or active | 144 | |
| 8283731918 | ruse | a crafty trick, a con, scam | 145 | |
| 8283736715 | egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive, flagrant | 146 | |
| 8283742812 | pander | to cater to the lower tastes and desires of others to exploit their weaknesses; flatter | 147 | |
| 8283751563 | propriety | appropriateness of behavior | 148 | |
| 8283758567 | innate | possessed at birth; inborn | 149 | |
| 8603192256 | resolute | characterized by firmness or determination | 150 | |
| 8603194273 | vanquish | to defeat or conquer in battle | 151 | |
| 8603196881 | meet | appropriate | 152 | |
| 8603200228 | rendezvous | prearranged meeting place | 153 | |
| 8603201679 | amorous | strongly attracted to love | 154 | |
| 8603203460 | languid | lacking energy or vitality | 155 | |
| 8603208264 | extol | to praise lavishly | 156 | |
| 8603209996 | dissolute | lacking in moral restraint | 157 | |
| 8603211731 | turgid | over distended, bloated | 158 | |
| 8603216160 | ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm or exuberance | 159 | |
| 8668256808 | pernicious | deadly, causing great harm | 160 | |
| 8668258959 | fatuous | unconsciously stupid, asinine, inane | 161 | |
| 8668262614 | writhe | to twist or squirm as in pain | 162 | |
| 8668267456 | incredulous | disbelieving, skeptical | 163 | |
| 8668270115 | furtive | characterized by stealth, shifty, sneaky | 164 | |
| 8668275001 | interminable | never ending | 165 | |
| 8668282569 | obliquely | in an indirect or evasive manner | 166 | |
| 8668284776 | acute | keenly perceptive, shrewd | 167 | |
| 8668287278 | obtuse | slow to comprehend, not astute | 168 | |
| 8668291174 | febrile | feverish | 169 | |
| 8747054929 | labyrinth | maze, puzzle | 170 | |
| 8747057606 | obfuscate | to render indistinct or dim, to darken, to confuse | 171 | |
| 8747071843 | primeval | original, belonging to the first ages | 172 | |
| 8747074478 | effusive | spread out, exuding, flowing | 173 | |
| 8747078400 | beseech | beg earnestly | 174 | |
| 8747085834 | pathos | quality that arouses feelings of sympathy | 175 | |
| 8747102427 | capitulate | to surrender under certain terms, to give up | 176 | |
| 8747106753 | astute | keen in judgment , crafty | 177 | |
| 8747111887 | solicitous | anxious and concerned, attentive | 178 | |
| 8747115102 | deprecating | to lessen the price or value of | 179 | |
| 8825075366 | prodigal | extravagantly wasteful | 180 | |
| 8825081815 | albeit | although | 181 | |
| 8825081817 | sinecure | job that requires no work but provides compensation | 182 | |
| 8825088971 | prolixity | wordiness, verbosity | 183 | |
| 8825095328 | visage | facial features, especially as an indicator of emotions | 184 | |
| 8825100860 | presage | an indication or warning of future occurrence | 185 | |
| 8825106594 | bereave | to leave desolate, especially by death | 186 | |
| 8825108372 | gratis | free of charge | 187 | |
| 8825111324 | intercession | entreaty in favor of another | 188 | |
| 8825113684 | lineament | distinctive shape, contour | 189 | |
| 8904938192 | accouterment | the act of preparing for duty, obligation | 190 | |
| 8904947616 | pertinacity | stubbornness | 191 | |
| 8904955515 | viand | an article of food | 192 | |
| 8904971592 | impunity | exemption from penalty or punishment | 193 | |
| 8904973498 | accordant | in agreement or harmony | 194 | |
| 8904975549 | impute | to ascribe crime or fault to another | 195 | |
| 8904980425 | parapet | low protective wall | 196 | |
| 8904983188 | deportment | conduct or demeanor | 197 | |
| 8904985345 | temperance | condition or quality of being moderate, restrained | 198 | |
| 8904990937 | surly | sullenly rude and ill-humored | 199 | |
| 8983838477 | sundry | various | 200 | |
| 8983839773 | ponderous | heavy, cumbersome | 201 | |
| 8983841348 | enigma | puzzle, riddle | 202 | |
| 8983844625 | copious | large in quantity | 203 | |
| 8983848802 | irksome | causing annoyance or bother | 204 | |
| 8983850161 | habiliments | the dress or style associated with an office or occasion | 205 | |
| 8983854277 | brevity | quality of being brief | 206 | |
| 8983856744 | aesthetic | of or pertaining to a sense of the beautiful | 207 | |
| 8983859415 | inwardly | on or in the inside, within, privately | 208 | |
| 8983865913 | scrupulous | principled , having morals | 209 | |
| 9057014568 | curate | clergyman | 210 | |
| 9057014570 | reverie | daydream, trance | 211 | |
| 9057016284 | nonplus | state of perplexity or bafflement | 212 | |
| 9057018341 | confound | to cause to become confused, bewilder | 213 | |
| 9057028803 | gambol | to leap about playfully, frolic | 214 | |
| 9057030533 | mutability | ability to change, adapt | 215 | |
| 9057033006 | quail | to lose courage, cower | 216 | |
| 9057035258 | ethereal | highly refined, delicate, heavenly | 217 | |
| 9057037739 | pedantic | scholarly, but with no basis on experience or practicality | 218 | |
| 9057043655 | nascent | coming into existence, emerging | 219 | |
| 9141944026 | equivocal | capable of two interpretations, evasive | 220 | |
| 9141948765 | resplendent | filled with splendor, brilliant | 221 | |
| 9141952079 | hinder | to hold back, be in the way, hamper, delay | 222 | |
| 9141956860 | dubious | fraught with uncertainty or doubt, arousing doubt or uncertainty | 223 | |
| 9141966281 | corporeal | of a material nature, tangible | 224 | |
| 9141967906 | derive | to obtain or receive from a source | 225 | |
| 9141973218 | ruminate | to meditate at length, muse | 226 | |
| 9141977502 | errant | roving, especially in search of adventure | 227 | |
| 9141983942 | zest | added flavor or interest | 228 | |
| 9141986218 | goad | provoke into action | 229 | |
| 9221564861 | vexation | a source of irritation or annoyance | 230 | |
| 9221568392 | rigor | strictness or severity as in temperament, action, or judgement | 231 | |
| 9221572780 | beget | to cause to exist | 232 | |
| 9221575540 | recourse | a turning or applying to a person or thing for aid | 233 | |
| 9221577824 | discourse | verbal expression in speech or writing | 234 | |
| 9221582675 | exploit | to employ to the greatest possible advantage or an adventure, act, or deed | 235 | |
| 9221586005 | assail | to attack violently, assault | 236 | |
| 9221588972 | garrison | to assign troops to a military post or convert to a military post | 237 | |
| 9221593900 | vigilant | on alert, watchful | 238 | |
| 9221595676 | denote | to reveal or indicate, mark | 239 |
AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 7275228911 | Metaphor | Making a comparison without using like or as Ex: He had a a roller coaster of emotions. | 0 | |
| 7275228912 | Simile | Making a comparison using like or as Ex: He ran like the wind. | 1 | |
| 7275228913 | Metonomy | The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant Ex: The white house decided on a new policy. | 2 | |
| 7275233292 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa Ex: Many hands make like work. | 3 | |
| 7275234465 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea Ex: The sun smiled down on me. | 4 | |
| 7275251523 | pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things Ex: The angry clouds were grey. | 5 | |
| 7275255855 | anthropomorphism | the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a animal or object. Ex: Lighting McQueen raced in the Daytona 500. | 6 | |
| 7275258805 | zoomorphism | Applying animal characteristics to humans or gods Ex: The boy howled in pain. | 7 |
ap world history: chapter 35 Flashcards
rebirth and revolution: nation building in east asia and the pacific rim
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| 7383334467 | where was the guomindang government based after wwii? | taiwan | 0 | |
| 7383334468 | the leader of the guomindang was... | chiang kai-shek | 1 | |
| 7383334469 | from 1955-1990, the liberal democratic party dominated in... | japan | 2 | |
| 7383334470 | the capital of the people's democratic republic of korea is... | pyongyang | 3 | |
| 7383334471 | The capital of the republic of korea is... | seoul | 4 | |
| 7383334472 | the korean war started under... | harry truman | 5 | |
| 7383334473 | which country was a british colony until 1997? | hong kong | 6 | |
| 7383334474 | the leader of south korea after wwii, pushed out of office in 1960, was... | syngman rhee | 7 | |
| 7383334475 | which country was founded by chung ju-yung | hyundai | 8 | |
| 7383334476 | who came to power in taiwan in 1978? | chiang ching-kuo | 9 | |
| 7383334477 | first ruler of singapore | lee kuan yew | 10 | |
| 7383334478 | the capital of the people's republic of china | beijing | 11 | |
| 7383334479 | the people's liberation army was where? | the people's republic of china | 12 | |
| 7383334480 | the mass line was mao zedongs... | economic policy | 13 | |
| 7383334481 | the goal of the great leap forward was... | industrialization | 14 | |
| 7383334482 | what came to power in china during the 1960s? | pragmatists | 15 | |
| 7383334483 | who was a pragmatist? | liu shaoqi | 16 | |
| 7383334484 | Jiang Qing was the wife of... | mao zedong | 17 | |
| 7383334485 | what was launched by mao zedong in 1965? | the great leap forward | 18 | |
| 7383334486 | the red guard was composed of... | students | 19 | |
| 7383334487 | the leader of the gang of four was... | jiang qing | 20 | |
| 7383334488 | the tayson rebellion ended which dynasty? | nguyen dynasty | 21 | |
| 7383334489 | minh manga was the second emporer of the nguyen dynasty founded by whom? | gia long | 22 | |
| 7383334490 | which vietnamese leader was supported by the us? | ngo dihn diem | 23 | |
| 7383334491 | what was the guerrilla movement founded in southern vietnam? | vietcong | 24 | |
| 7383334492 | following wwii, the japanese emperors played the same role as what period? | shogunate | 25 | |
| 7383334493 | what was reflected in the division of korea? | cold war rivalries | 26 | |
| 7383334494 | what country was one of the most important relics of european imperialism? | hong kong | 27 | |
| 7383334495 | the trend referred to "japan, incorporated" did what to the trends during the interwar period? | continued | 28 | |
| 7383334496 | what was most similar to korea in terms of economic development? | japan a decade earlier | 29 | |
| 7383334497 | in korea, companies like daewoo and hyundai did what? | took care of every aspect of their employee's lives | 30 | |
| 7383334498 | in terms of chinese-us relations, the 1970s saw what? | complete switch | 31 | |
| 7383334499 | the table "indices of growth and change in the pacific rim" and "pacific rim growth" supports what statement? | the entire region followed the same slowing trend from 1965-1996. | 32 | |
| 7383334500 | in "social economic data" and "pacific rim growth", what country had the most agricultural economy in 1996? | china | 33 | |
| 7383334501 | what brought temporary cooperation between china's nationalists and communists? | japanese invasion | 34 | |
| 7383334502 | at the end of wwii, the chinese communist controlled what? | much of northern china | 35 | |
| 7383334503 | what group proved critical triumph to the communists of china? | peasants | 36 | |
| 7383334504 | mass line was analogous to what in russia | collectivization | 37 | |
| 7383334505 | the great leap forward can be characterized as what? | a complete failure | 38 | |
| 7383334506 | the pragmatists represented what? | a retreat from marxist ideals | 39 | |
| 7383334507 | in chinese society, the nationalists advocated what? | confucian traditions | 40 | |
| 7383334508 | The Cultural Revolution was analogous to what? | the stalinist purges | 41 | |
| 7383334509 | opium and alcohol sales in vietnam under french rule was a result of what? | the french desire to make colonizing vietnam worthwhile | 42 | |
| 7383334510 | in vietnam, communism was arguably... | a tool of independence | 43 | |
| 7383334511 | japanese rule in vietnam had a effect of what? | providing an opening for renewed liberation efforts | 44 | |
| 7383334512 | compared to the korean war, fighting in the vietnam war was what in the same period? | much more complicated | 45 | |
| 7383334513 | the context for us involvement in the vietnam war was what? | the cold war | 46 | |
| 7383334514 | like germany towards the end of wwii, in 1945 japan... | drastically reduced its military power | 47 | |
| 7383334515 | both mao zedong and joseph stalin undertook cultural reforms as what? | a first step towards rapid industrialization | 48 | |
| 7383334516 | unlike korea, the cold war left vietnam... | ununited | 49 |
AP World History "-Isms" Flashcards
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| 6777798437 | Absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |  | 0 |
| 6777798438 | Anarchism | a political theory favoring the abolition of governments |  | 1 |
| 6777798439 | Anti-Semitism | policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews |  | 2 |
| 6777798440 | Chartism | the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people |  | 3 |
| 6777798441 | Colonialism | -The practice of having and running colonies. |  | 4 |
| 6777798442 | Cubism- | the most influential artistic movement of the 20th century "Pablo Piccasso" typifies the form. Multi-veiw-point and three dimensional representations of objects, sometimes disassembled and reassembled in abstract ways. |  | 5 |
| 6777798443 | Dadaism | a nonsensical form of mostly visual arts that became popular beginning around 1916 as a response to the horrors of WWI. |  | 6 |
| 6777798444 | New Imperialism | Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers and the United States, which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories. |  | 7 |
| 6777798445 | Owensim | Utopian socialist philosophy of 19th century social reformer ______ ________ and his followers and successors. Aimed for radical reform of society and is considered a forerunner of the cooperative movement. | 8 | |
| 6777798446 | Pan-Slavism | A movement to promote the independence of Slav people. Roughly started with the Congress in Prague; supported by Russia. Led to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. |  | 9 |
| 6777798447 | Positivism | the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) |  | 10 |
| 6777798448 | Communism | a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. |  | 11 |
| 6777798449 | Conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes |  | 12 |
| 6777798450 | Racism | discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race |  | 13 |
| 6777798451 | Corporatism | a political system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state or dominant political party;public policy is typically the result of negotiations among representatives of the state and key interest groups |  | 14 |
| 6777798452 | Realism | This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion |  | 15 |
| 6777798453 | Revisionism | Socialist thought that disagreed with Marx's formulation; believed that social and economic progress could be achieved through existing political institutions. |  | 16 |
| 6777798454 | Deism | The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life. |  | 17 |
| 6777798455 | Empiricism | the view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment. |  | 18 |
| 6777798456 | Existentialism | A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean-Paul Satre, Soren Kierkegaard ("the father of _______"), Albert Camus, Freidrich Nietzche, Franz Kafka, and Simone de Beauvoir. |  | 19 |
| 6777798457 | Romanticism | An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions. |  | 20 |
| 6777798458 | Social Darwinism | The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. |  | 21 |
| 6777798459 | Socialism | a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. |  | 22 |
| 6777798460 | Utilitarianism | The theory, proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1700s, that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people. |  | 23 |
| 6777798461 | Zionism | A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel. |  | 24 |
| 6777798462 | Fabianism | a British intellectual socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of Social democracy via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World War I. The society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party and subsequently affected the policies of states emerging from the decolonisation of the British Empire, especially India. |  | 25 |
| 6777798463 | Fascism | A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini. |  | 26 |
| 6777798464 | Feminism | the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men |  | 27 |
| 6777798465 | Fourierism | founded by Charles Fourier. he believed that the industrial order ignored the passionate side of human nature. Social discipline ignored all the pleasures of human being naturally seek. He advocated phalanxes in which agrarian labor dominated and people could rotate tasks throughout the day |  | 28 |
| 6777798466 | Humanism | an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics |  | 29 |
| 6777798467 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. |  | 30 |
| 6777798468 | Isolationism | a policy of non-involvement in foreign affairs |  | 31 |
| 6777798469 | Impressionism | Major Western artistic style that gained prominence in the second half of the 1800s and into the 1900s.Against Realism, visual impression of a moment, style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience, often very colorful. |  | 32 |
| 6777798470 | Jansenism | A branch of Catholicism which resembled Protestantism. Emphasized need for God's grace in achieving salvation and the importance of original sin. Louis XIV took special actions to restrict the rights of this group and force them underground. | 33 | |
| 6777798471 | Liberalism | A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes. |  | 34 |
| 6777798472 | Mannerism | Artistic movement against the Renaissance ideals of symetry, balance, and simplicity; went against the perfection the High Renaissance created in art. Used elongated proportions, twisted poese and compression of space. |  | 35 |
| 6777798473 | Marxism | the economic and political theories of ______ __________and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded |  | 36 |
| 6777798474 | Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests |  | 37 |
| 6777798475 | Militarism | a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggresively to defend or promote national interests |  | 38 |
| 6777798476 | Modernism | practices typical of contemporary life or thought |  | 39 |
| 6777798477 | Nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |  | 40 |
| 6777798478 | Nazism | a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism, The doctrines of nationalism, racial purity, anti-Communism, and the all-powerful role of the State. The National Socialist German Workers Party encouraged this and it was advocated by Adolf Hitler in Germany. |  | 41 |
| 6777798479 | Daoism | Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns |  | 42 |
| 6777798480 | Confucianism | the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct |  | 43 |
| 6777798481 | Legalism | In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime |  | 44 |
| 6777798482 | Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. |  | 45 |
| 6777798483 | Zoroastrianism | A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda, Emphasizing truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil |  | 46 |
| 6777798484 | Federalism | A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments |  | 47 |
| 6777798485 | Centralism | denotes the concentration of a government's power into a centralized government. This takes away some of the powers of the states and puts more power into the hands of the executive leader | 48 | |
| 6777798486 | Feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land |  | 49 |
| 6777798487 | Protectionism- | government policy of insulating domestic industries from the world market through import tariffs and taxes. |  | 50 |
| 6777798488 | Manorialism | An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production. |  | 51 |
| 6777798489 | Radicalism | a political philosophy that emphasizes the need to find and eliminate the basic injustices of society; seek what they consider the roots of the economic, political, and social wrongs of society and demand immediate and sweeping changes to wipe them out; a belief that rapid, dramatic changes need to be made to existing society, usually think current system cannot be saved and must be overturned |  | 52 |
| 6777798490 | Protestantism | - religions born of protests to the practices of Catholicism |  | 53 |
| 6777803616 | Secularism | the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations | 54 | |
| 6781932447 | Syncretism | the combination of different forms of belief or practice; the fusion of 2 or more religions/practices | 55 | |
| 6781935984 | Terrorism | a political tactic by which comparatively weak militants use grotesquely inhumane and lethal acts to convince a frightened public that danger is everywhere and that their government is incapable of protecting the public | 56 | |
| 6781949443 | Separatism | a belief in, a movement for, or state of racial and cultural separation (Ex: Schisms, Secession, ad Segregation) | 57 | |
| 6781958115 | Schism | a formal division in or separation from a church or religious body | 58 |
AP World History Religions Flashcards
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| 9911901778 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods |  | 0 |
| 9911901779 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 1 | |
| 9911901780 | Animism | -They practice nature worship -They believe that everything has a spirit | 2 | |
| 9911901781 | Shinto | A Japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits | 3 | |
| 9911901782 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms. -Polytheistic -The Vedas, Upanishads, etc.. were all significant writings. | 4 | |
| 9911901784 | Brahman | The term for The Universal Soul in Hinduism. | 5 | |
| 9911901785 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. | 6 | |
| 9911901787 | Reincarnation | In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding Basically Samsara | 7 | |
| 9911901788 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 8 | |
| 9911901790 | Ahisma | Hindu belief in nonviolence, belief that all life is sacred | 9 | |
| 9911901791 | Caste System | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 10 | |
| 9911901792 | Judaism | -A religion with a belief in one god (Monotheistic) -It originated with the prophet Abraham and the Hebrew people. | 11 | |
| 9911901793 | Buddhism | A religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that the most important thing in life is to end suffering by letting go of attachment. | 12 | |
| 9911901794 | The Four Noble Truths | The core of the Buddhist teaching. 1. Life is full of pain and suffering 2. human desire causes this suffering 3. By putting an end to desire, humans can end suffering 4. Humans can end desire by following the Eightfold Path | 13 | |
| 9911901796 | Confucianism | A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government through dominant/subservient relationships | 14 | |
| 9911901797 | Five Relationships in Confucianism: | - Ruler over ruled - Father over Son - Older brother over Younger brother - Husband over Wife - Friend equal to Friend | 15 | |
| 9911901799 | Taoism or Daoism | an ideology whose central theme is "the Way", which you can follow by emulating nature. -Ying and Yang is used to illustrate the natural harmony in the world. |  | 16 |
| 9911901800 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. | 17 | |
| 9911901802 | Sacraments | Religious practices such as baptism and receiving the Eucharist. There are 7 in total. | 18 | |
| 9911901803 | Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. | 19 | |
| 9911901804 | The Five Pillars of Islam | 1. Confession of Faith 2. Prayer 3. Charity 4. Fasting 5. Pilgrimage | 20 | |
| 9911901805 | Zoroastrianism | -A monotheistic religion, originally from ancient Persia, with belief in good and evil, heaven and hell | 21 |
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