AP Language- Literary Techniques Flashcards
Literary techniques refers to any specific, deliberate constructions or choices of language which an author uses to convey meaning in a particular way. This usually happens with a single word or phrase or particular group of words or phrases at one single point in the text. They are NOT necessarily present in EVERY text, rather they represent deliberate, conscious choices by individual authors.
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| 7478843507 | Allegory | symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a second meaning not explicit in the narrative (Animal Farm-> Russian Revolution) | 0 | |
| 7478861631 | Alliteration | beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same consonant sound (I saw a bee busy among the sweet bilberries) |  | 1 |
| 7478869181 | Allusion | reference to a historical, biblical, mythological, or literary event, place, person, thing or idea (He has the patience of Job) | 2 | |
| 7478874752 | Anachronism | assignment of something to a time when it was not in existence (Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) |  | 3 |
| 7478874753 | Analogy | comparison between something familiar and something unfamiliar for the purpose of illuminating or dramatizing the unfamiliar (detailed description of how nuclear fission is like opening a break in a pool) | 4 | |
| 7478876846 | Anecdote | short entertaining story usually personal or biographical | 5 | |
| 7478876847 | Antithesis | strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times) |  | 6 |
| 7478878396 | Aphorism | brief statement of truth or principle given ( A penny saved is a penny earned) | 7 | |
| 7478878397 | Apostrophe | statement addressing an absent person or abstract quality as though present (Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him) |  | 8 |
| 7478898572 | Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words |  | 9 |
| 7478898573 | Catharsis | Moral and spiritual cleansing; an empathic identification with others. Dark or Black Humor- Use of the morbid or absurd for darkly comic purposes (Catch 22 by Joseph Heller) | 10 | |
| 7478901484 | Consonance | the repetition of consonant sound within or at end of a series of words | 11 | |
| 7478903094 | Epigram | short, witty poem expressing a single observation |  | 12 |
| 7478904338 | Epiphany | sudden understanding or realization which prior to this was to thought of or understood |  | 13 |
| 7478904339 | Epilogue | closing section added to the end of a novel, play, etc., providing further comment , interpretation, or information |  | 14 |
| 7478905981 | Ethos | qualities and language in a work that builds trust or credibility in the author or speaker |  | 15 |
| 7478907368 | Euphemism | substituting a mild/non-offensive word or expression for one whose meaning might be harsh or unpleasant (extensive burns vs. charred flesh) | 16 | |
| 7478908934 | Farce | humorous play based on improbably situations, gross incongruities, coarse wit, or horseplay rather than plot and character |  | 17 |
| 7478908935 | Hyperbole | deliberate & outrageous exaggeration; serious or comedic (shot heard round the world) | 18 | |
| 7478908936 | Irony | words say one thing but mean another | 19 | |
| 7478913699 | Antiphrasis Irony | satirical of humorous use of a word or phrase to convey an idea exactly opposite to its real significance (Calling Caesar's murderers "honorable men" - Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) | 20 | |
| 7478915008 | Dramatic Irony | facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader, audiences, or other characters in the work |  | 21 |
| 7478920789 | Situational Irony | event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character, of the reader, or of the audience |  | 22 |
| 7478922543 | Sarcastic Irony | caustic and bitter expression of strong disapproval. It is personal, jeering, intended to hurt | 23 | |
| 7478929564 | Verbal Irony | Words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) true meaning. (I couldn't care less.) | 24 | |
| 7478929565 | Juxtaposition | placing two or more things close together or side by side for comparison or contrast |  | 25 |
| 7478931585 | Litotes | understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite (not least for great; not to fail for succeed; not bad or good) | 26 | |
| 7478933356 | Logos | language that appeals to the reader's sense of logic | 27 | |
| 7478934832 | Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things not using 'like' or 'as' (time is money) | 28 | |
| 7478937765 | Metonymy | substitution of one word for another which it suggests (man of the cloth vs. priest) | 29 | |
| 7478938998 | Onomatopoeia | the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe (hiss, buzz, boom) |  | 30 |
| 7478940422 | Oxymoron | combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression (jumbo shrimp) | 31 | |
| 7478940423 | Paradox | contradictory statement which has some truth in it (less is more) | 32 | |
| 7478941855 | Parable | a short, simple, illustrative story used to teach a moral or religious lesson |  | 33 |
| 7478941856 | Pathos | Quality in a literary work that arouses feelings of pity, sorrow, or compassion in the reader or audience |  | 34 |
| 7478943037 | Personification | gives inanimate objects or inanimate ideas human characteristics (wind cried in the dark) |  | 35 |
| 7478943038 | Prologue | an introduction to a poem, play, novel, etc. | 36 | |
| 7478944537 | Pun | play on words that are either identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meaning | 37 | |
| 7478944538 | Satire | a work that attacks human folly or a societal problem with humor and wit |  | 38 |
| 7478944539 | Simile | a comparison of two different things or ideas using the words 'like' or 'as' | 39 | |
| 7478945799 | Symbolism | object, person, place, action, that has a meaning but also stands for something larger such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value | 40 | |
| 7482406567 | Synecdoche | a part of something represents the whole also the whole can represent a part (all hands on deck) | 41 | |
| 7482412121 | Synesthesia | description of one sense by words generally used to describe another (hungry eyes, blind mouths) | 42 |
AP Literature Flashcards
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| 8200668097 | allegory | story or poem that can be used to reveal a hidden meaning |  | 0 |
| 8200668098 | alliteration | beginning of same letter or sound in closely connected words |  | 1 |
| 8200668099 | allusion | indirect of passing reference |  | 2 |
| 8200668100 | anaphora | repetition in first part of a sentence , to have an artistic meaning |  | 3 |
| 8200668101 | antagonist | a hostile person who is opposed to another character |  | 4 |
| 8200668102 | apostrophe | figure of speech used to adresss an imaginary character | | 5 |
| 8200668103 | approximate rhyme | words in rhyming pattern that sound alike |  | 6 |
| 8200668104 | aside | when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on the stage |  | 7 |
| 8200668105 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |  | 8 |
| 8200668106 | blank verse | poetry written in meter without an ending rhyme |  | 9 |
| 8200668107 | cacophony | blend of unharmonious sounds |  | 10 |
| 8200668108 | caesura | pause in the middle of a line |  | 11 |
| 8200668109 | catharsis | the release of emotions through art (emotional cleanse) |  | 12 |
| 8200668110 | flat character | story character who have no depth, usually has one personality or characteristic |  | 13 |
| 8200668111 | round character | character who has complex personality: contradicted person |  | 14 |
| 8200668112 | dynamic character | changes throughout the story, through major conflict |  | 15 |
| 8200668113 | static character | person who doesn't change throughout story keeps same personality |  | 16 |
| 8200668114 | characterization | process of revealing characters personality |  | 17 |
| 8200668115 | climax | point where conflict hits its highest point |  | 18 |
| 8200668116 | comedy | drama that is amusing or funny |  | 19 |
| 8200668117 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 20 |
| 8200668118 | connotation | secondary meaning to a word |  | 21 |
| 8200668119 | consonance | repetition of same consonant in words close together |  | 22 |
| 8200668120 | couplet | two rhyming lines in a verse |  | 23 |
| 8200668121 | denotation | the literal meaning of a word |  | 24 |
| 8200668122 | denouement | final outcome of the story |  | 25 |
| 8200668123 | deus ex machina | resolution of a plot by chance or coincidence |  | 26 |
| 8200668124 | didactic writing | writing with a primary purpose to teach or preach |  | 27 |
| 8200668125 | direct presentation of character | author telling the reader how a character is and what actions it will do further in the story |  | 28 |
| 8200668126 | double rhyme | rhyme where the repeated vowel is in the second last syllable of words involved (ex; born scorn) | 29 | |
| 8200668127 | dramatic exposition | prose commentaries, to provide background information about the characters and their world |  | 30 |
| 8200668128 | end rhyme | rhymes occurring at the end of line |  | 31 |
| 8200668129 | end stopped line | line ending in regular punctuation |  | 32 |
| 8200668130 | English sonnet | a sonnet rhyming ababcdcdededgg |  | 33 |
| 8200668131 | epiphany | when a character receives a spiritual insight into they life |  | 34 |
| 8200668132 | euphony | smooth choice and arrangement of sounds |  | 35 |
| 8200668133 | extended figure | A figure of speech sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines or through a whole poem. |  | 36 |
| 8200668134 | falling action | Events after the climax, leading to the resolution |  | 37 |
| 8200668135 | feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables |  | 38 |
| 8200668136 | figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. |  | 39 |
| 8200668137 | figure of speech | a way of saying something other than the ordinary way |  | 40 |
| 8200668138 | foot | basic unit in the scansion or measurement of verse , stressed and un stressed syllables |  | 41 |
| 8200668139 | form | external pattern or shape of a poem |  | 42 |
| 8200668140 | free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |  | 43 |
| 8200668141 | hamartia | tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall |  | 44 |
| 8200668142 | imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |  | 45 |
| 8200668143 | indirect presentation of character | the personality of a character is revealed by what he or she does or says |  | 46 |
| 8200668144 | internal rhyme | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |  | 47 |
| 8200668145 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 48 |
| 8200668146 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |  | 49 |
| 8200668147 | dramatic irony | Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. | | 50 |
| 8200668148 | irony of situation | refers to an occurrence that is contrary to what is expected or intended |  | 51 |
| 8200668149 | italian sonnet | A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd |  | 52 |
| 8200668150 | masculine rhyme | A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable |  | 53 |
| 8200668151 | melodrama | a play based upon a dramatic plot and developed sensationally |  | 54 |
| 8200668152 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 55 |
| 8200668153 | meter | A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |  | 56 |
| 8200668154 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it |  | 57 |
| 8200668155 | motivation | A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior |  | 58 |
| 8200668156 | narrator | Person telling the story |  | 59 |
| 8200668157 | octave | 8 line stanza |  | 60 |
| 8200668158 | onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. |  | 61 |
| 8200668159 | hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor |  | 62 |
| 8200668160 | oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. |  | 63 |
| 8200668161 | paradox | A contradiction or dilemma |  | 64 |
| 8200668162 | paraphrase | A restatement of a text or passage in your own words. |  | 65 |
| 8200668163 | personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |  | 66 |
| 8200668164 | plot | Sequence of events in a story | | 67 |
| 8200668165 | point of view | The perspective from which a story is told |  | 68 |
| 8200668166 | omniscient point of view | The point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person. |  | 69 |
| 8200668167 | third person limited point of view | narrator tells the story from only one character's pov |  | 70 |
| 8200668168 | first person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |  | 71 |
| 8200668169 | objective point of view | a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the story, with no comment on any characters or events. |  | 72 |
| 8200668170 | protagonist | Main character |  | 73 |
| 8200668171 | quatrain | A four line stanza |  | 74 |
| 8200668172 | rhythm | A regularly recurring sequence of events or actions. |  | 75 |
| 8200668173 | rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 76 |
| 8200668174 | rising action | Events leading up to the climax |  | 77 |
| 8200668175 | sarcasm | the use of irony to mock or convey contempt |  | 78 |
| 8200668176 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 79 |
| 8200668177 | scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns |  | 80 |
| 8200668178 | sestet | 6 line stanza |  | 81 |
| 8200668179 | setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs. |  | 82 |
| 8200668180 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 83 |
| 8200668181 | soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |  | 84 |
| 8200668182 | sonnet | 14 line poem |  | 85 |
| 8200668183 | stanza | A group of lines in a poem | | 86 |
| 8200668184 | stream of consciousness | private thoughts of a character without commentary |  | 87 |
| 8200668185 | syllabic verse | Verse measured by the number of syllables rather than the number of feet per line. |  | 88 |
| 8200668186 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |  | 89 |
| 8200668187 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |  | 90 |
| 8200668188 | synesthesia | describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color", "a sweet sound") |  | 91 |
| 8200668189 | tercet | 3 line stanza | | 92 |
| 8200668190 | terza rima | a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc. |  | 93 |
| 8200668191 | theme | Central idea of a work of literature |  | 94 |
| 8200668192 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 95 |
| 8200668193 | tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |  | 96 |
| 8200668194 | truncation | Utilizing a melody with part of the end omitted. |  | 97 |
| 8200668195 | understatement | the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis |  | 98 |
| 8200668196 | verse | A single line of poetry writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme | | 99 |
| 8200668197 | vilanelle | a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain. |  | 100 |
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AP Language Unit 11 Flashcards
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| 5598313088 | Cura | Care | 0 | |
| 5598313115 | Sinecure | A job that brings a salary or reward without requiring work; a job in name only | 1 | |
| 5598321965 | Incurious | Not inclined to seek knowledge; idle | 2 | |
| 5598327150 | Procure | To get with some effort | 3 | |
| 5598330627 | Nec | To harm, to kill | 4 | |
| 5598336172 | Internecine | Causing many deaths on all sides of a conflict | 5 | |
| 5598343708 | Innocuous | Not causing harm or injury | 6 | |
| 5598349342 | Sol | To comfort | 7 | |
| 5598349344 | Solace | Comfort or consolation | 8 | |
| 5598352719 | Inconsolable | Very sad; unable to be comforted | 9 | |
| 5598359586 | Sal | Healthy, whole | 10 | |
| 5598362191 | Salubrious | Promoting good health | 11 | |
| 5598365686 | Salutary | Having a positive or healthy result | 12 | |
| 5598369737 | Salutation | An act of greeting | 13 |
AP Language and Composition Tone Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7231599385 | Abstruse | Concealed or hidden | 0 | |
| 7263260455 | Aloof | (adj.) withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice) | 1 | |
| 7263266269 | Assuage | make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense | 2 | |
| 7263270587 | Augment | to make larger, increase | 3 | |
| 7263273520 | Aggrandizement | An increase in rank or wealth; growth in power. Exaggeration | 4 | |
| 7263278271 | Abashedly | Humbly, with humility | 5 | |
| 7263281491 | Asymmetry | not identical on both sides of a central line | 6 | |
| 7231599386 | Accusatory | Charging of wrong doing; to accuse | 7 | |
| 7231599387 | Acrimonious | Bitter feeling | 8 | |
| 7231599388 | Adulation | Excessive flattery or admiration | 9 | |
| 7231599389 | Antipathy | A strong feeling of aversion (dislike) | 10 | |
| 7231599390 | Apathetic | Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern | 11 | |
| 7231599391 | Awe | Solemn wonder | 12 | |
| 7263290432 | Audacious | (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 13 | |
| 7263300813 | Abysmal | extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless | 14 | |
| 7263303726 | Atrocious | monstrous, shockingly bad, wicked | 15 | |
| 7231599392 | Bellicose | Warlike manner or temperament | 16 | |
| 7263310165 | Bombastic | pompous; using inflated language | 17 | |
| 7263314759 | Benevolent | kindly, charitable | 18 | |
| 7231599393 | Bitter | Exhibiting strong dislike as a result of pain or grief | 19 | |
| 7231599394 | Burlesque | Mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration | 20 | |
| 7231599395 | Callous | Unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others | 21 | |
| 7231599396 | Candor | Frankness or sincerity of expression | 22 | |
| 7231599397 | Capricious | Characterized by or subject whim (impulse) | 23 | |
| 7231599398 | Caustic | Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting | 24 | |
| 7231599399 | Choleric | Hot tempered; easily angered | 25 | |
| 7231599400 | Colloquial | Use of slang in writing often to create local color and to provide an informational tone | 26 | |
| 7231599401 | Condescension | Condescending- a feeling of superiority | 27 | |
| 7231599402 | Conciliatory | To try to reconcile | 28 | |
| 7231599403 | Confidential | Done in secret indicating intimacy | 29 | |
| 7231599404 | Contemplative | Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue | 30 | |
| 7231599405 | Contemptuous | Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect | 31 | |
| 7231599406 | Conventional | Lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality | 32 | |
| 7231599407 | Critical | Finding fault | 33 | |
| 7231599408 | Cynical | Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people | 34 | |
| 7263320869 | Chauvinistic | prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind; bigot, biased | 35 | |
| 7263324759 | Consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | 36 | |
| 7263329191 | Contrived | Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously artificial; labored | 37 | |
| 7263334544 | Contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant | 38 | |
| 7263340887 | Cloying | sickeningly sweet | 39 | |
| 7231599409 | Derisive | Ridiculing, mocking | 40 | |
| 7231599410 | Despondent | Showing extreme discouragement or depression | 41 | |
| 7231599411 | Detached | standing by itself; unconnected | 42 | |
| 7231599412 | Disdainful | Scornful | 43 | |
| 7231599413 | Didactic | Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader | 44 | |
| 7231599414 | Dogmatic | Characterized by authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved principles | 45 | |
| 7231599415 | Droll | Amusingly odd or whimsically comical | 46 | |
| 7263348504 | Disparaging | tending to belittle or bring reproach upon | 47 | |
| 7263353481 | Deferential | showing respect for another's authority | 48 | |
| 7263411813 | Diffident | shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved | 49 | |
| 7231599416 | Earnest | Intense, a sincere state of mind | 50 | |
| 7263363267 | Ersatz | Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute | 51 | |
| 7263365665 | Egregious | outstandingly bad; shocking | 52 | |
| 7231599417 | Elegiac | Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow | 53 | |
| 7231599418 | Erudite | Learned, polished, scholarly | 54 | |
| 7231599419 | Esoteric | Only meant to be understood by a specific group of people | 55 | |
| 7231599420 | Euphoric | Feeling of elation or great joy | 56 | |
| 7231599421 | Facetious | Playfully jocular, humorous | 57 | |
| 7231599422 | Fanciful | Using the imagination | 58 | |
| 7231599423 | Flippant | Lacking proper respect | 59 | |
| 7231599424 | Forthright | Directly frank without hesitation | 60 | |
| 7263373112 | Futility | Pointlessness or uselessness | 61 | |
| 7263375876 | Fluidity | the ability to flow | 62 | |
| 7231599425 | Frivolous | Lacking in seriousness | 63 | |
| 7231599426 | Glib | Showing little forethought or preparation | 64 | |
| 7263380627 | Gravitas | great or very dignified seriousness | 65 | |
| 7231599427 | Gloomy | Darkness, sadness, rejection | 66 | |
| 7231599428 | Gothic | Of or relating to a type of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate | 67 | |
| 7231599429 | Grudging | Reluctant, unwilling | 68 | |
| 7231599430 | Haughty | Proud and vain to the point of arrogance | 69 | |
| 7231599431 | Idiomatic | Relating to idiom; the language peculiar to a people; dialect | 70 | |
| 7231599432 | Idyllic | Simple and carefree | 71 | |
| 7231599433 | Incisiveness | Penetration; clear and sharp, as in expression | 72 | |
| 7231599434 | Indifference | State or quality of not caring one way or the other | 73 | |
| 7231599435 | Indignant | Marked by anger aroused by injustice | 74 | |
| 7231599436 | Intimate | Very familiar | 75 | |
| 7231599437 | Invective | Abusive language (calling someone names, that sort of thing) | 76 | |
| 7263389551 | Insightful | Intuitive; having the ability to understand clearly the inner nature of things | 77 | |
| 7263395008 | Incongrouous | incompatible (adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible | 78 | |
| 7263403173 | Introspection | (n.) contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct | 79 | |
| 7263406960 | Imprudent | not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash, unwise | 80 | |
| 7231599438 | Judgmental | Authoritative and often having critical opinions | 81 | |
| 7231599439 | Jovial | Happy | 82 | |
| 7263420591 | Jingoism | extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. | 83 | |
| 7231599440 | Laudatory | Of or relating to the expression of praise | 84 | |
| 7231599441 | Lugubrious | Dark, dramatic, brooding (So Mr. Bowe) | 85 | |
| 7231599442 | Lyrical | Expression of a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song like | 86 | |
| 7263426154 | lamenting | regretting deeply; mourning, expressly sorrow | 87 | |
| 7263431767 | Lambasting | scolding harshly; giving a verbal beating to | 88 | |
| 7231599443 | Macabre | Having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome | 89 | |
| 7231599444 | Malicious | Purposely hurtful | 90 | |
| 7231599445 | Matter- of- Fact | Accepting conditions; not fanciful or emotional | 91 | |
| 7231599446 | Maudlin | Weak and overly sentimental | 92 | |
| 7231599447 | Mocking | Treating with contempt or ridicule | 93 | |
| 7263465501 | Mordant | (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh | 94 | |
| 7231599448 | Morose | Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent | 95 | |
| 7231599449 | Nostalgic | Bittersweet longing for persons and things from the past | 96 | |
| 7231599450 | Objective | An unbiased view-able to leave personal judgement aside | 97 | |
| 7231599451 | Ominous | Having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster | 98 | |
| 7231599452 | Optimistic | Hopeful, cheerful | 99 | |
| 7231599453 | Obsequious | Polite and obedient in order to gain something | 100 | |
| 7231599454 | Patronizing | Air of condescension | 101 | |
| 7231599455 | Pedantic | Emphasizing trivial points; narrow minded; insisting on strict adherence to the rules; displaying one's knowledge more than necessary | 102 | |
| 7231599456 | Pedestrian | Ordinary and dull | 103 | |
| 7231599457 | Pessimistic | Seeing the worst side of things; no hope | 104 | |
| 7263438099 | Poignant | profoundly moving; touching | 105 | |
| 7263444701 | Provocative | tending to excite or stimulate | 106 | |
| 7263448183 | Polarized | Divided into sharply opposed groups | 107 | |
| 7263452757 | Pacifism | opposition to all war | 108 | |
| 7231599458 | Quizzical | Odd, eccentric, amusing | 109 | |
| 7263459818 | Querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful | 110 | |
| 7231599459 | Reflective | Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions | 111 | |
| 7231599460 | Resigned | A feeling of having given oneself over without resistance | 112 | |
| 7231599461 | Reverent | Treating a subject with honor and respect | 113 | |
| 7231599462 | Ribald | Offensive in speech or gesture | 114 | |
| 7231599463 | Ridiculing | Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of | 115 | |
| 7231599464 | Sanguineous | Optimistic, cheerful | 116 | |
| 7231599465 | Sarcastic | Sneering, caustic- saying the opposite of what is meant | 117 | |
| 7231599466 | Sardonic | Scornful and bitterly sarcastic | 118 | |
| 7231599467 | Satiric | Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach | 119 | |
| 7231599468 | Scathing | Harshly cynical | 120 | |
| 7231599469 | Scornful | Full of contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or untrustworthy | 121 | |
| 7231599470 | Sentimental | Influenced by tender feelings; affecting the emotions | 122 | |
| 7231599471 | Sincere | Without deceit or pretense; genuine | 123 | |
| 7231599472 | Solemn | Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection | 124 | |
| 7263471415 | Self-Aggrandizing | n. exaggerating one's own purpose or power | 125 | |
| 7231599473 | Strident | Harsh sounding; grating, shrill | 126 | |
| 7231599474 | Subjective | Of, relating to, or constituting a subject; of, relating to, or arising within one's self or mind in contrast to what is outside; personal | 127 | |
| 7231599475 | Vituperative | Containing or characterized by wordy abuse | 128 | |
| 7263476678 | Vitriolic | (adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) | 129 | |
| 7263480777 | Veneration | great respect | 130 | |
| 7263483506 | Vexed | 131 | ||
| 7231599476 | Whimsical | Odd, strange, fantastic; fun | 132 | |
| 7231599477 | Wistful | Full of timorous longing and unfulfilled desire | 133 | |
| 7231599478 | Wry | Marked by a cleaver twist; often with a hint of irony | 134 |
AP Language, set 5 Flashcards
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| 3238898574 | apathy | lack of emotion or interest | 0 | |
| 3238900423 | ambiguous | having more than one meaning; vague | 1 | |
| 3238904488 | fervent | passionate | 2 | |
| 3238906270 | vagrant | a wandering homeless person; a tramp | 3 | |
| 3238908257 | undermine | to weaken; to wear the foundation of | 4 | |
| 3238910559 | oblivious | unaware; unconscious | 5 | |
| 3238914726 | indifferent | not caring one way or the other; lacking a preference; neutral | 6 | |
| 3238918527 | obscure | unclear; clouded; partially hidden; hard to understand | 7 | |
| 3238923631 | objective | without bias | 8 | |
| 3238925558 | revere | to worship | 9 | |
| 3238927739 | discriminate | to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference | 10 | |
| 3238932471 | embellish | to add details; to exaggerate | 11 | |
| 3238934737 | denounce | to speak out against; to condemn | 12 | |
| 3238936754 | innovate | to be creative; to introduce something new | 13 | |
| 3238939841 | stagnant | not moving | 14 | |
| 3238942428 | candid | honest; frank | 15 | |
| 3238942429 | impartial | unbiased; neutral | 16 | |
| 3238945174 | discern | to distinguish one thing from another | 17 | |
| 3238948057 | ostentatious | showing off | 18 | |
| 3238949721 | contentious | quarrelsome | 19 |
AP Spanish Literature : Temas Flashcards
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| 7185844279 | Las relaciones interpersonales | La amistad y la hostilidad El amor y el desprecio La comunicacion o la falta de comunicacion El individuo y la comunidad Las relaciones de poder Las relaciones familiares | 0 | |
| 7185844280 | La construccion del genero | El machismo Las relaciones sociales El sistema patriarcal La sexualidad La tradicion y la ruptura | 1 | |
| 7185844281 | Las sociedades en contexto | La asmilacion y la marginacion Diversidad Las divisiones socioeconomicas El imperialismo El nacionalismo y el regionalismo | 2 | |
| 7185844282 | El tiempo y el espacio | El carpe diem y el momento mori En individuo en su entorno La naturaleza y el ambiente La relacion entre el tiempo y el espacio El tiempo lineal y el tiempo circular La trayectoria y la transformacion | 3 | |
| 7185844283 | La dualidad del ser | La construccion de la realidad La espiritualidad y la religion La imagen publica y la imagen privada La introspeccion | 4 |
World History AP Flashcards
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| 4981320156 | What is the earliest know archaeological evidence of our ancestral origins in East Africa? | Human mtDNA and Y chromosomes | 0 | |
| 4981320157 | What were the four destinations of the first migrating hominids? | Cape of good hope, Congo basin, Ivory Coast, and the levant | 1 | |
| 4981320158 | What was the first exit? | A passage, known as the levant, that lead early humans out of Africa | 2 | |
| 4981320159 | What happened to the first exit group? | A global freeze wiped them out | 3 | |
| 4981320160 | What happened between 90,000 and 85,000 BCE? | A group crossed the mouth of the Red Sea toward India | 4 | |
| 4981320161 | What are the gates of grief? | The mouth of the Red Sea that separates Africa from the Arabian peninsula | 5 | |
| 4981320162 | After the second exit , what did you notice about path of migration? | The path follows along the coast | 6 | |
| 4981320163 | What was the impact of Mt. Toba on the "Journey of Mankind"? | The eruption caused mass extinction and a sharp decrease in population | 7 | |
| 4981320164 | When did people begin to migrate to Oceania? | 74,000-65,000 BCE | 8 | |
| 4981320165 | When did people begin moving to Europe and what made this possible? | 65,000-52,000 BCE due to dramatic warming of climate | 9 | |
| 4981320166 | Around when did people begin migrating to Japan and from where? | 45,000-40,000 through central China steppes | 10 | |
| 4981320167 | Around when-and how-did people get to North America? | 25,000-22,000 crossed the Bering Land Bridge into Alaska | 11 | |
| 4981320168 | What happened between 22,000 and 19,000 BCE, and what are refuges? | The last ice age occurred, refuges where places of remaining life and vegetation | 12 | |
| 4981320169 | What are Bradshaw paintings? | Australian rock art | 13 | |
| 4981320170 | What was the last continent on which people arrived? | South America | 14 | |
| 4981320171 | Where were the first four River valley civilizations located and what did geography have to do with their development? | Tigris-Euphrates River valley, Nile River valley, Indus River valley, yellow River valley. All these civilizations formed around rivers which gave easy access to fertile soil and water | 15 | |
| 4981320172 | What are the seven characteristics of civilization? | Centralized system of government, complex exchanges for food, buildings, system of writing, belief system, specialized occupation, technological innovation | 16 | |
| 4981320173 | What characterized pastoral societies? | Domestication of animals and nomads who would herd the animals | 17 | |
| 4981320174 | How did pastoral societies interact with early agricultural societies? | Pastoral societies often raided agricultural villages for livestock | 18 | |
| 4981320175 | What made the dawn of agriculture possible and when did it occur? | 10,000-8,000 BCE due to the final clasp of the ice age | 19 | |
| 4981320176 | What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic age? | Humans making and using tools | 20 | |
| 4981320177 | What type of advancements and developments did him ifs make in the late Paleolithic age? | Farming and domestication technics | 21 | |
| 4981320178 | What was the Neolithic revolution and what caused the huge transformation? | Humans began using agriculture rather than foraging and occurs for a number of reasons including climate change and increased population | 22 | |
| 4981320179 | What regions of the world experienced the Neolithic revolution and when did it occur? | Near bodies of water around 10,000 BCE | 23 | |
| 4981320180 | how did social factors change with the Neolithic revolution? | Status of women began to decrees as men took control, social classes began to emerge | 24 | |
| 4981320181 | How did demographic factors change with the Neolithic revolution? | Populations increased by almost a factor of 10 | 25 | |
| 4981320182 | How did environmental factors begin to change with the Neolithic revolution? | Humans began dramatically changing land in order to farm on it | 26 | |
| 4981320183 | How did political factors change with the Neolithic revolution? | Cities began to form around areas of agriculture which gave way to councils and governments being formed | 27 | |
| 4981320184 | What economic factors change with the Neolithic revolution? | With a surplus of food, people began developing other trades such as production of tools or clothing | 28 | |
| 4981320185 | What were the main crops and animals that were domesticated during the Neolithic revolution? | Grains beans and pigs | 29 | |
| 4981320186 | What were the differences between the Americas and Eurasia during the Neolithic revolution? | Americans traveled along the coast but Eurasia was able to move inland | 30 | |
| 4981320187 | Who made ziggurats? | Sumerians and Mesopotamia | 31 | |
| 4981320188 | How were ziggurats used? | The top part was a sanctuary used for worship | 32 | |
| 4981320189 | What can we deduce about the civilizations that made ziggurats? | They were advanced enough to have a belief system | 33 | |
| 4981320190 | Who made the pyramids? | Egyptians, Mesopotamia, Middle East, southwest Asia | 34 | |
| 4981320191 | How were pyramids used? | Protected tomes of important people or rulers | 35 | |
| 4981320192 | What can we deduce about the civilizations that made pyramids? | The ruler had lots of control and there was a surplus of food | 36 | |
| 4981320193 | Who made temples? | Sumerians | 37 | |
| 4981320194 | How were temples used? | A place to worship to their gods | 38 | |
| 4981320195 | What can we deduce about the civilizations that made temples? | They were advanced enough to have a belief system | 39 |
AP Tone Words #3 Flashcards
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| 4974230547 | Obsequious | Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |  | 0 |
| 4974230548 | Odious | Unequivocally detestable |  | 1 |
| 4974230549 | Ominous | Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |  | 2 |
| 4974230550 | Omnipotent | Having unlimited power |  | 3 |
| 4974230551 | Patronizing | Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance |  | 4 |
| 4974230552 | Pedantic | Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning |  | 5 |
| 4974230553 | Pejorative | Expressing disapproval |  | 6 |
| 4974230554 | Pernicious | Exceedingly harmful |  | 7 |
| 4974230555 | Pithy | Concise and full of meaning |  | 8 |
| 4974230556 | Pompous | Puffed up with vanity |  | 9 |
| 4974230557 | Poignant | Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings |  | 10 |
| 4974230558 | Provocative | Serving or tending to excite or stimulate |  | 11 |
| 4974230559 | Puerile | Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |  | 12 |
| 4974230560 | Quizzical | Perplexed |  | 13 |
| 4974230561 | Recondite | Difficult to penetrate |  | 14 |
| 4974230562 | Reticent | Reluctant to draw attention to yourself |  | 15 |
| 4974230563 | Reverent | Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration |  | 16 |
| 4974230564 | Reflective | Capable of physically throwing back light or sound |  | 17 |
| 4974230565 | Ribald | Humorously vulgar |  | 18 |
| 4974230566 | Sardonic | Disdainfully or ironically humorous |  | 19 |
| 4974230567 | Seductive | Tending to entice into a desired action or state |  | 20 |
| 4974230568 | Sentimental | Marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion |  | 21 |
| 4974230569 | Specious | Plausible but false |  | 22 |
| 4974230570 | Succinct | Briefly giving the gist of something |  | 23 |
| 4974230571 | Supercilious | Having or showing arrogant superiority to |  | 24 |
| 4974230572 | Timorous | Timid by nature or revealing timidity |  | 25 |
| 4974230573 | Ubiquitous | Being present everywhere at once |  | 26 |
| 4974230574 | Unctuous | Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating |  | 27 |
| 4974230575 | Vehement | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |  | 28 |
| 4974230576 | Visceral | Relating to or affecting the internal organs |  | 29 |
| 4974230577 | Vitriolic | Harsh or corrosive in tone |  | 30 |
| 4974230578 | Volatile | Substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to vapor |  | 31 |
| 4974230579 | Zealous | Marked by active interest and enthusiasm |  | 32 |
AP World History Period 1 Key Concepts Flashcards
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| 4820435683 | patriarchy | A form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family. | 0 | |
| 4820439460 | urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 1 | |
| 4820447696 | water wells | Openings made by digging or drilling down into the zone of saturation. | 2 | |
| 4820447697 | chamber pots | A bowl kept in a bedroom and used as a toilet, especially at night. |  | 3 |
| 4820448927 | pastoralism | When people make a living tending to animals and migrated in patterns according to the animal patterns. | 4 | |
| 4820450446 | plows | A technological innovation that made agricultural production more efficient. The more efficient the plow, the fewer people needed to work in an area. |  | 5 |
| 4820450447 | agrarian | Societies concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land. | 6 | |
| 4820455358 | Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys civilizations | Mesopotamia | 7 | |
| 4820455359 | Nile River Valley civilization | Egypt | 8 | |
| 4820458369 | Indus River Valley civilization | Mohenjo Dara/Harappa | 9 | |
| 4820459698 | Yellow River Valley civilization | Shang | 10 | |
| 4820459699 | Mesoamerica civilization | Olmec | 11 | |
| 4820462481 | Andes civilization | Chavin | 12 | |
| 4820470140 | hieroglyphs | Pictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or sounds; ancient Egyptians used instead of an alphabet. |  | 13 |
| 4820470141 | sanskrit | An Indo-European, Indic language, used as the religious and classical literary language of India. |  | 14 |
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