AP Lit Vocab 2011-2012
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| government by women | ||
| atmosphere, mood or feeling | ||
| pompously moralizing | ||
| to clear from blame | ||
| cleverly humorous | ||
| tearful; mournful | ||
| final resolution | ||
| to cause humiliation by malicious comments | ||
| not affected by strong feeling | ||
| speaking to someone who is not there | ||
| extended metaphor | ||
| of or relating to rogues or rascals | ||
| scathingly harsh | ||
| effectiveness | ||
| recurring theme | ||
| unspoiled | ||
| coarsely humorous | ||
| to remove, delete, or erase | ||
| carefree | ||
| a break or line in poetry; divides a four beat line in half | ||
| in the style or form of letters | ||
| mistress of a wealthy man | ||
| formal or elaborate praise; a tribute | ||
| rashness; imprudence | ||
| technique of starting a story in the middle and then using flashback to tell what happens earlier | ||
| portraying countryside | ||
| impatience, irritability | ||
| flatterer, toady | ||
| practical | ||
| an introductory narrative in which one or more of the characters proceeds to tell a story | ||
| to pacify | ||
| apelike | ||
| beginning to exist or appear | ||
| shifting of imagery | ||
| far-fetched extended metaphor | ||
| stubborn | ||
| to encourage or assist | ||
| picturesque presentation | ||
| stinginess | ||
| irony which employs innocence and simplicity | ||
| void of value, dull | ||
| enjoyment obtained from others pain | ||
| to derive of vigor | ||
| cowardly | ||
| versified expression of grief on the occasion of someone's death - meant to be sung | ||
| seize wrongfully | ||
| obstinately disobedient | ||
| extreme greed | ||
| indescribable | ||
| making fun of something to insight change | ||
| to lower in quality | ||
| person who practices severe self-discipline | ||
| sluggishness | ||
| present everywhere | ||
| character who highlights main character's temperaments | ||
| to corrupt | ||
| harmful | ||
| deceitful, traitorous | ||
| dark and gloomy | ||
| excessively subtle or theoretical | ||
| to say or plead in protest | ||
| without originality | ||
| to express grief | ||
| to subject to severe punishment or reproof | ||
| any moment of great or sudden revelation | ||
| to give notice, tell | ||
| an agent that promotes a change | ||
| puzzle, paradox | ||
| dull | ||
| cutting, incisive |