AP Literature Vocabulary - Norview High School
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| carried out in a secretive manner | ||
| crudely or loosely styled writing for comic effect | ||
| running one sentence from one line of poetry to the next line | ||
| a distinct period of history marked by memorable events | ||
| ridiculously or absurdly comedic | ||
| fertile (literally) or intellectually productive (figuratively) | ||
| very talkative | ||
| extremely sad or gloomy | ||
| overly focused on or knowledgeable about narrow and trivial matters | ||
| cutting off debate; admitting of no contradiction | ||
| of greatest importance | ||
| pale; sickly | ||
| powerful; strong | ||
| something that is represented in as existing in a period of history in which it didn't actually exist; out of place in time; outdated | ||
| overly decorated or showy; very gaudy | ||
| a person with great skill in one of the fine arts, especially music | ||
| a slow, sad song or poem that expresses grief, especially for the dead; a funeral hymn | ||
| unnecessary or excessive | ||
| to attempt to lessen the seriousness of an offense by giving an excuse | ||
| causing great injury, destruction, or ruin | ||
| wise | ||
| a funeral Mass in the Catholic church or any hymn or dirge composed for the dead (often used metaphorically) | ||
| to bring to life, sharpen, quicken | ||
| 1. the total rejection of laws or established institutions, 2. self-destructiveness 3. the philosophical denial of any real existence or the possibility of any objective truth | ||
| to view some action as fitting or in accordance with one's dignity; to condescend | ||
| psychological definition - to fill gaps in one's memory with made up information; can also mean to chat | ||
| promising success; favorable; a good omen | ||
| crafty or artful deceitfulness; trickery | ||
| seemingly harmless, but actually dangerous; intended to entrap or beguile | ||
| secluded from the world; sheltered, closed in | ||
| harsh, jarring sound; dissonance | ||
| the inversion of the second of two parallel phrases, clauses, etc. ("I sailed to Greenland, and then to Europe I flew.") | ||
| very sorrowful or sad; mournful; [Archaic] painful | ||
| cannot be tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring | ||
| brief or terse in speech; using few words | ||
| drooping or weak; without interest, indifferent; sluggish, slow | ||
| a person on whom honor or distinction is conferred | ||
| to make less severe or less painful; to moderate | ||
| very stubborn; unreasonably determined to have one's own way; not yielding to reason | ||
| to seize and carry away forcibly; to rape; [figuratively] to transport with joy or delight; enrapture | ||
| zealous, passionate; intensely devoted (or even fiercely devoted) | ||
| the elevation of a person to the status of a god (usually used figuratively); OR an exalted example or ideal, a quintessential example of something | ||
| a reduction or decrease in number or size (often gradual); a wearing down or weakening of resistance due to pressure or harassment | ||
| lacking confidence in oneself; timid, shy, reserved | ||
| (positive) a word or phrase added to a person's name to describe some attribute of that person ("Ivan the terrible," "Catherine the Great"); (negative) a term of abuse, contempt, or hostility (e.g. racial slurs) | ||
| (literally) a person who destroys objects of worship (icons); most often used now to describe someone who attacks or seeks to overthrow cherished traditions, popular beliefs, or traditional institutions | ||
| weariness of body or mind due to stress; listlessness, languor, lack of energy | ||
| a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; also called a eulogy or encomium | ||
| the highest point or state of something; the culmination; (scientific) the highest visible point in the sky directly above the observer | ||
| the period of recovery after an illness | ||
| enthusiasm or passion | ||
| shy, modest; sometimes can have the connotation of also being flirtatious (i.e. "playing hard to get") | ||
| characterized by sudden, inexplicable changes without evident reason; whimsical, arbitrary | ||
| a cautionary warning or advice; a gentle reproof intended to prevent future mistakes | ||
| 1. passing aimlessly from one subject to another; wordy and prone to digression 2. proceeding through reasoning rather than through intuition | ||
| able to detect subtle differences; having refined tastes; (negative) inappropriately or unfairly treating two people differently | ||
| cliche, commonplace, banal, overused (more literally "threadbare" or "worn") | ||
| a feeling of depression and hopelessness | ||
| arrogant, condescending, patronizing | ||
| to belittle, demean, or insult |