AP Language Vocabulary Set One Flashcards

4754029886	Connotation	an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning	0
4754029887	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word or phrase	1
4754030111	Brazen	acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarrassment	2
4754030112	Tumult	a state of noisy confusion or disorder	3
4754030113	Mendacity	lack of honesty	4
4754030358	Lethargic	feeling a lack of energy or a lack of interest in doing things	5
4754030359	Edict	an official order given by a person with power or by a government	6
4754030360	Indiscretion	lack of good judgment or care in behavior and especially in speech	7
4754030977	Perquisites	a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages	8
4754030978	Sepulcher	a place of burial	9
4754030979	Marauding	going about in search of things to steal or people to attack	10
4754031254	Lassitude	lack of physical or mental energy	11
4754031409	Vacuous	having or showing a lack of intelligence or serious thought	12
4754031410	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	13
4754031681	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words	14
4754031682	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art	15
4754031683	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	16
4754031888	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.	17
4754031889	Antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.	18
4754031890	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.	19