English ap language list Flashcards

2117735124	Acerbic	Sour/harsh/bitter in taste	0
2117738723	Adamantine	Unbreakable	1
2117744452	Ad hominem	Commenting on or against an opponent to undermine him instead of his argument	2
2117747241	Aesthetic	A sense of beauty, pertaining to beauty	3
2117750025	Allegory	A story/poem/picture/ that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning/moral	4
2117751797	Alliteration	Repetition of sounds	5
2117755298	Allusion	A passing/casual reference, an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication	6
2117758075	Ambivalence	The coexistence of opposing feelings towards a person, object, or idea	7
2117762546	Anadiplosis	Repetition of the words/phrase at the end of a sentence	8
2117767333	Anaphone	An anagram of sound that is, the sounds in one word are rearranged in a subsequent word or phrase	9
2117769999	Anaphora	(Parallelism) when successive lines/phrases begin with the same words	10
2117776788	Antanagoge	Putting a positive spin on something that acknowledges to be negative or difficult	11
2117782499	Antihropomorphism	The act of giving the characteristics of humans to animals, a God, or an inanimate object	12
2117787081	Antimetabole	Literary term that repeats a phrase in reverse order	13
2117791499	Antiphrasis	A phrase or word is employed Ina way that it's opposite to it's literal meaning	14
2117793458	Antithesis	Opposition or the direct opposite	15
2117795900	Aphorism	A pithy observation that contains a general truth	16
2117806717	Apophasis	Denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is the same time named, or insinuated	17
2117816105	Aporia	The expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say A figure of speech in which the sleeker expresses real or simulated down or perplexity	18
2117820535	Apostrophe	Used to indicated plurals, abbreviations, pronouncing ownership	19
2117822913	Asyndeton	The absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence	20
2117827003	Begging the question	A fallacy in which the premise has the claim that the conclusion is true or assumed that the conclusion is true	21
2117828385	Benevolent	Desiring to help others	22
2117831651	Bittersweet	Both pleasant and painful/regretful	23
2117837885	Carpe diem	The enjoyment of the pleasure of the moment without concern for the future	24
2117843862	Catharsis	The purging/relieving of emotional tensions, especially through art/music (tradegy)	25
2117847757	Chiasmus	A reversal in the Oder of words in an otherwise parallel phrase	26
2117849507	Clinical	Related to the treatment of patients	27
2117852208	Colloquial	Of or relating to conversation Language that is informal or even slang	28
2117854726	Condescending	Showing a patronizing descent from dignity or superiority	29
2117856575	Conjecture	A theory or to make a guess at something	30
2117857670	Connotation	The second meaning of a word	31
2117859008	Consonance	Agreement between opinions/actions	32
2117862645	Contemptuous	Showing/expressing disdain Scornful, disrespectful	33
2117864437	Copious	Abundant in supply or quantity	34
2117866449	Cryptic	Mysterious in meaning/secret	35
2117868107	Cynical	Distrusting the motives of others	36
2117873655	Cumulative sentence (loose sentence)	Begins with a main clause that us followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause	37
2117876232	Decorum	Appropriateness of behavior of conduct	38
2117877811	Denotaton	The literal dictionary definition of a word	39
2117879863	Despondent	Feelings/showing profound hopelessness	40
2117883345	Diacope	The repetition of a word or phrase broken up be one or more intervening words	41
2117885207	Didactic	Designed/intended to teach people something	42
2117889552	Dirimens copulatio	A term for a statement that balances one idea with a contrasting idea	43
2117893172	Disdainful	Feeling strong dislike/disapproval for something or someone you feel does not deserve respect:feeling or showing disdain	44
2117894013	Disingenuous	Not sincere	45
2117897213	Doggerel	Clumsy poetry(often irregular and informal) and humorous in effect, comic by nature	46
2117899600	Doleful	To be down in the dumps Have a hole in your soul To be full of woe	47
2117901733	Double entendre	A double meaning or when a word is used that can be understood in two ways	48
2117905969	Dystopia	Opposite of utopia A society characterized by human misery	49
2117907149	Elegiac	Full of morning and sorrow	50
2117909254	Elegy	A mourning/melancholy poem	51
2117912399	Ellipsis	The act of leaving out one or more words that are not necessary for s phrase to be understood	52
2117914644	Emulation	The act of trying to match or equalize something	53
2117916298	Enigmatic	Something that is like a puzzle or riddle that can't be understood	54
2117917973	Enthymeme	An argument in which one side is not stated	55
2117920018	Enumeration	The process of listening	56
2117922487	Epiphany	An appearance/manifestation of a divine reality	57
2117928123	Epigraph	An inscription/apposite quotation -on a building/statue/ect. - at the beginning of a book	58
2117936448	Epizeuxis	The repetition of s word or phrase in immediate succession	59
2117939854	Erudite	Characterized by great knowledge: learned, or scholarly	60
2117941301	Ethos	The beliefs or ideas by which a person/group likes	61
2117949097	Euphemism	A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing	62
2117950231	Euphoric	A state of extreme happiness or joy	63
2117951857	Exemplar	One that serves as a model or example	64
2117953627	Expletive	An oath or swear word or exclamation	65
2117962445	Explication	An explanation, interpretation	66