AP Language MC Lexicon Flashcards

6184388920	ambivalent	having mixed/contradictory feelings	0
6184390513	aggrandize	to increase	1
6184392233	bemusement	to confuse	2
6184394591	condescension	behavior as if one is conscious of superiority	3
6184397289	inextricable	impossible to separate	4
6184400068	jargon	special words used by a specific group that are harder for others to understand	5
6184400069	obstinacy	stubbornness	6
6184401784	reverent	showing respect	7
6184403688	syllogism	logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on other assertions	8
6184403689	trivialize	to cause to appear unimportant	9
6184431612	anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses	10
6184440501	homily	formally a sermon, but in reality, any serious talk with a moral	11
6184457673	invective	emotionally violent verbal denunciation using strong, abusive language	12
6184464928	pedantic	overly scholarly and showy (like a tone word)	13
6184491702	deductive reasoning	when a general principle is applied to a specific case	14
6184494710	inductive reasoning	when a generalization is made based on specific evidence	15
6184502039	concede	to agree on a smaller point, but not the main point	16
6184514033	epithet	descriptive word or phrase	17
6184518058	melodramatic	having excitement and emotional appeal	18
6184522436	terse	brief and to the point	19
6280058247	palate	sense of taste	20
6280060884	repletion	abundantly supplied	21
6280067089	colic	abdominal pain	22
6280073326	wont	accustomed to	23
6280081683	condemning	indicating strong disproval of	24
6280095196	synecdoche	part to whole/whole to part relationship (ex. can you give me a hand?)	25
6280111459	plumage	feathers	26
6280117254	idealism	any system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas. emphasis on values	27
6280125064	realism	objects of sense perception have an existence independent of the act of perception.	28
6280151337	pharisaical	relating to the Pharisees	29
6280158881	inexorable	unyielding	30
6280163382	determinist	all events have a cause	31
6280170986	sympathetic narration	narrator empathizes with the characters but also judges them	32
6280189447	antithesis	contrast using parallelism	33
6280194315	wherewithal	means of which to do something	34
6280200873	speculate	to engage in thought	35
6280206591	satire	targeting (often via comedy) the folly of human nature/human institutions	36