AP Language and Composition Vocab Flashcards

3468561511	aesthetic	having to do with the appreciation of beauty	0
3468561512	affable	easy-going, friendly	1
3468561513	alienated	removed or disassociated	2
3468561514	amenable	responsive, agreeable	3
3468561515	anaphora	repetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses "show me you love me, show me you care, show me we meant something"	4
3468561516	antecedent	the noun to which a later pronoun refers	5
3468561517	antimetabole	repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast "the meaning of life is to give life a meaning"	6
3468561518	apology	defense of an idea	7
3468561519	apposition	a grammar construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanation	8
3468561520	arbiter	a judge who decides a disputed issue	9
3468561521	archetype	perfect example	10
3468561522	assertion	a declaration or statement	11
3468561523	assidious	hard-working	12
3468561524	astute	shrewd, clever	13
3468561525	asyndenton	leaving out conjunctions	14
3468561526	austere	without decoration	15
3468561527	brusque	rudely abrupt	16
3468561528	candor	frankess	17
3468561529	capricious	impulsive and unpredictable	18
3468561530	caustic	bitingly sarcastic or biting	19
3468561531	chiasmus	an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases	20
3468561532	clandestine	secretive	21
3468561533	cogent	convincing, reasonable	22
3468561534	coherent	logically connected	23
3468561535	conception	the ability to form or understand an idea	24
3468561536	convoluted	intricate, complex	25
3468561537	copious	plentiful, having a large quantity	26
3468561538	cumulative (loose) sentence	independent clause followed by subordinate clauses	27
3468561539	declarative sentence	makes a statement	28
3468561540	decorous	proper, marked by good taste	29
3603658132	deductive	reasoning from general to specific	30
3603658133	despotic	exercising absolute power	31
3603658134	didactic	intended to instruct	32
3603658135	dilettante	one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge	33
3603658136	discourse	verbal expression or exchange; conversation	34
3603658137	disparage	to belittle	35
3603658138	dogged	stubbornly persevering	36
3603658139	dogmatic	stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs	37
3603658140	ebullience	intense enthusiasm	38
3603658141	eclectic	made of up a variety of sources or styles	39
3644079290	effusive	emotionally unrestrained, gushing	40
3644081191	egregious	conspicuously bad or offensive	41
3644085571	elegiac	mournful	42
3644087422	eloquence	the ability to speak vividly or persuasively	43
3644088868	enmity	mutual hatred or ill will	44
3644090398	epigram	brief, witty statement	45
3644092010	equanimity	the quality of being calm and even-tempered	46
3644096651	equivocate	to avoid making a definite statement	47
3644113558	exculpate	to free from guilt or blame	48
3644114596	facile	done or achieved with little effort; easy	49
3749560009	fastidious	possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please	50
3749560010	flagrant	extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable	51
3749560011	florid	describing flowery or elaborate speech	52
3749560012	fluid	easily flowing	53
3749560013	fractious	quarrelsome, unruly	54
3749560014	frenetic	vividly excited or active	55
3749560015	gratuitous	given freely, unearned, unwarranted	56
3749560016	hackneyed	worn out through overuse	57
3749560017	heinous	abominable	58
3749560018	hortatory	urging, strongly encouraging	59