AP Literature Flashcards

3660157229	Modicum	a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable.	0
3660157230	Vestige	a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.	1
3660157231	Want	a lack or deficiency of something	2
3660157232	Countenance	1.)a person's face or facial expression 2.)admit as acceptable or possible	3
3660157233	Understatement	the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.	4
3660157234	Synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa	5
3660157235	Foreboding	fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.	6
3660157236	Idyllic	(especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque	7
3660157237	Brevity	concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.	8
3660157238	Ambivalence	the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.	9
3660157239	Scanty	small or insufficient in quantity or amount	10
3660157240	Atomies	a skeleton or emaciated body	11
3660329741	Farthing	a former monetary unit and coin of the UK, withdrawn in 1961, equal to a quarter of an old penny. Lease possible amount.	12
3660329742	Porringer	A low dish or cup with a handle from which soup or porridge is eaten	13
3660329743	Abject	1.)extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading 2.)completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.	14
3660329744	Disparate	essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.	15
3660329745	Elusive	difficult to find, catch, or achieve	16
3660329746	Trivialize	make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is	17
3660329747	Meager	(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.	18
3660329748	Stoic	a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.	19
3660329749	Advocacy	public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy	20
3660329750	Exhortation	an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.	21
3660329751	Repose	1.)a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility 2.)be lying, situated, or kept in a particular place.	22
3660329752	Pinnacle	a high, pointed piece of rock.	23
3660329753	Behoove	it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on	24
3660329754	Aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.	25
3660329755	Fatalistic	The belief that what will happen has already been decided and can not be changed	26
3660329756	Cynical	Implies having a sneering disbelief in sincerity or integrity	27
3660773560	Sinister	giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.	28
3660773561	Surrealism	a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.	29
3660773562	Mock heroic	(of a literary work or its style) imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject.	30
3660773563	Anticlimax	a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events.	31
3660773564	Dramatic irony	a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.	32
3660773565	Allegory	a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	33
3660773566	Antithesis	a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else	34
3660773567	Clamorous	1.)making a loud and confused noise 2.)expressing or characterized by vehement protests or demands	35
3660773568	Lustrous	having luster; shining	36
3660773569	Impish	inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous.	37
3660773570	Menace	a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger	38
3660773571	Juxtapose	place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.	39
3660773572	Demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others.	40
3660773573	Outmoded	old-fashioned.	41
3660773574	Obsolete	no longer produced or used; out of date.	42
3660773575	Serendipitous	occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.	43
3660773576	Epiphany	the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi	44
3660773577	Elegiac	either generally to compositions that are like elegies or specifically to Greek and Latin poetry composed in elegiac couplets, in which a line of dactylic hexameter is followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.	45
3660773578	Whimsical	playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way	46
3660773579	Harrow	an implement consisting of a heavy frame set with teeth or tines that is dragged over plowed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and cover seed.	47
3660773580	Channeling	direct toward a particular end or object.	48
3660773581	Gradation	a scale or a series of successive changes, stages, or degrees.	49
3660773582	Gaiety	the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful.	50
3660773583	Gleaner	The Gleaner Company Ltd is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica. Established in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova, the company's primary product is The Gleaner, a morning broadsheet published six days each week	51
3660773584	Adjoining	(of a building, room, or piece of land) next to or joined with.	52
3660773585	Hamlet	a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village.	53
3660773586	Burnished	enhance or perfect (something such as a reputation or a skill).	54
3660773587	Pensioner	a person who receives a pension.	55
3660773588	Alight	(of a bird) descend from the air and settle.	56
3660773589	Industrious	diligent and hard-working	57
3660773590	Disparage	regard or represent as being of little worth.	58
3660773591	Antiquated	old-fashioned or outdated.	59
3660773592	Futility	pointlessness or uselessness	60