AP Literature 1-100 Flashcards

5108864056	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent a whole	0
5108864057	metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the concept meant	1
5108864058	metaphor	a comparison of two things, not using like or as	2
5108864059	simile	a mode of comparison using like or as	3
5108864060	apostrophe	a direct address to something or someone who is either present or absent, which interrupts a piece	4
5108864061	phlegmatic	calm, cool, composed	5
5108864062	splenetic	irritable, peevish, ill-tempered	6
5108864063	melancholy	woe, desolation, rejection	7
5108864064	sanguine	cheerful, optimistic, buoyant	8
5108864065	choleric	prickly, bad-tempered, fractious	9
5108864066	rhetoric	art of persuasive speaking or writing	10
5108864067	redundant	superfluous, needless, unnecessary	11
5108864068	strumpet	harlot, lady of the evening, lady of the street	12
5108864069	sycophant	flatterer, stooge, bootlicker	13
5108864070	unctuous	ingratiating, fawning, gushing	14
5108864071	condone	to accept; to allow; to continue	15
5108864072	pragmatic	practical, sensible, business-like	16
5108864073	auspicious	favorable, promising encouraging	17
5108864074	perquisite	dividend, gratuity, perk	18
5108864075	stoic	apathetic, aloof, sober	19
5108864076	hackneyed	stale, overdone, platitudinous	20
5108864077	jaded	tired, bored, glutted	21
5108864078	jejune	bland, flat, banal	22
5108864079	solipsist	one who believes reality is rooted in personal existence	23
5108864080	trite	commonplace, stereotyped, hackneyed	24
5108864081	hamartia	Achilles' heel, failing flaw, tragic flaw	25
5108864082	hubris	excessive pride, arrogance, pomposity	26
5108864083	didactic	instructive, pedagogic, edifying	27
5108864084	itinerant	wandering, migrant, vagrant	28
5108864085	mawkish	sentimental, maudlin, sugary	29
5108864086	ameliorate	to improve; to enhance; to benefit	30
5108864087	superficial	outward, apparent, casual	31
5108864088	archetype	prototype, embodiment, model	32
5108864089	egregious	shocking, outrageous, abhorrent	33
5108864090	satire	a mockery, a caricature, a parody	34
5108864091	fastidious	scrupulous, meticulous, punctilious	35
5108864092	hyperbole	overstatement, embellishment, exaggeration	36
5108864093	onomatopoeia	reverberation, parroting, sound	37
5108864094	ephemeral	transient, fleeting, passing	38
5108864095	allusion	reference to, comment on, hint to	39
5108864096	vacillate	to hesitate; to waver; to be undecided	40
5108864097	apocryphal	spurious, fictitious, untrue	41
5108864098	feisty	spirited, spunky, gutsy	42
5108864099	altruistic	unselfish, compassionate, selfless	43
5108864100	sonnet	type of poem with 14 lines and regular rhymes	44
5108864101	imagery	representation, mental images, symbolism	45
5108864102	prolepsis	chronological error	46
5108864103	orthodox	devout, traditional, conservative	47
5108864104	innate	natural, intrinsic, instinctive	48
5108864105	dramatic irony	contradictory information for the audience but not the characters	49
5108864106	cryptic	ambiguous, enigmatic, vague	50
5108864107	banal	unoriginal, bland, hackneyed	51
5108864108	scrutinize	to examine; to inspect closely; to peruse	52
5108864109	condescend	to demonstrate superiority; to be patronizing	53
5108864110	philanthropy	altruism	54
5108864111	aggravate	to annoy; to intensify unpleasantly	55
5108864112	anxious	nervous, afraid, fearful	56
5108864113	stentorian	extremely loud, powerful, extroverted	57
5108864114	taciturn	uncommunicative, reserved, introverted	58
5108864115	epigram	a short, clever poem or saying	59
5108864116	connotation	hidden meaning; secondary meaning; emotional context	60
5108864117	chronic	constant; habitual; inveterate	61
5108864118	preclude	to make impossible; to prevent presence, existence, and occurrence	62
5108864119	prodigal	wastefully or recklessly extravagant; lavishly abundant; profuse	63
5108864120	languid	relaxed; unhurried; faint	64
5108864121	hypocritical	sanctimonious; deceptive; duplicitous	65
5108864122	enervate	to exhaust; to debilitate; to devitalize	66
5108864123	cupidity	covetousness; avariciousness; eager or excessive desire	67
5108864124	apathy	indifference; aloofness; detachment; noun	68
5108864125	disparage	to belittle; to defame; to degrade; verb	69
5108864126	augment	to amplify; to enhance; to heighten	70
5108864127	reticent	hesitant; reserved; restrained	71
5108864128	incoherent	incongruous; irrational; disjointed	72
5108864129	heresy	blasphemy; agnosticism; fallacy	73
5108864130	importune	to appeal; to beseech; to badger	74