AP Language Flashcards

4810381938	Barrage	Noun- a concentrated outpouring, as of questions or blows Verb- to bombard someone with something	0
4810381939	Innocuous	Adjective- not harmful or offensive	1
4810381940	Subsequent	Adjective-coming after something in time; following	2
4810381941	Embedded	Verb- (past tense) to implant (an idea or feeling) within something else so it becomes an engrained or essential part of it	3
4810381942	Astringent	Adjective- sharp or severe in manner or style	4
4810381943	Ubiquitous	Adjective- present, appearing, or found everywhere	5
4810381944	Volatile	Adjective- liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse	6
4810381945	Quintessential	Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.	7
4810381946	Catalyst	A person or thing that precipitates an event	8
4810381947	Mundane	Regular	9
4810381948	Allusion	(rhetoric) when you reference a text or something in another situation	10
4810381949	Hyperbole	(rhetoric) the exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis	11
4810381950	Metaphor	(rhetoric) comparison not using like or as	12
4810381951	Understatement	(rhetoric) a figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is	13