AP literature Flashcards
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| 3615193616 | Idyllic | Very peaceful, happy, and enjoyable | 0 | |
| 3615193617 | Inconstancy | The quality or state of being inconstant | 1 | |
| 3615193618 | Enigma | Someone or something that is difficult to understand | 2 | |
| 3615193619 | Ephemeral | Lasting a short time | 3 | |
| 3615193620 | Mercurial | Changing moods quickly and often | 4 | |
| 3615193621 | Beguiling | To lead by deception | 5 | |
| 3615193622 | Reprove | To criticize or correct someone in a gentle way | 6 | |
| 3615193623 | Apostrophe | The addressing of a usually absent person | 7 | |
| 3615193624 | Acquiescence | The act of allowing other people to get what they want | 8 | |
| 3615193625 | Discursive | Moving from topic to topic without order | 9 | |
| 3615193626 | Ardor | A shelter of vines or branches | 10 | |
| 3615193627 | Terse | Brief and direct in a way that may seem rude or unfriendly | 11 | |
| 3615193628 | Trammels | A net for catching birds or fish | 12 | |
| 3615193629 | Pragmatic | Dealing with the problems that exist in a specific situation in a reasonable or logical way | 13 | |
| 3615193630 | Bemused | To cause someone to be confused and often | 14 | |
| 3615193631 | Incredulous | Not able or willing to believe something | 15 | |
| 3615193632 | Facetious | Joking or jesting often inappropriately | 16 | |
| 3615193633 | Self-effacing | Not claiming attention for oneself | 17 | |
| 3615193634 | Sestina | A lyrical fixed form consisting of six 6-line usually I rhymed stanzas on which the end words of the first stanza reoccur as end words | 18 | |
| 3615193635 | Sonnet | A poem made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern | 19 | |
| 3615193636 | Pastoral elegy | Poem about both death and idyllic life | 20 | |
| 3615193637 | English ode | A lyrical stanza in praise of dedicated to someone | 21 | |
| 3615193638 | sardonic | Showing that you disapprove of or do not like someone or something | 22 |