AP Language Vocab Flashcards

4925834966	Absolutes	A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground	0
4925865744	Abstract	Not applied to actual objects.	1
4925865745	Acquired	Developed or learned, not naturally occurring	2
4925868357	Active Voice	the opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb	3
4925887598	Ad Hominem	An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)	4
4925887599	Aesthetic	Having to do with the appreciation of beauty	5
4925889072	Affable	Easy-going; friendly	6
4925889074	Alienated	removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)	7
4925889073	Alleviate	To ease a pain or burden	8
4925890825	Alliance	A union of two or more groups	9
4925890826	Alliteration	The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence.	10
4925890850	Allusion	A reference that recalls another work, another time in history, another famous person, and so forth	11
4925892994	Ambiguity	The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage, not clear.	12
4925892995	Ambiguous	Open to more than one interpretation.	13
4925931238	Ambivalent	Simultaneously having opposing feeling; uncertain	14
4925931239	Amenable	Responsible; agreeable	15
4925931240	Ample	Describing a large amount of something	16
4925934049	Anachronism	something out of the place in time or sequence	17
4925934050	Anadiplosis	A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of clause begins the next clause, creating a connection of ideas important to the authorś purpose in some way Example: When I give, I give myself	18
4925934051	Analogy	a term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas	19
4925936038	Anaphora	the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentences, clauses, or paragraphs Example: "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration."	20
4925936039	Anastrophe	the reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry	21
4925936126	Anthology	a collection of Literary Pieces	22
4925938587	Anthropomorphism	the attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or forces of nature	23
4925941950	Antithesis	an observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim	24
4925943841	Apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	25
4925943842	Aphorism	a brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth	26
4925943843	Apology	defense of an idea	27
4925946158	Apostrophe	prayer-like, this is a direct address to someone who is not present, to a deity or muse, or to some other power	28
4925946159	Apparatus	equipment, a group of machines	29
4925946160	Apposition	A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation	30
4925948697	Appositive	also called a noun phase, this modifies the noun next to it	31
4925948698	Apprehension	anxiety or fear about the future	32
4925948699	Arbiter	a judge who decides a disputed issue	33
4925950344	Arbitrary	determined by chance or impulse	34
4925950345	Archaic	Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive	35
4925951871	Archetype	a perfect example; an original pattern or model	36
4925958322	Argumentation	the process of forming reasons, justifying beliefs, and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others	37
4925962183	Argument from Ignorance	an argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false.	38
4925962184	Arid	describing a dry, rainless climate	39
4925962185	Assertion	a declaration or statement	40
4925964551	Assiduous	hard-working	41
4925964552	Assimiliation	to absorb; to make similar	42
4925966383	Astute	shrewd; clever	43
4925966384	Asylum	a place of retreat or security	44
4925968283	Asyndeton	the deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses Example: FANBOYS	45
4925968284	Auspicious	favorable; promising	46
4925971607	Austere	Without decoration; strict.	47