AP LANGUAGE Flashcards
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| 6274688586 | Lethargic | acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner | 0 | |
| 6274691641 | Invective | abusive language | 1 | |
| 6274691642 | Bathos | excessive or trivial sentimentality; an abrupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect | 2 | |
| 6274694063 | Reticent | Reserved | 3 | |
| 6274697439 | Brusque | blunt; abrupt | 4 | |
| 6274699733 | Subjunctive Verb | Used to express a condition known to be contrary to fact. Also used to express an indirect command or suggestion. The verb to be is the verb most commonly used in this mood. (Present subjunctive is be and past subjunctive is always the plural form were). Wish is always followed by this kind of verb. | 5 | |
| 6274702000 | Indolence | laziness | 6 | |
| 6274704149 | Slovenliness | Laziness or untidiness | 7 | |
| 6274704150 | Maudlin | Excessively sentimental | 8 | |
| 6274708725 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") | 9 | |
| 6274708726 | Tenebrous | dark and gloomy | 10 | |
| 6274717349 | Metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it | 11 | |
| 6274736542 | Serendipity | (n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them (In an amazing bit of serendipity, penniless Paula found a $20 bill in the subway station.) | 12 | |
| 6274751394 | Pejorative | having bad connotations; disparaging | 13 | |
| 6274756030 | Paroxysm | A sudden outburst, a spasm, a fit, a seizure | 14 | |
| 6274764875 | Elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation | 15 | |
| 6274772118 | Anachronisms | is an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. In other words, anything that is out of time and out of place | 16 |