AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

3850860452	Solemnly	Serious, dignified	0
3850860453	Tranquility	Peace, calm	1
3850860454	Covenant	Contract or agreement	2
3850860455	Poignant	Emotionally moving	3
3850860456	Detached	Emotionally distant	4
3850860457	Objective	Factual	5
3850860458	Rhetoric	The art of persuasion	6
3850860459	Analysis	Explaining rhetorical choices an author makes in an attempt to achieve a particular effect or purpose	7
3850860460	Argument	Asserting a claim justified by evidence and/or reasoning	8
3850860461	Frivolous	Silly, having no serious value	9
3850860462	Audacious	Surprisingly bold	10
3850860463	Somber	Sad, serious, dark, gloomy	11
3850860464	Giddy	Playful & silly	12
3850860465	Provocative	Causing strong reaction	13
3850860466	Sentimental	Appealing to tender emotioms	14
3850860467	Fanciful	Showing free use of the imagination	15
3850860468	Patronizing	Treat with apparent kindness that portrays a feeling of superiority	16
3850860469	Contemptuous	Deep dislike, disrespect, or disapproval; scornful	17
3850860470	Confound	Confuse	18
3850860471	Procure	Take possession of	19
3850860472	Ordinance	Law	20
3850860473	Exhoritation	A passionate speech urging immediate moral reform	21
3850860474	Logos	Logical appeal	22
3850860475	Ethos	Ethical appeal; use of a speaker's authority	23
3850860476	Pathos	Emotional appeal	24
3850860477	Nostalgic	Sentimental yearning for the happiness of one's past	25
3850860478	Irrevent	Showing lack of respect for serious matters	26
3850860479	Benevolent	Well meaning and kindly	27
3850860480	Deduction	Inference from general principle	28
3850860481	Arbiter	Judge	29
3850860482	Ecclesiastical	Church-relates	30
3850860483	Didls	Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax	31
3850860484	Candid	Truthful; straightfoward	32
3850860485	Didactic	Intended to teach	33
3850860486	Satirical	Ridiculing humans vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings	34
3850860487	Transient	Lasting a short time	35
3850860488	Ursurpation	Taking someone's power or property by force	36
3850860489	Diffident	Shy; lacking confidence	37
3850860490	Wistful	Regretful longing; bittersweet nostalgia	38
3850860491	Elegaic	Mournful	39
3850860492	Distainful	Showing contempt and lack of respect	40
3850860493	Lugubrious	Very sad	41
3850860494	Pedantic	Sounding like a know it all	42
3850860495	Indiginant	Showing outrage at unfairness	43
3850860496	Facetious	Humorous	44
3850860497	Effusive	Emotionally expressive	45
3850860498	ROSE	Readings, Observations, Studies, Experiments	46
3850860499	Insipid	Lacking flavor or interest	47
3850860500	Sardonic	Grimly mocking & cynical	48
3850860501	Esoteric	Expressing specialized knowledge	49
3850860681	Euphemistic	Substituting a mild or indirect word for one considered too blunt or harsh	50
3850860682	Idiomatic	Distinct style or character	51
3850860683	Trite	Lacking originality	52
3850860684	Enigmatic	Mysterious	53
3850860685	Sanguine	Cherry or hopeful in a bad situation	54
3850860686	Veneration	To respect highly	55
3850860687	Lament	Passionate expression of sorrow	56
3850860688	Despondent	Discouraging, dejected, depressed	57
3850860689	Dejected	Depressed or dispirited	58
3850860690	Morose	Ill-tempered	59
3850860691	Sullen	Gloomy	60
4012682656	Anecdote	A short and amusing story about a real incident	61
4012682657	Vignette	A brief, evocative description, account, or episode	62
4012682658	Memoir	A record of events written from a personal perspective	63
4012682659	Rancor	Long-standing resentment	64
4012682660	Consternation	Feelings of anxiety or dismay	65
4012682661	Choleric	Prone to anger	66
4012699265	Juxtaposition	Two things placed close together with contrasting effect	67
4012699266	Binary opposition	System of thought in which two opposites are strictly defined & set against each other	68
4012699267	Dualistic / Dualism	Any worldview built on a binary opposition	69
4012699268	Forlorn	Pitifully sad	70
4012699269	Vehcment	Forceful or passionate	71
4012699270	Antipathy	A deep-seated dislike or aversion	72
4012699271	Vexation, vexed	Annoyed, frustrated	73
4012699272	Incensed	Driven to anger	74
4059108733	Umbrage	To take offense	75
4059108734	Gall	Rudeness or bitterness of spirit	76
4059108735	Bristle	To show signs of anger, to become angry	77