AP Language Frederick Douglass Vocab. Flashcards
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| 3172076899 | allusive | working by suggestion | 0 | |
| 3221828933 | aloof | cool and distant | 1 | |
| 3172078349 | anecdote | short amusing story | 2 | |
| 3221829822 | antithesis | contrast of ideas by placing them next to each other | 3 | |
| 3221832450 | appositive phrase | a noun or pronoun, often with modifiers | 4 | |
| 3221833322 | asyndeton | omitting conjunctions in between words | 5 | |
| 3221833981 | benevolent | well meaning and kindly | 6 | |
| 3221834722 | capricious | sudden changes in mood or behavior | 7 | |
| 3221835183 | chiasmus | a type of parallelism in which elements are presented in reverse order | 8 | |
| 3221836826 | colloquial | language in familiar conversation | 9 | |
| 3221837805 | discursive | digressing from subject to subject | 10 | |
| 3221838975 | exhortatory | strongly encouraging or urging | 11 | |
| 3221839902 | impunity | exemption from punishment | 12 | |
| 3221840822 | jargon | word or expressions that are difficult for others to understand | 13 | |
| 3221842163 | lament | passionate expression of grief or sorrow | 14 | |
| 3221843266 | meticulous | showing great attention to detail | 15 | |
| 3221843267 | nostalgia | a sentimental longing for the past | 16 | |
| 3221844610 | partiality | unfair bias | 17 | |
| 3221844611 | pedantic | excessively concerned with minor details | 18 | |
| 3221845463 | reprimanding | expressing sharp disapproval | 19 | |
| 3221846010 | senile | loss of mental faculties | 20 | |
| 3221846517 | servile | serving others excessively | 21 | |
| 3221847018 | syntax | arrangement of words in a sentence | 22 | |
| 3221847464 | terse | sparing the use of words | 23 | |
| 3221847914 | veneration | regard with great respect | 24 | |
| 3221848430 | wistful | showing a feeling of regretful longing | 25 |