AP Language Quiz 3 Flashcards
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| 2392901530 | affable | easy-going; friendly | 0 | |
| 2392902579 | allusion | a reference that recalls another work, another time in history, another famous person, and so forth | 1 | |
| 2392903552 | ambivalent | simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain | 2 | |
| 2392905440 | analogy | a term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas | 3 | |
| 2392908431 | anaphora | the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentences, clauses, or paragraphs | 4 | |
| 2392913032 | astute | shrewd; clever | 5 | |
| 2392914505 | connotation | the moods/associates/implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning | 6 | |
| 2392916793 | deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious | 7 | |
| 2392917822 | dubious | doubtful; or unlikely authenticity | 8 | |
| 2392919385 | etymology | the study of the origin of words and their historical uses | 9 | |
| 2392920446 | gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted | 10 | |
| 2392922254 | inveterate | long established; deep-rooted; habitual | 11 | |
| 2392923265 | justaposition | making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite | 12 | |
| 2392924809 | parody | an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect | 13 | |
| 2392926495 | pernicious | causing great harm | 14 | |
| 2392927376 | rancorous | hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will | 15 | |
| 2392928149 | rhetoric | the study of the effective use of language; the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 16 | |
| 2392929960 | satire | the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly | 17 | |
| 2392932353 | superfluous | extra; unnecessary | 18 | |
| 2392933302 | tone | the manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction, syntax, and POV | 19 |