AP Literature Flashcards
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| 7629864456 | Droll | curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement | 0 | |
| 7629864458 | Mellifluous | sweet or musical; pleasant to hear | 1 | |
| 7629866866 | Sardonic | mocking & cynical, making someone look bad | 2 | |
| 7629870701 | Acrimonious | bitter & angry | 3 | |
| 7629873049 | Dulcet | sweet and soothing | 4 | |
| 7629875494 | Grandiloquent | pompous or extravagant in language | 5 | |
| 7629878477 | Burlesque | an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation | 6 | |
| 7629881573 | Scrupulous | careful, thorough, extremely attentive to details | 7 | |
| 7629884593 | Supercilious | behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others | 8 | |
| 7629887762 | Obduracy | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or action | 9 | |
| 7629892008 | Rubicund | ruddy complexion (like pinkish, reddish) | 10 | |
| 7629894203 | Tenuous | very weak or slight, slender or fine | 11 | |
| 7629898851 | Lofty | of noble or elevated nature | 12 | |
| 7629900964 | Ermine | A rank or office whose ceremonial robe is ornamented with a white coat | 13 | |
| 7629902854 | Sage | profoundly wise man | 14 | |
| 7629903010 | Euphony | nice flow, sounds pretty | 15 | |
| 7629905493 | Asyndeton | omission & absence of a conjunction "I came, I saw, I conquered" | 16 | |
| 7629908056 | Prosody | patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry | 17 | |
| 7629910587 | Farce | absurd or mockery, an event or situation that is absurd or disorganized | 18 | |
| 7629914384 | Epic | a long poem narrating the adventures of heroic or legendary figures | 19 | |
| 7629917290 | Plumage | a bird's feathers collectively | 20 | |
| 7629921090 | Provincial | concerning a province or country, (simple, unrefined) | 21 | |
| 7629921136 | Lofty | of noble or elevated nature | 22 | |
| 7629946727 | Euphemism | an idiomatic expression which loses its literal meanings and refers to something else in order to hide its unpleasantness. For example, "kick the bucket" | 23 |