AP LIterature words Flashcards

6451577351	conceit	extended metaphor, different from explicit metaphors. the metaphor spans the entire poem or book	0
6452301412	pernurious	extremely poor or destitute	1
6452302212	fatalistic	referring to or characteristic of the belief that everything is predetermined and inevitable	2
6452303357	pedantic	ostentatious; overtly concerned with minute details	3
6452304909	didactic	intending to teach	4
6452305710	axiom	a statement that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true	5
6452311380	double entendre	word or phrase has two meanings, one of which is usually more offensive or sexual	6
6452318248	aphorism	an observation that contains a general truth	7
6452318799	homily	a sermon, lecture; a moralizing discourse or speech	8
6452320033	epigram	a remark expressing a an idea in a clever manner; a short poem with a witty ending	9
6452322467	chiasmus	two clauses parallel each other in reverse order to emphasize a point (ex, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country)	10
6458318720	dirgelike	lamenting, mournful or regretful	11
6465113843	solicitious	eager to please; anxiously concerned	12
6465123224	officious	aggressive in offering unrequested service or favors	13
6465127581	cloying	tending to cause disgust or aversion due to excess	14
6465130148	obsequious	characterized by obedience	15
6465133747	bemused	lost in thought or confused; bewildered	16
6465136913	ingratiate	to establish oneself in the favor of others	17
6465138637	missive	written letter or message	18
6465331001	lugubrious	mournful or gloomy	19
6465334733	compound-complex sentence	a sentence with two more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses	20
6465340908	periodic sentence	main clause found at the end of a sentence	21
6465350887	epanalepsis	repetition of word or phrase in same sentence	22
6465359987	cumulative sentence	main clause is detailed by various additional modifying clauses and phrases	23
6465365987	sanguine	cheerfully optimistic or confident; hopeful	24
6465369884	saccharine	exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental	25
6465373483	mordant	caustic, biting; corrosive	26
6481988875	camaraderie	friendship or mutual trust	27
6488947809	deluded	misleading	28
6488958348	despondency	state of low spirit; hopelessness	29
6567430793	forlorn	sad or abandoned	30
6581131872	Penury	Extreme poverty and destitution	31
6581131873	Sartorially	Relating to clothing	32
6582783852	ken	one's range of knowledge or sight	33
6582787230	goad	to motivate or encourage	34
6582789265	deride	to ridicule or mock	35
6582798769	gothic novel	english novel that has air of mystery or horror	36
6582883212	Convalescent	Recovering from illness	37
6582883213	Enervated	Weak	38
6582883214	Munificent	Generous	39
6582883215	Imoportunate	Annoyingly demanding	40
6582883216	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or cynical	41
6610043835	refrain	literary technique in poem that repeats certain phrase or line (device in poetry)	42
6610050303	anaphora	repetition of word or phrase (device in prose)	43
6652563481	temerity	fearlessness, courage	44
6660711380	syllogism	when conclusion drawn from two assumed propositions	45
6698782699	repartee	witty or surprising dialogue	46
6698803961	hapless	unlucky	47
6698820176	mock-heroic	using elevated language to describe trivial subject in apparently serious manner.	48
6698829257	reproachful	expressing disapproval, disappointment	49
6705887095	fettered	chained or shackled	50
6705899726	epistrophe/epiphora	repetition of words at end of phrase or sentence	51
6705912283	supplication	prayer or plea	52
6705912284	plaintive	expressing sorrow or melancholy.	53
6712162430	Naturalistic	Pertaining to natural landscape or surroundings	54
6754745982	rapture	ecstatic joy or happiness	55
6754752122	stanch/staunch	to stop flow of	56
6754752123	staunch	steadfast or stubborn; unmoving	57
6754761469	rapacious	given to plundering for satisfaction of greed	58
6754775421	epic simile	long simile with like transcending many lines	59