AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards

5281163900	Supplication	The act of asking humbly or earnestly as in prayer to a god.	0
5281163901	Lamentation	An express of deep sorrow, mourning.	1
5281163902	Auguryen	A sign of what will happen in the future, an omen	2
5281163903	Riven	Torn apart violently	3
5281163904	Enigmatic	Full of mystery, difficult to understand	4
5281163905	Metonymn	A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another	5
5281163906	Synecdoche	A figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole	6
5281163907	Mirth	Gladness or happiness often accompanied with laughter	7
5281163908	Dirge	A song in grief or lamentation.	8
5281163909	Auspicious	Showing or suggesting future success is likely	9
5281163910	Obsequious	Exhibiting flattering attentiveness	10
5281163911	Jocund	Marked by or suggestive of high spirts	11
5281163912	Galled	Angered or annoyed, irritated or inflamed	12
5281163913	Harrow	Torment or cause great distress, pillage or plunder.	13
5281163914	Exhortative	Serving to influence someone by words or advice	14
5281163915	Cleave	To divide by as if by cutting	15
5281163916	Baudy	Obscene, lewd	16
5281221846	Wiles	A trick intended to ensnare	17
5281221847	Limpid	Marked by transparency or clear and simple in style	18
5281221848	Antithesis	A rhetorical devise in which two opposites are put together to achieve a contrasting effect.	19
5281221849	Litotes	A figure of speech where an understatement is employed by using double negatives	20
5281221850	Paradox	A situation that is seemingly contradictory	21
5281221851	Anaphora	Repetition of words or phrases used to emphasize important ideas.	22
5281221852	Sylepsis	One word is used in two different senses	23
5281221853	Foil	A character contrasts with another to highlight particularly qualities of the other character	24