AP Literature Vocabulary April Flashcards
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| 6661484152 | pedantic | too concerned with detail and formalism | 0 | |
| 6661485981 | idiosyncrasy | a peculiar yet harmless feature of a person or situation | 1 | |
| 6661487607 | exquisite | extremely beautiful and delicate | 2 | |
| 6661504319 | deadpan | deliberately impassive or expressionless | 3 | |
| 6661507011 | anecdote | a short, amusing, true story | 4 | |
| 6661508908 | self-effacing | trying not to draw attention to oneself | 5 | |
| 6661511570 | misconstrue | to interpret something wrongly | 6 | |
| 6661512838 | candid | truthful, straightforward, frank | 7 | |
| 6661514276 | adage | short statement expressing a general truth, proverb | 8 | |
| 6661518442 | anachronism | something out of its proper time, usually something from the past | 9 | |
| 6661519708 | archetype | a very typical example of a person or thing | 10 | |
| 6661521874 | caricature | a picture, description that is grossly exaggerated for comic effect | 11 | |
| 6661524511 | harangue | a lengthy and aggressive speech | 12 | |
| 6661525624 | qualm | an uneasy feeling, a doubt | 13 | |
| 6661526879 | invective | abusive, insulting speech | 14 | |
| 6661528469 | prosody | patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry and speech | 15 | |
| 6661529786 | equivocate | to use ambiguous language to hide the truth | 16 | |
| 6661531497 | discretion | to speak or act in such a way as to avoid conflict or hurt | 17 | |
| 6661533332 | placid | not easily upset or exited | 18 |