AP Language Flashcards
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7444570774 | Disparages | regard or represent as being of little worth | 0 | |
7444594263 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause | 1 | |
7444601938 | Rhetorical Fragment | Sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired effect | 2 | |
7444608569 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | 3 | |
7444615393 | Antithesis | A statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced | 4 | |
7444625304 | Epistrophe | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses | 5 | |
7444630016 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 6 | |
7444635408 | Ultimatums | A final demand or proposition | 7 | |
7444639730 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 8 | |
7444651712 | Predicate Nominatives | noun or pronoun that follows the linking verb and gives more information about the subject | 9 | |
8309882556 | Heedless | Not paying attention; Careless | 10 | |
8309893503 | Expenditures | Government spending. Major areas of federal spending are social services and national defense. | 11 | |
8309895872 | Incoherent | Not able to be understood | 12 | |
8309899176 | Scandalized | shocked or horrified by something considered immoral or improper | 13 | |
8309902728 | Piecemeal | One piece at a time; gradually | 14 | |
8309907321 | Reiterates | to repeat | 15 | |
8987869478 | occasioned | to cause something to happen. | 16 | |
8987871435 | synergistic | working together | 17 | |
8987874779 | empirical | based on observation or experiment | 18 | |
8987875882 | conjecture | inference; guesswork | 19 | |
8987878640 | exposé | A factual piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings. | 20 | |
8987879910 | meditation | reflection; thought | 21 |