AP Literature Flashcards

8430896913	adjunct	(N., adj.) a helper; added in a subordinate capacity	0
8430896914	bellwether	(N.) a leader in a violent undertaking	1
8430896915	caterwaul	(V., n.) to howl or screech like a cat; a racket	2
8430896916	chimerical	(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible	3
8430896917	effete	(adj.) lacking energy or vigor; worn out; unable to produce	4
8430896918	fait accompli	(N.) an accomplished deed	5
8430896919	hidebound	(Adj.) narrow-minded	6
8430896920	hierarchy	(N.) any system of things or people	7
8430896921	laissez-faire	(Adj.) hands-off practice	8
8430896922	liturgy	(N.) a religious service or rite	9
8430896923	morass	(N.) a swamp	10
8430896924	noisome	(Adj.) foul-smelling	11
8430896925	oblivious	(Adj.) unaware	12
8430896926	poltroon	(N.) a base coward	13
8430896927	proselyte	(N.) a convert	14
8430896928	quasi	(Adj.) resembling but not actually being	15
8430896929	raillery	(N.) teasing	16
8430896930	ribald	(Adj.) coarse, vulgar	17
8430896931	supine	(Adj.) lying flat on one's back; lethargic	18
8430896932	vignette	(N.) a short description or sketch	19
8430896933	aegis	(N.) protection	20
8430896934	apprise	(V.) to inform of	21
8430896935	bibulous	(Adj.) fond of drinks	22
8430896936	claque	(N.) a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic admirers	23
8430896937	deracinate	(V.) to root out	24
8430896938	exegesis	(N.) an explanation (especially of a text)	25
8430896939	indigenous	(Adj.) native, inherent	26
8430896940	lachrymose	(Adj.) given to weeping; mournful	27
8430896941	lexicon	(N.) a special vocabulary of a group, person, or subject	28
8430896942	melee	(N.) a confused struggle	29
8430896943	microcosm	(N.) a miniature world or universe	30
8430896944	minuscule	(Adj., N.) very small; a lowercase letter	31
8430896945	obfuscate	(V.) to darken; to confuse	32
8430896946	paternalism	(N.) the practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children	33
8430896947	polarize	(V.) to cause to concentrate around two conflicting positions	34
8430896948	purview	(N.) the range of something	35
8430896949	sanguine	(Adj.) having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally optimistic outlook	36
8430896950	solecism	(N.) a break of etiquette	37
8430896951	vassal	(N., Adj.) a subordinate; subservient	38
8430896952	verisimilitude	(N.) the quality of appearing to be true	39
8430896953	ancillary	(adj.) subordinate or supplementary	40
8430896954	bowdlerize	(v.) to remove material considered offensive	41
8430896955	condescend	(v.) to stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner	42
8430896956	cozen	(v.) to trick; to cheat	43
8430896957	enclave	(n.) an enclosed region inhabited by a group of people	44
8430896958	forte	(n.) a person's strongpoint; what a person does best	45
8430896959	gratis	(adj., adv.) free; without charge	46
8430896960	icon	(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage; an image; a symbol; an object of blind devotion	47
8430896961	interstice	(n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things	48
8430896962	macrocosm	(n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something	49
8430896963	mountebank	(n.) a trickster; a charlatan	50
8430896964	paean	(n.) a song of praise	51
8430896965	persiflage	(n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing	52
8430896966	plethora	(n.) overfullness; superabundance	53
8430896967	pragmatic	(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; stiff in one's opinions	54
8430896968	quizzical	(adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd	55
8430896969	rapacity	(n.) inordinate greed	56
8430896970	schism	(n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions	57
8430896971	therapeutic	(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial	58
8430896972	virtuoso	(n., adj.) a brilliant performer; masterly or brilliant	59
8430896973	affinity	(n.) a natural inclination to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection	60
8430896974	bilious	(adj.) peevish or irritable; sickeningly pleasant	61
8430896975	cognate	(adj.) closely related in origin, essential nature, or function of such a person or thing	62
8430896976	corollary	(n., adj.) a proposition that follows from one already proven, a result; resultant or consequent	63
8430896977	cul-de-sac	(n.) a blind alley or dead-end street; an impasse	64
8430896978	derring-do	(n.) valor or heroism	65
8430896979	divination	(n.) the act or art of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge	66
8430896980	elixir	(n.) a potion once thought capable of curing all ills and maintaining life indefinitely; a panacea; a liquid used as a vehicle in medicines	67
8430896981	folderol	(n.) foolish talk, ideas, or procedures; nonsense; a trifle	68
8430896982	gamut	(n.) an entire range or series	69
8430896983	hoi polloi	(n.) the common people; the masses	70
8430896984	ineffable	(adj.) not expressible in words; too great or too sacred to be uttered	71
8430896985	lucubration	(n.) laborious study or thought, especially at night; the result of such work	72
8430896986	mnemonic	(n., adj.) something to aid the memory; relating to or designed to assist the memory	73
8430896987	obloquy	(n.) public abuse indicating strong disapproval or disgrace resulting from such treatment	74
8430896988	parameter	(n.) a determining or characteristic element; a limit, boundary	75
8430896989	pundit	(n.) a learned person; one who gives authoritative opinions	76
8430896990	risible	(adj.) pertaining to laughter; able or inclined to laugh	77
8430896991	symptomatic	(adj.) typical or characteristic; being or concerned with a symptom or disease	78
8430896992	volte-face	(n.) an about-face; a complete reversal	79
8430896993	aficionado	(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan	80
8430896994	browbeat	(v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully	81
8430896995	commensurate	(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; measurable by the same standards	82
8430896996	diaphanous	(adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent	83
8430896997	emolument	(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary	84
8430896998	foray	(n., v.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; to make such a raid	85
8430896999	genre	(n.) a type, class, or variety; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted	86
8430897000	homily	(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles	87
8430897001	insouciant	(adj.) indifferent or unconcerned; carefree	88
8430897002	matrix	(n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment	89
8430897003	immure	(v.) to enclose or confine within walls	90
8430897004	panache	(n.) a confident and stylish manner; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display	91
8430897005	persona	(n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward role that a person assumes	92
8430897006	philippic	(n.) a bitter verbal attack	93
8430897007	prurient	(adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires	94
8430897008	sacrosanct	(adj.) very sacred or holy' set apart or immune from questioning or attack	95
8430897009	systemic	(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems	96
8430897010	tendentious	(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased	97
8430897011	vicissitude	(n., pl.) a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or condition	98
8430897012	abortive	(adj.) failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose	99
8430897013	obsequies	(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies	100
8430897014	contumelious	(adj.) insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive, humiliating	101
8430897015	bruit	(v.) to spread news	102
8430897016	ensconce	(v.) to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place	103
8430897017	iconoclastic	(adj.) attacking or seeking to overthrow traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions	104
8430897018	in medias res	(adv.) in or into the middle	105
8430897019	internecine	(adj.) mutually destructive	106
8430897020	maladroit	(adj.) lacking in skill or dexterity	107
8430897021	maudlin	(adj.) excessively sentimental	108
8430897022	modulate	(v.) to change or vary the intensity; to regulate, adjust	109
8430897023	portentous	(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; weighty	110
8430897024	prescience	(n.) knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight	111
8430897025	quid pro quo	(n.) something given in exchange or return for something else	112
8430897026	salubrious	(adj.) conducive to health	113
8430897027	saturnalian	(adj.) sexually explicit, rebellious, offensive behavior	114
8430897028	touchstone	(n.) a means of testing worth or genuineness	115
8430897029	traumatic	(adj.) so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage	116
8430897030	vitiate	(v.) to weaken, debase, or corrupt	117
8430897031	waggish	(adj.) fond of making jokes; playfully humorous or droll	118
8430897032	abeyance	(n.) a state or being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside	119
8430897033	ambivalent	(adj.) having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something	120
8430897034	beleaguer	(v.) to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, harass	121
8430897035	carte blanche	(n.) full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion	122
8430897036	cataclysm	(n.) a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge	123
8430897037	debauch	(v., n.) to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation: an act or occasion of dissipation or vice	124
8430897038	éclat	(n.) dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance	125
8430897039	fastidious	(adj.) overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted	126
8430897040	gambol	(v.) to jump or skip around playfully	127
8430897041	imbue	(v.) to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind	128
8430897042	inchoate	(adj.) just beginning; not fully shaped or formed	129
8430897043	lampoon	(n., v.) a malicious satire: to satirize, ridicule	130
8430897044	malleable	(adj.) capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced	131
8430897045	nemesis	(n.) an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; retribution itself; an unbeatable evil	132
8430897046	opt	(v.) to make a choice or decision	133
8430897047	philistine	(adj., n.) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements: such a person	134
8430897048	picaresque	(adj.) involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventurers	135
8430897049	queasy	(adj.) nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasiness; troubled	136
8430897050	refractory	(adj.) stubborn; hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure	137
8430897051	savoir-faire	(n.) the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social competence	138
8430897052	abberation	(n.) a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state	139
8430897053	ad hoc	(adj., adv.) for this specific purpose, improvised; with respect to this	140
8430897054	bane	(n.) the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison	141
8430897055	bathos	(n.) the intrusion of trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase; an anticlimax	142
8430897056	cantankerous	(adj.) ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with	143
8430897057	casuistry	(n.) the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct	144
8430897058	de facto	(adj., adv.) actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned; in reality, actually	145
8430897059	depredation	(n.) the act of preying upon or plundering	146
8430897060	empathy	(n.) a sympathetic understanding	147
8430897061	harbinger	(n., v.) a forerunner, herald; to herald the approach of	148
8430897062	hedonism	(n.) the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim	149
8430897063	lackluster	(adj.) lacking brilliance or vitality; dull	150
8430897064	malcontent	(adj., n.) discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions; such a person	151
8430897065	mellifluous	(adj.) flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed	152
8430897066	nepotism	(n.) undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives	153
8430897067	pander	(v., n.) to cater or to provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others; a person who does this	154
8430897068	peccadillo	(n.) a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming	155
8430897069	pièce de résistance	(n.) the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, incident, or item; an outstanding accomplishment	156
8430897070	remand	(v.) to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to a lower court	157
8430897071	syndrome	(n.) a group of symptoms that collectively indicate a disease, disorder	158
8430897072	dictum	(n.) a short saying; an authoritative statement	159
8431114798	Allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself : Animal Farm and Russia with Communism	160
8431114800	Allusion	A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art : "He was a real Romeo with the ladies"	161
8431114801	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage : "Each of us saw her duck"	162
8431114805	Anaphora	Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines : "I want my money right now, right here, all right?"	163
8431114806	Anastrophe	Word order is reversed or rearranged : Yoda	164
8431114807	Anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person : "You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend. My childhood was better because of him."	165
8431114809	Antithesis	Direct opposite : "That's one small step for a man - one giant leap for mankind."	166
8431114810	Aphorism	A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life : "If the shoe fits, wear it."	167
8431114812	Apostrophe	Address to an absent or imaginary person : "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee not, and yet I see thee still."	168
8431114816	Ballad	A type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature : "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"	169
8431114817	Blank Verse	Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter : "The dreams are clues that tell us take chances."	170
8431114818	Cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds : "He is a rotten, dirty, terrible, trudging, stupid dude!"	171
8431114819	Caesura	A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line : "Oh, say can you see \|\| by the dawn's early light..."	172
8431114825	Connotation	All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests : Childish, childlike, young, youthful	173
8431114831	Didactic Literature	Literature designed explicitly to instruct : Thirty Days Hath September	174
8431114832	Dramatic Monologue	When a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience : Romeo and Juliet	175
8431114833	Enjambment	The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza : We were running to find what had happened beyond the hills.	176
8431114834	Elegy	A sad or mournful poem : O Captain! My Captain!	177
8431114837	Epithet	A descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something : Daddy Longlegs	178
8431114840	Euphony	Pleasant, harmonious sound : "Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed."	179
8431114842	Farce	A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations : Candide	180
8431114844	Foil	A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story : Stephen Kumalo and John Kumalo	181
8431114846	Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor : That suitcase weighed a ton!	182
8431114847	Iamb	An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable : "The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost	183
8431114848	Inference	A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning : He holds a briefcase and is rushing through airport security. You can infer that he is a businessman.	184
8431114849	Isocolon	A succession of phrases of approximately equal length and corresponding structure : "What the hammer? what the chain?"	185
8431114850	Juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts : leather and lace	186
8431114851	Litotes	A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite : the ice cream was not too bad	187
8431114852	Local Color	The use of the physical setting, dialect, customs and attitudes that typify a particular region : Salinas is green.	188
8431114855	Metonymy	The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant : suit for executives	189
8431114856	Ode	A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject : "Ode to Joy"	190
8431114857	Oxymoron	A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase : jumbo shrimp	191
8431114858	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson : Jesus' gospel	192
8431114859	Paradox	An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth : water, water, everywhere but not a drop to drink	193
8431114860	Parallel Structure	A repetition of sentences using the same structure : it was the best of times, it was the worst of times	194
8431114861	Parody	A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner : "I need to make a business call. I am a very busy, very important businessman!"	195
8431114864	Pathetic Fallacy	Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects : bitter winter	196
8431114866	Polysyndenton	The deliberate use of multiple conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words : "And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we're going to Washington, D.C. to take back the White House!"	197
8431114869	Saga	A long story, often telling the history of a family : "War and Peace"	198
8431114870	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies : political cartoons	199
8431114871	Scansion	The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain : "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul..."	200
8431114872	Sonnet	A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme : Shakespearean Sonnets	201
8431114874	Synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa : "All hands on deck!"	202
8431114875	Synesthesia	Describing one kind of sensation in terms of another : "Back to the region where the sun is silent."	203
8431114878	Trope	Artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech : hyperbole, irony, etc	204
8463735918	Renaissance	1500-1670; Literature helped people begin to understand the vast changes that were afflicting the world at the time.	205
8463735919	Renaissance authors	William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Nights Dream)	206
8463735920	Enlightenment	1700-1800; Political philosophy and the nature of the human were topics of the day.	207
8463735921	Enlightenment authors	John Locke	208
8463735922	Romanticism	1798-1870; Freedom found in creativity and letting out human emotion.	209
8463735923	Romanticism authors	Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)	210
8463735924	Trancendentalism	(1830-1860); They were religious and social reformists who believed that to live a happy life, re-thinking would need to be done in nature.	211
8463735925	Trancendentalism authors	Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)	212
8463735926	Victorian	1837-1901; An age in literature when "earnestness" was a prized characteristic. They thrived for the "perfect" world.	213
8463735927	Victorian authors	Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre)	214
8463735928	Realism	1820-1920; It looks at the common man and tells their story.	215
8463735929	Realism authors	Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)	216
8463735930	Naturalism	1870-1920; Refers to the harshest parts of nature. It is one of the most depressing literary movements which began in France.	217
8463735931	Naturalism authors	Emile Zola (Savage Paris)	218
8463735932	Modernism	1910-1965; Freedom was key and everything was given a new perspective.	219
8463735933	Modernism authors	F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)	220
8463735934	Bloomsbury Group	1903-1964; A small group of intellectuals who talked and argued together, inspiring the writings of "intrinsic worth".	221
8465141230	Bloomsbury Group authors	Virginia Woolf (Woman and Writing)	222
8465150356	Existentialism	1850-present; A period of philosophical thoughts dealing with perspectives and dealing with the world and its difficulties. It questions everything.	223
8465158418	Existentialism authors	Henry David Thoreau (Walden and Other Writings)	224
8465167359	Beat Generation	1945-1965; Fought for sexual liberation and said that rules were meant to be broken.	225
8465172855	Beat Generation authors	Allen Ginsberg (Howl)	226
8465176921	Post-Modernism	1965-present; Everything that could have possibly be thought up has already been written down.	227
8465186936	Post-Modernism authors	Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)	228