AP Literature Flashcards
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| 8082364491 | Adversity | Unfavorable fortune or fate | 0 | |
| 8082364492 | adversary | a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe. | 1 | |
| 8082364493 | disparate | Distinct, different | 2 | |
| 8082364494 | elegiac | expressing sorrow or lamentation | 3 | |
| 8082364495 | Brevity | Shortness of time or duration | 4 | |
| 8082364496 | idyllic | Charmingly simple or rustic | 5 | |
| 8082364497 | Allusion | A passing or casual reference | 6 | |
| 8082364498 | furrow | a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow | 7 | |
| 8082364499 | Surrealism | A literary movement that sought to release the imagination of the subconscious | 8 | |
| 8082364500 | mock heroic style | A term used to describe poems which use a very grand and formal style to describe a common or trivial subject | 9 | |
| 8082364501 | Abject | experienced or present to the maximum degree | 10 | |
| 8082364502 | monotony | Lack of variety and interest, tedious repetition and routine | 11 | |
| 8082364503 | Allegory | A complex symbolic story which is itself symbolic of another story | 12 | |
| 8082364504 | elusive | Hard to catch | 13 | |
| 8082364505 | foreboding | fearful apprehension | 14 | |
| 8082364506 | Trivializes | make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is | 15 | |
| 8082364507 | stoic | To be calm or without any emotion | 16 | |
| 8082364508 | retribution | Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a warning or criminal act | 17 | |
| 8082364509 | exhortation | An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something | 18 | |
| 8082364510 | ambivalent | Having mixed feelings | 19 |