AP Language Cumulative Vocab Flashcards

7200747479	forensic argument	arguments that rely on evidence and testimony to recreate what can be known about events that have already occurred	0
7200749994	deliberative argument	arguments about what should happen in the future	1
7200750840	epideictic argument	arguments about beliefs and assumptions that are widely held within society; usually held in public	2
7200751345	stasis theory	a four-question, pre-writing process developed in ancient Greece that helps researchers, writers, and people working together in teams to build information and compose communication	3
7200753930	rhetorical situation	any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person	4
7200762800	sanguine	cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident	5
7200763532	choleric	extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible	6
7200764078	phlegmatic	not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish	7
7200764448	auspicious	promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable	8
7200765701	unctuous	characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug	9
7225774207	pathos	a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response	10
7225780479	ethos	a means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader	11
7225783146	logos	a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic	12
7225784960	kairos	a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action	13
7225787667	inductive argument	an argument in which it is thought that the premises provide reasons supporting the probable truth of the conclusion	14
7225790240	abase	to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem	15
7225793906	caprice	a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action	16
7225795244	hoodwink	to deceive by false appearance	17
7225797620	parsimonious	exhibiting or marked by the quality of being careful with money or resources	18
7225799706	tantamount	equivalent in value, significance, or effect	19
7313997015	deductive argument	an argument in which it is thought that the premises provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion	20
7313998803	logical fallacy	common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument.	21
7314000948	connotation	the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning	22
7314002228	denotation	the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it	23
7314004126	exordium	In classical rhetoric, the introductory part of an argument in which a speaker or writer establishes credibility (ethos) and announces the subject and purpose of the discourse	24
7314005361	bravado	a pretentious, swaggering display of courage	25
7314006616	condescend	to show that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people	26
7314008196	dogmatic	characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts	27
7314009275	engender	to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist	28
7314010626	visage	the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.	29
7805708005	syllogism	a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion; deductive reasoning	30
7805711863	enthymeme	an argumentative statement in which the writer or the speaker omits one of the major or minor premises, does not clearly pronounce it, or keeps this premise implied.	31
7805715462	ad hominem argument	attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument.	32
7805721643	equivocations	using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an argument misleading.	33
7805724561	non-sequitur	statements, sayings and conclusions that do not follow the fundamental principles of logic and reason.	34
7805726858	indignant	feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base	35
7805731371	moratorium	a suspension of activity	36
7805733494	sequacious	someone who blindly adopts ideas without much thought.	37
7805740747	zeitgeist	the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era	38
7805757230	weal	a sound, healthy, or prosperous state	39
8009263726	anadiplosis	the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause.	40
8009265801	antanagoge	placing a good point or benefit next to a fault, criticism, or problem in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point	41
8009267326	diacope	a repetition of a phrase or word, broken up by other intervening words.	42
8009269080	epanalepsis	a figure of speech in which the beginning of a clause or sentence is repeated at the end of that same clause or sentence, with words intervening.	43
8009272858	pleonasm	the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy	44
8009274471	blithe	of a happy lighthearted character or disposition	45
8009276356	dilettante	a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge	46
8009277982	forswear	to give up or do without	47
8009280333	malady	a disease or disorder of the animal body; an unwholesome or disordered condition	48
8009281776	rectitude	rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue	49
8233040304	antimetabole	a device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order	50
8233043881	antiphrasis	a phrase or word is employed in a way that is opposite to its literal meaning, in order to create an ironic or comic effect	51
8233148054	appositive	a noun phrase or a noun that defines or explains another noun, which it follows	52
8233240214	epizeuxis	a rhetorical device in which the words or phrases are repeated in quick succession, one after another, for emphasis	53
8233355055	metanoia	a writer or speaker deliberately goes back and modifies a statement that they just made, usually either to strengthen it or soften it in some way	54
8233628280	parable	a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson	55
8237862521	precocious	unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development	56
8237865103	resplendent	shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid	57
8237906296	doleful	sorrowful; mournful; melancholy	58
8237913239	trepidation	tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation	59