AP Literature Flashcards
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8261061558 | Allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | 0 | |
8261061559 | Ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | 1 | |
8261061560 | comprehensive | covering or including everything | 2 | |
8261061561 | lidded | a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover. 2. an eyelid. 3. a restraint, ceiling, or curb, as on prices or news. | 3 | |
8261061562 | panoramic | denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area | 4 | |
8261061563 | Snobbish | Looking down on others as inferior; arrogant | 5 | |
8261061564 | felicitous | (adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy | 6 | |
8261061565 | Reptillian | purported reptilian humanoids that play a prominent role in fantasy, | 7 | |
8261061566 | incongruous | out of place; having parts that are not in harmony or that are inconsistent | 8 | |
8261061567 | harmonious | able to get along together well; combining different elements that blend pleasingly; melodious | 9 | |
8261061568 | judicious | (adj.) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible | 10 | |
8261061569 | melodious | containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | 11 | |
8261061570 | intricacy | marked by elaborately complex detail | 12 | |
8261061571 | complexity | the quality of being intricate and compounded | 13 | |
8261061572 | stateliness | impressiveness in scale or proportion | 14 | |
8261061573 | commendation | a notice of approval or recognition | 15 | |
8261061574 | Deceit | dishonesty, deception | 16 | |
8261061575 | exultation | a feeling of extreme joy | 17 | |
8261061576 | introspective | contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings | 18 | |
8261061577 | self analysis | A systematic effort at self understanding conducted without the aid of a professional. | 19 | |
8261061578 | Vegetative | reproduction of plants by direct cloning from existing plants | 20 | |
8261061579 | Analyst | Someone who studies data | 21 | |
8261061580 | Aged | state of being old | 22 | |
8261061581 | Preamble | An introduction to a speech or piece of writing | 23 | |
8261061582 | Prologue | A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event | 24 | |
8261061583 | Protagonist | Main character | 25 | |
8261061584 | provocative | tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying | 26 | |
8261061585 | turbulent | disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy | 27 | |
8261061586 | nippy | chilly, chilling. | 28 | |
8261061587 | Trivial | Unimportant | 29 | |
8261061588 | Stormy | Inclement | 30 | |
8261061589 | Crucial | Extremely important | 31 |