AP Language Fall Vocab 2016 Flashcards

5528157178	esoteric	Intended for or understood by only a small group	0
5528159631	connotative	the implied or associated meaning of a word	1
5528159632	bombastic	pompous in speech and manner	2
5528159649	colloquial	Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing	3
5528164188	trite	commonplace; overused, stale	4
5528166750	homespun	domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary	5
5528166751	pedantic	Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules	6
5528169446	insipid	lacking interest or flavor	7
5528169447	obtuse	Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression	8
5528171892	obscure	difficult to understand; partially hidden	9
5528171893	pensive	Thoughtful Thinking deeply or seriously	10
5528174170	vacuous	Lacking intelligence	11
5528174171	elegiac	Expressing sorrow or lamentation	12
5528174172	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule	13
5528177331	vilify	to say vile things about; to defame	14
5528177332	reticent	NOT SPEAKING FREELY; RESERVED; RELUCTANT	15
5528180099	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	16
5528180100	antithesis	Direct opposite	17
5528180101	concession	A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.	18
5528183438	euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	19
5528187437	incontrovertible	Indisputable	20
5528187438	penitent	expressing remorse for one's misdeeds	21
5528189661	vindicate	To free from blame	22
5528189662	objectivity	treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices	23
5528189663	haughty	Arrogantly superior and disdainful	24
5528193402	cogent	convincing and well-reasoned	25
5528193403	imperious	overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling	26
5528193404	impede	To obstruct or interfere with; to delay	27
5528195676	opulent	Luxurious; wealthy	28
5528195677	indolent	Lazy	29
5528199688	ebullience	intense enthusiasm	30
5528199689	superfluous	Unnecessary	31
5528201859	pejorative	Disparaging, belittling, insulting	32
5528201860	proliferate	to increase in number quickly	33
5528205319	affable	Friendly	34
5528205320	malleable	capable of being shaped	35
5528207998	elusive	Hard to grasp	36
5528207999	aesthetic	Pertaining to beauty	37
5528208000	truncate	cut short	38
5528209355	dilettante	someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic	39
5540462868	tone	Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)	40
5540462869	diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	41
5540462870	syntax	Sentence structure	42
5540464921	allusion	A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.	43
5540464922	juxtaposition	Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts	44
5540468076	anaphora	Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences	45
5540468077	ethos	Appeal to credibility	46
5540469845	logos	Appeal to logic	47
5540469846	pathos	Appeal to emotion	48
5540469847	overstatement	statement that implies more than the actual meaning (deliberately stating more than the truth)	49
5540472465	understatement	a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is	50
5540472466	sarcasm	A sharp, caustic attitude conveyed in words through jibes, taunts, or other remarks; differs from irony, which is more subtle.	51
5540472467	epistle	a letter or literary composition in letter form	52
5540474759	exigence	An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.	53
5540478019	polysyndeton	Sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series. Polysyndeton appear in the form of X and Y and Z, stressing equally each member of a series. It makes the sentence slower and the items more emphatic than in the asyndeton.	54
5540480294	epigraph	A brief quotation found at the beginning of a literary work, reflective of theme.	55
5569303126	anecdote	A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.	56