AP Literature 1-60 Flashcards

3067167214	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent a whole	0
3067180724	metonymy	the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the concept meant	1
3067197634	metaphor	a comparison of two things, not using like or as	2
3067221566	simile	a mode of comparison using like or as	3
3067224539	apostrophe	a direct address to something or someone who is either present or absent, which interrupts a piece	4
3067236088	phlegmatic	calm, cool, composed	5
3067242162	splenetic	irritable, peevish, ill-tempered	6
3067249004	melancholy	woe, desolation, rejection	7
3067253612	sanguine	cheerful, optimistic, buoyant	8
3067267491	choleric	prickly, bad-tempered, fractious	9
3067281523	rhetoric	art of persuasive speaking or writing	10
3067288030	redundant	superfluous, needless, unnecessary	11
3067295765	strumpet	harlot, lady of the evening, lady of the street	12
3067313732	sycophant	flatterer, stooge, bootlicker	13
3067321843	unctuous	ingratiating, fawning, gushing	14
3067328013	condone	to accept; to allow; to continue	15
3067333060	pragmatic	practical, sensible, business-like	16
3067340583	auspicious	favorable, promising encouraging	17
3067348638	perquisite	dividend, gratuity, perk	18
3067354531	stoic	apathetic, aloof, sober	19
3067371398	hackneyed	stale, overdone, platitudinous	20
3067376660	jaded	tired, bored, glutted	21
3067382857	jejune	bland, flat, banal	22
3067395913	solipsist	one who believes reality is rooted in personal existence	23
3067415645	trite	commonplace, stereotyped, hackneyed	24
3067425106	hamartia	Achilles' heel, failing flaw, tragic flaw	25
3067437260	hubris	excessive pride, arrogance, pomposity	26
3067443338	didactic	instructive, pedagogic, edifying	27
3067451560	itinerant	wandering, migrant, vagrant	28
3067458241	mawkish	sentimental, maudlin, sugary	29
3067476613	ameliorate	to improve; to enhance; to benefit	30
3067484283	superficial	outward, apparent, casual	31
3067489884	archetype	prototype, embodiment, model	32
3067495950	egregious	shocking, outrageous, abhorrent	33
3067508461	satire	a mockery, a caricature, a parody	34
3067523789	fastidious	scrupulous, meticulous, punctilious	35
3067531034	hyperbole	overstatement, embellishment, exaggeration	36
3067543805	onomatopoeia	reverberation, parroting, sound	37
3067556561	ephemeral	transient, fleeting, passing	38
3067560955	allusion	reference to, comment on, hint to	39
3067576827	vacillate	to hesitate; to waver; to be undecided	40
3067584906	apocryphal	spurious, fictitious, untrue	41
3067589971	feisty	spirited, spunky, gutsy	42
3067609714	altruistic	unselfish, compassionate, selfless	43
3067613827	sonnet	type of poem with 14 lines and regular rhymes	44
3067625732	imagery	representation, mental images, symbolism	45
3067638608	prolepsis	chronological error	46
3067651147	orthodox	devout, traditional, conservative	47
3067663216	innate	natural, intrinsic, instinctive	48
3067669462	dramatic irony	contradictory information for the audience but not the characters	49
3067681241	cryptic	ambiguous, enigmatic, vague	50
3067686971	banal	unoriginal, bland, hackneyed	51
3067697730	scrutinize	to examine; to inspect closely; to peruse	52
3067704671	condescend	to demonstrate superiority; to be patronizing	53
3067709619	philanthropy	altruism	54
3067724677	aggravate	to annoy; to intensify unpleasantly	55
3067729673	anxious	nervous, afraid, fearful	56
3067738651	stentorian	extremely loud, powerful, extroverted	57
3067744753	taciturn	uncommunicative, reserved, introverted	58
3067748907	epigram	a short, clever poem or saying	59