AP Literature Flashcards

9839571728	contempt	scorn, extreme dislike or disdain	0
9839572703	speculative	not based on fact	1
9839578152	meandering	winding back and forth; rambling	2
9839578979	interpretive	explanatory	3
9839583099	cynical	believing that people only act of selfishness	4
9839588412	visionary	a person with original ideas about what the future could be like	5
9839590553	pedantic	showing off learning	6
9839593914	lyric	a song-like poem written mainly to express the feelings of emotions or thought from a particular person	7
9839597225	polemic	an aggressive argument against a specific opinion	8
9839598858	allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	9
9839600934	ballad	a narrative folk song	10
9839603238	ode	usually a lyric poem of moderate length, with a serious subject, an elevated style, and an elaborate stanza pattern	11
9839607991	antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another	12
9839617611	congeniality	compatibility; friendliness; agreeableness; pleasantness	13
9839619644	pretentious	pompous, self-important	14
9839620413	braggart	one who boasts a great deal	15
9839621208	foreboding	a feeling of evil to come	16
9839623009	doling	dispense as charity	17
9839627225	synecdoche	using a part of something to represent the whole thing	18
9839629071	metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it	19
9839629943	ineptitude	unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training	20
9839631572	infirmities	physical or mental weakness	21
9839632506	solemn	serious	22
9839634838	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule	23
9839634839	flippant	lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	24
9839635775	affable	friendly	25
9839636460	laudatory	expressing praise	26
9839638163	envious	jealous	27