AP Literature Vocabulary List 7 Flashcards
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6190697623 | laconic | Using very few words | 0 | |
6190697624 | mien | a person's demeanor, bearing, manner | 1 | |
6190697625 | veracity | Truthfulness | 2 | |
6190697626 | wry | amusing, ironic | 3 | |
6190697627 | confound | confuse | 4 | |
6190697628 | ethereal | light, airy, tenuous | 5 | |
6190697629 | ambivalent | Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas | 6 | |
6190697630 | analogous | Comparable | 7 | |
6190697631 | emissary | messenger | 8 | |
6190697632 | felicity | great happiness; bliss | 9 | |
6190697633 | incendiary | combustible, flammable, burning easily | 10 | |
6190697634 | magnanimous | generous or forgiving | 11 | |
6190697635 | ubiquitous | found everywhere; omnipresent | 12 | |
6190697636 | venerable | respected because of age | 13 | |
6190697637 | repartee | a quick, witty reply | 14 | |
6190697638 | morose | Gloomy | 15 | |
6190697639 | countenance | Facial expression | 16 | |
6190697640 | feign | To pretend | 17 | |
6190723925 | ambiguity (term) | quality of being intentionally unclear | 18 | |
6190727044 | anachronism | an element of a story that is out of its time frame sometimes used for effect; can be a mistake | 19 | |
6190734404 | aphorism | a terse statement that presents a general truth or moral principle | 20 | |
6190765556 | interior monologue | A literary technique used in poetry and prose that reveals a character's unspoken thoughts and feelings. May be presented by character or narrator. | 21 |