Ap Language Flashcards

8291614468	literati	literary or scholarly people	0
8291621938	Modus Operandi	procedure, method of operating. used often when discerning criminals	1
8291640204	Kafkaesque	marked by a senseless, disorienting often menacing complexity	2
8291649982	Last Hurrah	final attempt	3
8291654643	Parenthetical expression	word or phrase not part of the main idea and interrupts the main sentence.	4
8291670070	Semper Fedelis	always faithful	5
8291673221	leviathan	anything huge or monstrous	6
8291677109	lilliputian	trivial or very small	7
8291682756	Periodic sentence	A long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax	8
8292533649	idiot savant	a person affected with a mental illness who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field.	9
8292545773	Lochivar	any handsome young heroic man in pursuit of a lady	10
8292556389	Machiavellion	the end justifies the means, any who is merciless, clever, unethical to obtain his goods	11
8292573089	ipso facto	by that very fact or act: as an inevitable result	12
8292578022	hoi polloi	the masses, the common people	13
8292589068	Moby Dick	a monstrous thing someone obsessively pursues	14
8292595899	Munchkin	a small person or an ineffectual or unimportant	15
8292604303	Alpha	the beginning	16
8292607242	Omega	the end	17
8292612528	Noble savage	a term that refers to an uncivilized person who is really worthy and sensible than some of his civilized counterparts	18
8292631356	Gravitas	seriousness, dignity or importance	19
8292638730	zeitgeist	the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual and or political climate of a nation or people group	20
8292653780	Peter Principal	the idea that people usually rise to the level of their incompetence	21
8292659834	Carte Blanche	Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion	22
8292672419	Coup de grace	the blow that kills	23
8292674987	Peyton place	A seemingly respectable community that actually isn't	24
8292687363	Platonic	Refers to a chaste and strong type of love that is non-sexual	25
8292721885	Creme de la creme	the best of the best	26
8292727780	Esprit de carp	the pride and honor shared b the members of a group	27
8292744277	Promethean	describes someone who is independent, defies authority, and willing sacrifices for his/her beliefs	28
8292763076	Faux pax	a violation of accepted social norms	29
8292766895	Female Fatale	A woman of seductive charm who leads men into bad situations	30
8292780071	Quixotic	Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; impractical impulsive and rashly unpredictable	31
8292807131	Shangri la	An imaginary paradise on Earth, remote and exotic	32
8292822760	Joie de vivre	Hearty or carefree enjoyment of life	33
8292844839	Noblesse oblige	with wealth and or powers comes responsibility to others	34
8292856657	Rube Goldberg	describes complex gadgets that perform simple task	35
8292861430	shot heard round the world	events that have international significance	36