AP List #6 Flashcards

9565682878	precise (adj)	marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail	0
9565682879	learned (adj)	having much knowledge acquired by study	1
9565682880	picturesque (adj)	visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style	2
9565682881	homespun (adj)	simple and unsophisticated	3
9565682882	provincial (adj)	of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated	4
9565682883	pejorative (adj)	expressing contempt or disapproval	5
9565682884	pithy (adj)	-(of language and style) concise and forcefully expressive -(of fruit/plant) containing much pith	6
9565682885	anitmetabole (n)	a device in which a phrase/sentence is repeated but in reverse order	7
9565682886	antithesis (n)	a contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposite of each other	8
9565682887	paradox (n)	statement that is both true and false ex= a wash pot never boils	9
9565682888	parallelism (n)	use of successive verbal constructions that correspond in grammatical structure or meaning	10
9565682889	magnanimity (n)	the fact/condition of being magnanimous; generosity toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself	11
9565682890	truculent (adj)	eager or quick to argue/fight	12
9565682891	eccentric (adj)	unconventional and slightly strange (n) person of unconventional and strange behavior	13
9565682892	colonialism (n)	policy of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it w/ settlers and exploiting it economically	14
9565682893	pacifism (n)	belief that any violence is unjustifiable and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means	15
9565682894	annex (v)	to append or add as an extra part, especially to a document (n) a building associated w/ a main building, providing additional space	16