AP Language Flashcards

8714538117	aesthetic	having to do with the appreciation of beauty	0
8714547362	affable	easy-going, friendly	1
8714548825	alienated	removed or disassociated from	2
8714553780	amenable	responsive, agreeable	3
8714558640	anaphora	repetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases (everyday, every night, everywhere)	4
8714576655	antecedent	the noun to which a later pronoun refers	5
8714582644	antimetabole	repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast (when the going gets tough, the tough gets going)	6
8714593420	apology	defense of an idea	7
8739699421	apposition	a grammar construction in which a non or noun phrase is places with another as an explanation (The 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump)	8
8739699422	arbiter	a judge who decides a disputed issue	9
8804975686	archetype	a perfect example	10
8804981955	assertion	a declaration or statement	11
8804988119	assiduous	hard working	12
8804995445	astute	shrewd; clever	13
8805000961	asyndeton	leaving out conjunctions "I came, I saw, I conquered"	14
8805006917	brusque	rudely abrupt	15
8805010747	candor	frankness positive connotation	16
8805015496	capricious	impulsive and unpredictable in tone, mood, or behavior	17
8805024515	caustic	bitingly sarcastic or biting negative connotation	18
8805033217	austere	strict attitude or manner	19
8898553355	chiasmus	an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases	20
8898558471	clandestine	secretive	21
8898561016	cogent	convincing, reasonable	22
8898563748	coherent	logically connected	23
8898566308	conception	the ability to form or understand an idea	24
8898570550	convoluted	intricate, complex	25
8898573167	copious	plentiful	26
8898579381	cumulative (loose) sentence	independent clause followed by subordinate clauses	27
8898585365	declarative sentence	makes a statement	28
8898588106	decorous	proper, marked by good taste	29