AP Language - Master Vocab List Flashcards

5806630277	acerbic	{adj.} angry and bitter	0
5806630278	acrimonious	{adj.} caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.; angry, scathing, acerbic	1
5806631201	allusion	{n.} An indirect reference to something well known (art, literature, etc.) ex: "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her."	2
5807403472	ambiguity	{n.} leaving something out of the text for the reader to infer about ex: "Each of us saw her duck."	3
5807407370	anachronism	{n.} an element of a text that does not fit within the time period ex: "Brutus; Peace! Count the clock."	4
5807407371	anaphora	{n.} repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of clauses	5
5807407372	anecdote	{n.} a short, personal story	6
5807408666	anguish	{n.} despair	7
5807408667	antecedent	{n.} the noun that a pronoun refers to	8
5807409441	antithesis	{n.} the direct opposite of another idea in the text	9
5807412472	apathetic	{adj.} showing no interest or emotion	10
5807412473	aphorism	{n.} a short saying {ex: honesty is the best policy}	11
5807413191	apostrophe	{n.} when the speaker addresses something that cannot respond	12
5807413192	ardent	{adj.} enthusiastic or passionate	13
5807414181	asyndeton	{n.} the absence of conjunctions where they would typically be used	14
5807414182	audacious	{adj.} bold and daring	15
5807547252	austere	{adj.} severe, strict, plain	16
5807548168	belligerent	{adj.} hostile and aggressive	17
5807548169	brusque	{adj.} abrupt in manner	18
5807548170	callous	{adj.} insensitive and unfeeling	19
5807548928	chiasmus	{n.} when words are repeated in reverse order	20
5807548929	choleric	{adj.} bad-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cranky, unreasonably angry, cross; make angered easily	21
5807549632	circumlocution	{n.} to use of many words when fewer would do	22
5807549633	colloquial	{adj.} informal, familiar language	23
5807551946	conciliatory	{adj.} intending to pacify or placate the audience	24
5807551947	concise	{adj.} use few words	25
5807551948	contemptuous	{adj.} manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval	26
5807551949	deduction	{n.} using logic to make an inference or conclusion	27
5807552650	derogatory	{adj.} critical	28
5807552651	despondent	{adj.} hopeless	29
5807552652	detached	{adj.} unemotional, disconnected	30
5807604756	dialect	{n.} a form of language specific to a group or region	31
5807604757	diatribe	{n.} a strong verbal attack against something/someone	32
5807605389	didactic	{adj.} intending to teach or inform	33
5807605390	digression	{n.} temporary departure from the main topic	34
5807605391	discourse	{n.} written or spoken communication	35
5807605987	discursive	{adj.} moving from topic to topic without order; rambling, digressive, meandering	36
5807605988	earnest	{adj.} sincere and honest	37
5807605989	elegiac	{adj.} sad and mournful	38
5807606528	ellipsis	{n.} (...) showing omission from a text	39
5807606529	euphemism	{n.} using milder words for words that are deemed "inappropriate"	40
5807607442	exasperated	{adj.} irritated or out of patience	41
5807607443	facetious	{adj.} sarcastic	42
5807607444	foreboding	{adj.} a feeling that something bad will happen	43
5807608249	imagery	{n.} description that appeals to the senses	44
5807608250	incredulous	{adj.} unwilling or unable to believe something is true	45
5807608251	indiscriminate	{adj.} done without careful judgment	46
5807608956	inflammatory	{adj.} intending to arouse anger	47
5807608957	invective	{n.} insulting, highly critical language	48
5807608958	jargon	{n.} language specific to a group or profession	49
5807608959	jovial	{adj.} cheerful and friendly	50
5807610352	lugubrious	{adj.} overly sad and dismal	51
5807610353	maxim	{n.} a short statement of a universal truth	52
5807610354	metonymy	{n.} substituting a name for something with an attribute of it	53
5807611141	motif	{n.} a recurring theme or idea in a text	54
5807611142	naive	{adj.} immature or inexperienced	55
5807611143	nonchalant	{adj.} calm and relaxed	56
5807611850	paradox	{n.} a contradiction of ideas	57
5807611851	parallel structure	{n.} having sentences or parts of sentences mimic each other	58
5807612710	parody	{n.} making fun of a serious topic	59
5807612711	pedantic	{adj.} language that is trying to sound smart	60
5807612712	polysyndeton	{n.} using more conjunctions than necessary	61
5807614435	pragmatic	{adj.} logical and sensible	62
5807614436	pretentious	{adj.} trying to seem more important than you are	63
5807614437	refutation	{n.} response to an argument	64
5807616381	rhetoric	{n.} the art of using language effectively	65
5807616382	sematics	{n.} the branch of linguistics concerned with meaning	66
5807616383	stream of consciousness	{n.} narration that flows as the narrator's thoughts	67
5807617941	understatement	{n.} the presentation of an idea as less important than it is	68
5807617945	zeugma	{n.} when a word applies to two others in two different ways	69