AP Language - Master Vocab List Flashcards

8506063674	acerbic	{adj.} angry and bitter	0
8506063675	acrimonious	{adj.} caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.; angry, scathing, acerbic	1
8506063676	allusion	{n.} An indirect reference to something well known (art, literature, etc.) ex: "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her."	2
8506063677	ambiguity	{n.} leaving something out of the text for the reader to infer about ex: "Each of us saw her duck."	3
8506063678	anachronism	{n.} an element of a text that does not fit within the time period ex: "Brutus; Peace! Count the clock."	4
8506063679	anaphora	{n.} repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of clauses	5
8506063680	anecdote	{n.} a short, personal story	6
8506063681	anguish	{n.} despair	7
8506063682	antecedent	{n.} the noun that a pronoun refers to	8
8506063683	antithesis	{n.} the direct opposite of another idea in the text	9
8506063684	apathetic	{adj.} showing no interest or emotion	10
8506063685	aphorism	{n.} a short saying {ex: honesty is the best policy}	11
8506063686	apostrophe	{n.} when the speaker addresses something that cannot respond	12
8506063687	ardent	{adj.} enthusiastic or passionate	13
8506063688	asyndeton	{n.} the absence of conjunctions where they would typically be used	14
8506063689	audacious	{adj.} bold and daring	15
8506063690	austere	{adj.} severe, strict, plain	16
8506063691	belligerent	{adj.} hostile and aggressive	17
8506063692	brusque	{adj.} abrupt in manner	18
8506063693	callous	{adj.} insensitive and unfeeling	19
8506063694	chiasmus	{n.} when words are repeated in reverse order	20
8506063695	choleric	{adj.} bad-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cranky, unreasonably angry, cross; make angered easily	21
8506063696	circumlocution	{n.} to use of many words when fewer would do	22
8506063697	colloquial	{adj.} informal, familiar language	23
8506063698	conciliatory	{adj.} intending to pacify or placate the audience	24
8506063699	concise	{adj.} use few words	25
8506063700	contemptuous	{adj.} manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval	26
8506063701	deduction	{n.} using logic to make an inference or conclusion	27
8506063702	derogatory	{adj.} critical	28
8506063703	despondent	{adj.} hopeless	29
8506063704	detached	{adj.} unemotional, disconnected	30
8506063705	dialect	{n.} a form of language specific to a group or region	31
8506063706	diatribe	{n.} a strong verbal attack against something/someone	32
8506063707	didactic	{adj.} intending to teach or inform	33
8506063708	digression	{n.} temporary departure from the main topic	34
8506063709	discourse	{n.} written or spoken communication	35
8506063710	discursive	{adj.} moving from topic to topic without order; rambling, digressive, meandering	36
8506063711	earnest	{adj.} sincere and honest	37
8506063712	elegiac	{adj.} sad and mournful	38
8506063713	ellipsis	{n.} (...) showing omission from a text	39
8506063714	euphemism	{n.} using milder words for words that are deemed "inappropriate"	40
8506063715	exasperated	{adj.} irritated or out of patience	41
8506063716	facetious	{adj.} sarcastic	42
8506063717	foreboding	{adj.} a feeling that something bad will happen	43
8506063718	imagery	{n.} description that appeals to the senses	44
8506063719	incredulous	{adj.} unwilling or unable to believe something is true	45
8506063720	indiscriminate	{adj.} done without careful judgment	46
8506063721	inflammatory	{adj.} intending to arouse anger	47
8506063722	invective	{n.} insulting, highly critical language	48
8506063723	jargon	{n.} language specific to a group or profession	49
8506063724	jovial	{adj.} cheerful and friendly	50
8506063725	lugubrious	{adj.} overly sad and dismal	51
8506063726	maxim	{n.} a short statement of a universal truth	52
8506063727	metonymy	{n.} substituting a name for something with an attribute of it	53
8506063728	motif	{n.} a recurring theme or idea in a text	54
8506063729	naive	{adj.} immature or inexperienced	55
8506063730	nonchalant	{adj.} calm and relaxed	56
8506063731	paradox	{n.} a contradiction of ideas	57
8506063732	parallel structure	{n.} having sentences or parts of sentences mimic each other	58
8506063733	parody	{n.} making fun of a serious topic	59
8506063734	pedantic	{adj.} language that is trying to sound smart	60
8506063735	polysyndeton	{n.} using more conjunctions than necessary	61
8506063736	pragmatic	{adj.} logical and sensible	62
8506063737	pretentious	{adj.} trying to seem more important than you are	63
8506063738	refutation	{n.} response to an argument	64
8506063739	rhetoric	{n.} the art of using language effectively	65
8506063740	sematics	{n.} the branch of linguistics concerned with meaning	66
8506063741	stream of consciousness	{n.} narration that flows as the narrator's thoughts	67
8506063742	understatement	{n.} the presentation of an idea as less important than it is	68
8506063743	zeugma	{n.} when a word applies to two others in two different ways	69