AP Lang VDB Units 1+2 Vocab Flashcards

7255655951	abstract	having no reference to material objects or specific examples; not concrete	0
7255655952	allusion	a reference to people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art	1
7255655953	ambiguity	an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.	2
7255655954	anecdote	a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature	3
7255655955	antithesis	contrast or opposition; (rhetoric) the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, phrases, or words so as to accentuate differences or produce an effect of balance	4
7255655956	analogy	comparison between two things that are otherwise unlike	5
7255655957	antecedent	a word or phrase referred to by any relative pronoun	6
7255655958	aphorism	a concise statement to state a principle or an opinion that is generally understood to be a universal truth; maxim	7
7255655959	clause	a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence	8
7255655960	phrase	a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence	9
7255655961	cliche	a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse	10
7255655962	colloquial	characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal	11
7255655963	concrete	pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions	12
7255655964	connotation	the associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition	13
7255655965	context	the parts of a text that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect	14
7255655966	persona	the face or character that an author shows the audience	15
7255655967	denotation	the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word	16
7255655968	counterargument	an opposing argument to the one the author is putting forward	17
7255655969	concession	an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable	18
7255655970	refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	19
7259200571	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	20
7259201044	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	21
7259201482	awe	solemn wonder	22
7259201847	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	23
7259202851	cynical	questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	24
7259203859	condescending	a feeling of superiority	25
7259204521	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	26
7259214621	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	27
7259215281	critical	finding fault	28
7259216233	choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	29
7259216593	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or undeserving of respect	30
7259220188	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	31
7259221034	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality	32
7259224103	disdainful	scornful	33
7259224104	didactic	attempting to educate or instruct the reader	34
7259225142	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	35
7259225924	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	36
7259227121	erudite	learned, polished, scholarly	37
7259227585	fanciful	using the imagination	38
7259228586	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	39
7259229468	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	40
7259230284	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	41
7259230922	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	42
7259231597	intimate	very familiar	43
7259232076	judgemental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	44
7259233801	jovial	happy	45
7259234632	lyrical	expressing poetic inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	46
7259235440	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	47
7259236394	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	48
7259237046	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	49