AP LANGUAGE Lesson 1 Vocab Flashcards

4842607464	Altruistic	(Adj) Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Syn: Selfless, Unselfish, Compassionate	0
4842619377	Ambivalent	(Adj) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. Syn: Equivocal, Indecisive, Unsure	1
4842619378	Angular	(Adj) (of an object, outline, or shape) having angles or sharp corners. Person looks sickly, thin. Syn: Sharp-Cornered, pointed	2
4842620367	Arrogant	(Adj) Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. Syn: Haughty, Conceited	3
4842620368	Aversion	(Noun) A strong dislike or disinclination. Syn: Distaste	4
4842621082	Discern	(Verb) To perceive or recognize. Syn: Perceive, recognize	5
4842621083	Disdain	(N) The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of someone's consideration or respect. (V) Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration. Syn: Contempt, Scorn, Disrespect	6
4842621084	Disparage	(V) Regard or represent as being of little worth. Syn: Belittle, Denigrate, Undervalue	7
4842622421	Disparity	(N) A great difference. Syn: Discrepency, Imbalance	8
4842622422	Embellish	(V) To make more attractive by adding adornments and extra details; to make a story more interesting by adding extra details. Syn: Decorate, Elaborate	9
4842622723	Engender	(V) To cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). Syn: Create, Produce, Cause	10
4842623908	Innocuous	(Adj) NOT harmful or offensive Syn: Harmless, Nontoxic	11
4842623909	Insipid	(Adj) Lacking flavor Syn: Unimaginative, Uninspired	12
4842625956	Lament	(N) A passionate expression of grief or sorrow (V) To mourn Syn: Weeping, Cyring, Sob	13
4842625957	Laud	(N) Praise (V) To praise highly, especially in a public setting. Syn: Extol, Hail	14
4842625958	Obscure	(Adj) Not discovered or known about. (V) Keep from being seen; conceal Syn: Hide, Cover, Hidden	15
4842627430	Ostentatious	(Adj) Vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice. Syn: Showy, Prententious	16
4842627431	Prodigal	(Adj) Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant. Having or giving on a lavish scale. (N) A person who spends money lavishly Syn: Wasteful, Generous	17
4842628622	Repudiate	(V) Refuse to accept or associate with. Deny the truth or validity. Syn: Reject, Disown, Contradict	18
4842628623	Reticence	(V) To remain silent. Syn: Be silent	19
4842628624	Revere	(V) Regard as worthy of great honor Syn: Worship, Adore	20
4842629743	Serene	(Adj) Calm and peaceful Syn: Calm, Placid	21
4842629744	Subtle	(Adj) Clever or indirect, not showing your real purpose. Hard to notice.	22
4842629745	Superfluous	(Adj) Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough. Syn: Excess, Redundant	23
4842631085	Taciturn	(Adj) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little. Syn: Untalkative, Quiet	24
5039105868	Audience	The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most are likely to have multiple audiences.	25
5039138012	Concession	An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In a strong argument, a concession is usually accompanied by a refutation.	26
5039146897	Connotation	Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation. Connotations are usually positive or negative.	27
5039163524	Context	The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text.	28
5039171182	Counterargument	An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. Rather than ignoring, a strong writer will acknowledge and usually address it through refutation.	29
5039181998	Ethos	Greek for "Character". Speakers use to demonstrate credibility	30
5039188626	Logos	Greek for "embodied thought". Used to offer clear, rational ideas and specific details.	31
5039197532	Pathos	Greek for "suffering" or "experience". Speakers use to appeal to emotional thought.	32
5039193129	Occasion	The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written.	33
5039278343	Persona	Greek for "mask". The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience	34
5039301245	Polemic	Greek for "hostile". An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. Generally do not concede that other opinions have any merit.	35
5039338293	Propaganda	The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. In its negative sense, propaganda is the use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause.	36
5039358271	Purpose	The goal the speaker wants to acheive	37
5039358304	Refutation	A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, refutations often follow a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.	38
5039370819	Rhetoric	"The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" The art of finding ways to persuade an audience.	39
5039506455	Rhetorical Appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.	40
5039526870	Rhetorical Triangle	A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text	41
5039539571	SOAPS	A mnemonic device that stands for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker.	42
5039558466	Speaker	The person or group who creates a text. This might be a politician who delivers a speech, a commentator who writes an article, an artist who draws a political cartoon, or even a company that commissions an advertisement.	43
5039571128	Subject	The topic of a text. What the text is about.	44
5039574032	Text	While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be "read"-meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated.	45