AP Literature and Composition Vocabulary One Flashcards

10603300179	Allay	(v) to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity	0
10603307860	Allegations	(n) an assertion unsupported and by implication regarded as unsupportable	1
10603307861	Ballad	(n) a simple song	2
10603309636	Chastise	(v) to criticize severely	3
10603316611	Dispel	(v) to cause to vanish; alleviate	4
10603324196	Divining	(adj) godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity:	5
10603325314	Feeble	(adj) lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness	6
10603326614	Feign	(v) to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of	7
10603326615	Jest	(n) a joke or witty remark; witticism	8
10603333135	Malapropism	(n) an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound	9
10603336287	Non Sequitur	(n) Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises	10
10603337576	Refrain	(n) to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from)	11
10603337577	Spur	(n) anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement	12
10603338922	Stead	(n) the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute	13
10603340281	Subvert	(v) to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of	14