AP Literature vocabulary (5) Flashcards

11171356883	Circumspect	(Adj.) careful; prudent; discreet	0
11171364377	Perspicacious	(Adj.) shrewd; clear-sighted	1
11171367998	Pragmatic	(Adj.) practical	2
11171372397	Didactic	(Adj.) instructive	3
11171373865	Gaffe	(N.) a clumsy social error; a faux pas	4
11171377427	Castigate	(V.) to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize	5
11171379537	Vituperative	(Adj.) marked by harshly abusive condemnation	6
11171386647	Incontrovertible	(Adj.) indisputable; not open to question	7
11171390924	Extrapolate	(V.) to inter/estimate by extending known information	8
11171390925	Abstruse	(Adj.) difficult to understand	9
11171396785	Parity	(N.) equality, as in amount, status, or value	10
11171399127	Pedantic	(Adj.) excessively concerned with formal rules and knowledge	11
11171403594	Substantiate	(V.) to support with proof or evidence; to verify	12
11171406740	Obsequious	(Adj.) fawning and servile	13
11171411817	Conjecture	(N.) inference; guesswork	14
11171419818	Eminent	(Adj.) distinguished; prominent	15
11171422047	Extirpate	(V.) to destroy	16
11171425791	Disseminate	(V.) to scatter wildly, as in sowing a seed	17
11171428949	Precocious	(Adj.) exhibiting unusually early maturity or aptitude	18
11171431386	Tone	The author's attitude toward a subject, the audience, or both.	19
11171437651	Pejorative	(Adj.) disparaging, belittling, insulting	20
11171441301	Acumen	(N.) quickness, accuracy; keenness of judgement or insight	21
11171457217	Reticent	(Adj.) inclined to keep silent; reserved	22
11171459418	Magnanimous	(Adj.) courageously or generously noble in mind and heart	23
11171462465	Adroit	(Adj.) dexterous, deft	24
11171465525	Mendacious	(Adj.) lying, untruthful	25
11171470595	Dialect	Variation of a language.	26
11171470596	Apostrophe (not ')	Figure of speech in which someone or something is addressed as if present or alive. Ex: Coffee.. I love you. You're the reason I'm alive.	27
11171474164	Synecdoche	Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole thing, or vice-versa. Ex: Hey, nice wheels. (Wheels meaning car)	28
11171474165	Personificaiton	Giving inanimate objects human/living characteristics.	29
11171476448	Satire	Using humor/irony to poke fun at something (people, institutions, etc.) Ex: SNL skits.	30
11171476449	Metaphor	Comparison using 'is' or 'are' Ex: She's a fish in water.	31
11171479007	Simile	Comparison using 'like' or 'as' Ex: She's like a fish in water.	32
11171479008	Allusion	Expression referring to something that is outside the text. Types: mythological, historical, literary, or Shakespearean	33
11171481293	Atmosphere	Prevailing mood/vibe of a work established by a landscape, setting, or the author's tone.	34
11171515856	fastidious	(adj.) Difficult to please	35
11171518775	debunk	(v.) to expose untrue things	36
11171518776	dilatory	(adj.) habitually late	37
11171518777	averse	(adj.) strongly disinclined	38
11171521130	modicum	(n.) a small amount	39
11171521131	mar	(v.) to damage or disfigure	40
11171521132	ameliorate	(v.) to improve	41
11171523718	fallacy	(n.) false notion	42
11171526268	proliferate	(v.) to increase rapidly	43
11171526269	assimilate	(v.) to absorb, to become similar	44
11171526270	banal	(adj.) predictable	45
11171527402	vacillate	(v.) to sway from one side to another, oscillate	46
11171527403	nefarious	(adj.) villainous	47
11171530491	extraneous	(adj.) irrelevant	48
11171530492	inundate	(v.) to flood	49
11171532189	docile	(adj.) willing to be taught	50
11171538548	impetuous	(adj.) impulsive, passionate	51
11171538549	soporific	(adj./n.) inducing sleep	52
11171539997	specious	(adj.) believable but actually false	53
11171539998	augment	(v.) to supplement/ to make greater	54
11171539999	insolent	(adj.) insulting in manner or speech	55
11171542595	obstinate	(adj.) difficult	56
11171542596	copious	(adj.) plentiful	57
11171543788	belie	(v.) to misrepresent	58
11171545415	scintillating	(adj.) brilliant	59
11171549406	verbal irony	words expressing the opposite of the truth ex. My mom said my messy room could win an award for cleanness	60
11171550778	dramatic irony	Word that on a different meaning the audience knows something the characters don't ex. - horror film, - greek tragedy, - sitcom	61
11171550779	situational irony	Something different happens from what the audience expects tension between the way things appear and what they are ex. fire station catching on fire	62
11171552667	allegory	abstract ideas are explained in terms of characters and events symbolic ex. In Animal Farm, the animals represent Russian society	63
11171552668	foreshadowing	warning of a future event setting up something that will happen later ex. The evening was cold, then I felt wind and a drizzle (foreshadowing thunderstorm)	64
11171556262	denouement	final part tying up loose ends - explaining why person v.s. person person v.s. non-person person v.s. society person v.s. self ex. The denouement of the Hunger Games trilogy perfectly tied up the series	65
11171557609	flat character	uncomplicated and little development what you see is what you get secondary character ex. The Baby is a flat character because it passed before the book even started	66
11171558724	round character	complex with a lot of development protagonist/ main characters ex. Sethe because she is developing	67
11171558725	dynamic character	inner changing ex. Denver has potential to be a dynamic character as she grows	68
11171570610	static character	no change ex. As of now, Paul D. seems like a static character	69
11646643031	debilitate	to weaken	70
11646651574	sanctimonious	feigning piety or righteousness	71
11646656134	dogmatic	attached to unproven beliefs	72
11646665165	quell	to suppress	73
11646676372	tangential	touching in an abstract way - ex. a speech	74
11646681785	onerous	burdensome	75
11646686538	surreptitious	secretive and sneaky	76
11646705525	lugubrious	mournful; gloomy	77
11646692455	embellish	to decorate; to exaggerate	78
11646724738	byzantine	complicated or devious	79
11646727147	exonerate	to free from blame	80
11646734288	concur	to agree	81
11646734289	tenacity	persistence	82
11646740657	aesthetic	appreciation of beauty	83
11646742979	extol	to praise	84
11646745381	redundant	needlessly repetitive	85
11646747951	placid	calm or quiet; undisturbed	86
11646750617	juxtapose	to place side by side for comparison	87
11646757274	litigious	prone to engage in lawsuits	88
11646759720	austere	strict	89
11646764193	opulent	wealthy	90
11646764194	vex	to annoy; perplex	91
11646770453	eclectic	made up of a variety of sources or styles	92
11646778808	debacle	disaster	93
11646829469	contiguos	physically touching	94
11646833116	Connotation	A feeling that a word evokes -associated meaning - sets up the tone ex: there's no place like home	95
11646888119	denotation	literal definition	96
11646896060	hyperbole	exaggeration ex: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!	97
11646905183	understatement	presenting something as less than it is ex: Gov ball was not terrible	98
11646917054	litotes	double negatives - form of understatement ex: They do not seem like the happiest couple.	99
11646931513	imagery	visual symbolism - collection of images ex: the forest was dark and dim.	100
12198784329	reciprocate	to mutually take or give	101
12198785549	redolent	fragrant; suggestive	102
12198787454	innocuous	harmless	103
12198788713	arcane	understood by few	104
12198790766	flippant	disrespectfully casual or humorous	105
12198793818	epitome	a representative or example of a type	106
12198796612	ubiquitous	omnipresent	107
12198797939	burgeon	to grow and flourish	108
12198799492	repugnant	offensive; repulsive	109
12198800929	idiosyncrasy	a peculiar personality trait	110
12198802934	duplicitous	deliberately deceptive	111
12198804374	amiable	friendly	112
12198805624	vindictive	vengeful; spiteful	113
12198807863	raze	to demolish	114
12198808542	brevity	brief in duration	115
12273184570	tawdry	cheap	116
12273186647	erudite	deep, extensive learning	117
12273187663	flagrant	deliberately shocking or noticeable	118
12273190980	demure	modest	119
12273191769	denounce	to openly condemn	120
12273192815	temperate	moderate and restrained	121
12273195133	fastidious	Difficult to please	122
12273196594	orthodox	traditional, conservative	123
12273198024	penchant	a strong liking	124
12273199281	conciliatory	appeasing, soothing, willingness to reconcile	125
12273202840	foil	- used as contrast to another character ex. Jojo and Leonie	126
12273205999	diction	- style of speaking or writing/ word choice	127
12273209928	inversion	- changing the order of a sentence ex. I will go home --> home I will go	128
12273212216	chiasmus	- say something, then reverse its order ex. "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"	129
12273217822	paradox	- appears contradictory, but is rooted in truth ex. wise fool	130
12273220242	elegy	- poem of mourning ex. O' Captain	131
12930463252	Haughty	arrogant, disdainful	132
12930463253	Complacent	self-satisfied; smug	133
12930463254	Banter	teasing; playful conversation	134
12930463255	Jaunty	cheerful, lively	135
12930463256	Mar	To spoil, or disfigure	136
12930463257	Incessant	Continuing without pause or interruption	137
12930463258	Sumptuous	Expensive looking, lavish	138
12930463259	Saunter	To walk in a slow relaxed manner	139
12930463260	Strident	Loud and harsh, grating	140
12930463261	Tumult	A loud confused noise	141
12930463262	Deft	skillful, adept	142
12930463263	Wistful	Yearning, nostalgic	143
12930463264	Pecuniary	Relating to money	144
12930463265	Supercilious	arrogant, haughty	145
12930463266	Subterfuge	Deceit	146
12930463267	Wan	Pale, weak	147
12930463268	Incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	148
12930463269	Libel	False or malicious statement	149
12930463270	Pastoral	having to do with the country	150
12930463271	Reproach	disapproval or disappointment	151
12930463272	Disconcerting	Unsettling	152
12930463273	Ingratiate	to gain another's favor by flattery or false friendliness	153
12930463274	poignant	sadness or regret, touching	154
12930463275	Desolate	Deserted and lonely	155
12930463276	Vacuous	Lack of intelligence	156
12930463277	Subtext	Underlying theme that is not explicitly said in the text - she smiled when her friend won the race (trying not to show her disappointment)	157
12930463278	epigram	Witty statement that leaves an impact - "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"	158
12930463279	Conceit	Two different objects are linked together through similes and metaphors - you are as slow as a snail	159
12930463280	Enjambment	The continuation of a sentence without pause at the end of the line - my cousin loves oak Trees	160
12930463281	Tautology	The same thing said twice in a different way - I made that handmade scarf myself	161
12930463282	Stream of consciousness	Narration describes what happens in the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters - Vardaman's chapters	162