AP Language Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
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| 11131635481 | baleful | threatening harm; menacing | 0 | |
| 11131635482 | circumspect | careful, cautious | 1 | |
| 11131635483 | didactic | instructive | 2 | |
| 11131635484 | ingenuous | innocent, simple; frank, sincere | 3 | |
| 11131635485 | perfunctory | done without care; in a routine fashion | 4 | |
| 11131635486 | prodigal | (adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent | 5 | |
| 11131635487 | qualify | Shorten a statement. "You all can get candy, BUT-" | 6 | |
| 11131635488 | reprove | to scold or criticize | 7 | |
| 11131635489 | xenophobia | fear of foreigners | 8 | |
| 11131635490 | zenith | the highest point | 9 | |
| 11131635491 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 10 | |
| 11131635492 | Anithesis | a direct opposite, a contrast | 11 | |
| 11131635493 | Chiasmus | a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases | 12 | |
| 11131635494 | Connotation | an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. | 13 | |
| 11131635495 | Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word | 14 | |
| 11131635496 | Epigraph | a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. | 15 |