AP Practice Flashcards

13491535505	prosperous	Successful and wealthy	0
13491557745	perilous	dangerous	1
13491561999	excursion	a trip or outing	2
13491615791	cordial	warm and friendly	3
13491615792	cordiality	sincere affection and kindness	4
13491669728	bohemian	unconventional (in an artistic way)	5
13491784616	precedent	an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action	6
13491795550	ichthyology	study of fish	7
13491931432	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	8
13491931463	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	9
13491934924	meticulous	extremely careful; particular about details	10
13492013666	garish	(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way; gaudy	11
13492048250	conservative	traditional	12
13492064292	malevolent	having or showing a wish to do evil to others	13
13492093165	lax	careless	14
13492093166	morally	expressing correct behavior; ethically	15
13492138701	Anecodote	breif story told to entertain or to make a point	16
13492148827	inconsitent	not consistent; orderly	17
13492158816	earnest	Serious and sincere	18
13492164446	irrefutable	impossible to disprove; beyond argument	19
13492199639	erratic	(adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable	20
13492219469	perverse	(adj.) inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper	21
13509195466	benevolent	kindly, charitable	22
13509339370	couplet	Two consecutive lines of poetry that [last word]rhyme	23
13509383770	imperceptible	impossible to perceive	24
13509412227	invigorate	to fill with strength and energy	25
13509446020	sardonic	grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	26
13509471517	surcease	to come to an end	27
13509471518	Atonement	reparation for a wrong or injury	28
13509502573	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	29
13509505950	Allegory	A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.	30
13509547130	nostalgia	a longing for something past; homesickness	31
13509553021	elegy	a sad or mournful poem	32
13509560893	ravaged	violently destroyed	33
13584386928	nebulous	vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form	34
13584468280	enthrall	(v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison	35
13584516824	impute	to attribute to someone	36
13584552636	opulence	wealth, affluence, abundance	37
13584683207	Euphemism	An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	38
13584715943	Apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	39
13584735002	Assonance	Repetition of vowel sounds	40
13584742550	Introspection	examination of one's own thoughts and feelings	41
13584745310	repress	to hold back; to put down or check by force	42
13584942499	sublime	of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe	43
13585009287	lofty	(adj.) very high; noble	44
13600589792	Sestina	a poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi.	45
13600598365	Shakespearean sonnet	A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)	46
13600604623	Petrarchan sonnet	14 total Lines poem that has one rhyming octave (8 lines) and one rhyming sestet (6 lines) abbaabba, ut the rhyme scheme of last six lines, or sestet, varies	47
13600632042	ode	A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.	48
13600639932	Ballad	A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas	49
13600820567	concession	a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.	50
13600845550	laudatory	expressing praise	51
13600870158	surreptitious	(adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud	52
13600947295	profundity	great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning	53
13601024093	Consonance	Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.	54
13601079087	admonition	warning	55
13601083061	eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	56
13601086534	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	57
13711251150	eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	58
13711255120	pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life; country life	59
13711261827	Parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	60
13711268807	raconteur	witty, skillful storyteller	61
13711268808	sactimonious	pretending to be righteous	62
13711271589	satirist	a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm	63
13711271590	satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	64
13711278244	Surrealsim	an art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life that was inspired by Freud's ideas	65
13711287912	thwart	(v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate	66
13711287913	wry	(adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous	67
13711292093	admonition	warning	68