AP English Language Vocab Flashcards
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14965960044 | aesthetic | having to do with the appreciation of beauty | 0 | |
14965963748 | affable | easy-going; friendly | 1 | |
14965973103 | alienated | removed or disassociated from | 2 | |
14965977528 | amenable | responsive; agreeable | 3 | |
14965991002 | anaphora | repetition of words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses | 4 | |
14966002095 | antecedent | The noun to which a later pronoun refers | 5 | |
14966008839 | Antimetabole | a repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 6 | |
14966020148 | apology | defense of an idea | 7 | |
14966020149 | Apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanation | 8 | |
14966032343 | arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue | 9 | |
15142211433 | archetype | a perfect example | 10 | |
15142214772 | assertion | a declaration or statement | 11 | |
15142220045 | assiduous | hard-working | 12 | |
15142226028 | astute | shrewd, clever | 13 | |
15142229736 | asyndeton | leaving out conjunctions | 14 | |
15142235163 | austere | without decoration, strict | 15 | |
15142240339 | brusque | rudely abrupt | 16 | |
15142245274 | candor | frankness | 17 | |
15142248900 | capricious | impulsive and unpredictable | 18 | |
15142252893 | caustic | bitingly sarcastic or biting | 19 | |
15243603977 | chiasmus | an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | 20 | |
15243615698 | clandestine | secretive | 21 | |
15243615798 | cogent | convincing, reasonable | 22 | |
15243622109 | coherent | logically connected | 23 | |
15243626715 | conception | the ability to form or understand an idea | 24 | |
15243635327 | convoluted | intricate, complex | 25 | |
15243653383 | copious | plentiful, having a large quantity | 26 | |
15243660590 | cumulative (loose) sentence | independent clause followed by subordinate clauses | 27 | |
15243677541 | declarative sentence | makes a statement | 28 | |
15243681364 | decorous | proper, marked by good taste | 29 |