AP Language and Composition Terms (Mrs. Pipkins) Flashcards

13492683584	anecdote	a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person	0
13492689083	fastidiousness	care and attention to details	1
13492698615	superfluous	exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess	2
13492701944	repugnant	(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful	3
13492706074	ambiguous	unclear or doubtful in meaning	4
13492718366	indignant	angered at something unjust or wrong	5
13492723644	conjecture	an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information	6
13492728170	empirical	based on practical experience rather than theory	7
13492732941	intangible	unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence	8
13492737782	concede	(v.) to admit as true; to yield, submit	9
13492742099	implicit	(adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in	10
13492750805	reprehensible	deserving blame or punishment	11
13492750868	decorum	proper behavior	12
13492760262	antiquated	no longer used or useful; very old	13
13492760321	Taxonomy	The scientific study of how living things are classified	14
13492768436	expose	A piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, or other shortcomings	15
13492772709	expository	intended to explain or describe something	16
13492775799	unabashed	not embarrassed	17
13492780494	synergistic	works together	18
13492786105	felicity	happiness	19
13492786106	unvarnished	plain; straightforward	20
13492790248	precarious	Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability	21
13492794126	Exemplification	showing by example	22
13492798480	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	23
13492801913	condemnation	an expression of strong disapproval	24
13492805487	discrepancy	a difference; a lack of agreement	25
13492809163	veracity	truthfulness	26
13492813757	subtle	not obvious	27
13492819624	Contours	outlines, shapes of something	28
13492825699	digression	straying from main point	29
13492829734	speculative	not based on fact or investigation	30
13492833581	unprecented	never done or known before	31
13492836557	inaccuracies	not completely correct or exact, or not able to do something correctly or exactly:	32
13492840453	affront	an insult	33
13492846474	preoccupation	the absorption of the attention or intellect	34
13492849999	sublime	of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe	35
13492874960	antient	archaic variant of ancient	36
13492878498	vice	bad habit	37
13492882439	satiric	ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	38
13492885884	paradoxical	something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct	39
13492890531	Arbitrated (ch 4, pg 49)	To mediate or decide	40
13492890532	candor	honesty	41
13492893596	substantiating	Providing evidence to support or prove the truth of	42
13492896867	Speculative writing	explores an idea. It often makes more than one point.	43
13492903951	Metaphorical Flourish (Term)	to attract attention figuratively ex: The teacher snapped her fingers at the boy aggressively to wake him up.	44
13492910513	Personal Anecdote	A short "story" about you to make a point and open your essay leading up to your thesis	45
13492920816	Meditation	the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas	46
13492920817	Mediation	A method of settling disputes outside of court by using the services of a neutral third party, called a mediator. The mediator acts as a communicating agent between the parties and suggests ways in which the parties can resolve their dispute.	47
13492935942	linguistics	the scientific study of the structure, sounds, and meaning of language	48
13492939718	Refutation	a denial of the validity of an opposing argument	49
13492943338	exemplify	To illustrate by being an example of	50
13492947647	immutable	unchangeable	51
13492950982	imaginative	use of language to express oneself artistically or creatively	52
13492954428	premise	an assumption; the basis for a conclusion	53
13492954429	forego	to do without	54
13492958137	attest	(v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine	55
13492966068	unforeseen	not anticipated	56
13492969200	memoirs	A kind of writing that tells someone's memories	57
13492972614	diabolical	devilish; wicked or evil	58
13492972615	consoling	comforting	59
13492975465	subliminal	below the level of consciousness	60
13492978997	ironically	in a way that is contrary to what is expected or intended	61
13492981716	periodically	from time to time	62
13492986535	Satire	A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.	63
13492990141	abstract concepts	concepts that do not have some physical, concrete, touchable reality	64