AP Language and Composition Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 15161056919 | Rhetorical Question (N) | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect or when a answer is not expected back | 0 | |
| 15161069635 | Apostrophe (N) | A figure of speech in a passage or poem that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or an inanimate object | 1 | |
| 15161080260 | Deference (N) | submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes or judgement of another | 2 | |
| 15161096059 | Palatial (Adj) | Relating to a palace; magnificent | 3 | |
| 15161102512 | Ostentation (N) | Pretentious display | 4 | |
| 15161107322 | Abase (V) | To humiliate or degrade | 5 | |
| 15161113019 | Aphorism (N) | A concise statement of a truth or principle | 6 | |
| 15161127055 | Hyperbole (N) | An exaggeration | 7 | |
| 15161133666 | Indolence (N) | Disinclined to work; habitually lazy | 8 | |
| 15161146546 | Sanctimonious (Adj) | Making a show of being morally superior to other people | 9 | |
| 15161155168 | Ambiguity (N) | The uncertainty of how you should interpret something | 10 | |
| 15161159405 | Metaphor (N) | A direct comparison that compares to seemingly unlike things; without the use of like or as | 11 | |
| 15161184160 | Onomatopoeia (N) | The formation of words that imitate sounds of objects or actions | 12 | |
| 15161191117 | Simile (N) | When two unlike things are compared using like or as | 13 | |
| 15161195482 | Oxymoron (N) | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase | 14 | |
| 15161205900 | Parallel Structure/Parallelism (N) | The use of corresponding grammatical forms through a series of word, phrases or sentences | 15 | |
| 15161220195 | Understatement (N) | A deliberate under exageration | 16 | |
| 15161226692 | Recidivist (Adj) | A repeat criminal offender | 17 | |
| 15161231659 | Nomic (Adj) | Customary or ordinary | 18 | |
| 15161243841 | Parsimonious (Adj) | To be excessively frugal and not in a good way | 19 | |
| 15161251428 | Achromatic (Adj) | Without color | 20 | |
| 15161254501 | Ingenuity (N) | The quality of being clever, original, and inventive | 21 | |
| 15275496380 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 22 | |
| 15275496381 | Dramatic Irony | When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 23 | |
| 15275496382 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 24 | |
| 15275496383 | Situational Irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 25 | |
| 15275496384 | Paradox | Something that shouldn't be true but is | 26 | |
| 15275496385 | Cessation | A stopping, either final or temporary | 27 | |
| 15275496386 | Rapacious | Aggressively greedy | 28 | |
| 15275496387 | Odious | Repulsive; hateful | 29 | |
| 15275496388 | Emblazon | To inscribe or decorate conspicuously | 30 | |
| 15275496389 | Infidel | One who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever | 31 | |
| 15395105051 | Diction | The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. | 32 | |
| 15395105052 | Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. | 33 | |
| 15395105053 | Laud | To praise highly especially in public | 34 | |
| 15395105054 | Abyss | a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm | 35 | |
| 15395105055 | Evanescent | Passing out of sight, memory or existence | 36 | |
| 15395105056 | Pedantic | someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning | 37 | |
| 15395105057 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 38 | |
| 15395105058 | Invective | abusive language | 39 |