AP Language 1 Flashcards

14747819627	banal	so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring	0
14747819628	caustic	burning	1
14747819629	deprecate	to express disapproval of	2
14747819630	fastidious	very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail	3
14747819631	inane	without sense or meaning; silly	4
14747819632	insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful	5
14747819633	neophyte	novice; beginner	6
14747819634	predilection	a preference toward someone or something	7
14747819635	recant	(v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract	8
14747819636	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	9
14747819637	Anaphora	repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines	10
14747819638	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words	11
14747819639	Ethos	beliefs or character of a group	12
14747819640	Logos	an appeal based on logic or reason	13
14747819641	Pathos	a quality that evokes pity or sadness	14
14747819642	Polysyndeton	Deliberate use of many conjunctions	15
14747819643	Zeugma	use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings	16