AP Language Vocabulary Flashcards

14614292758	rhetoric	n. the choices involving language that a communicator makes so that the message becomes meaningful for a targeted audience	0
14614295917	diction	n. the writer or speaker's word choice	1
14614297461	connotation	n. an emotional association or implication connected to a word	2
14614298569	syntax	n. the writer or speaker's arrangement of words within a phrase, clause, or sentence	3
14614299886	tone	n. the writer or speaker's emotional attitude toward the audience or subject matter	4
14614304526	ethical appeal (ethos)	n. the degree of credibility or trustworthiness that authors establish with an audience	5
14614307075	logical appeal (logos)	n. the writer or speaker's attempt to convince an audience using facts, scientific research, statistics, or experts	6
14614310555	emotional appeal (pathos)	n. the writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience by appealing to the audience's emotions	7
14614312516	voice	n. the writer's use of such elements as diction, tone, syntax, unity, coherence, and audience to create a clear and distinct "personality of the writer"	8
14614314769	subjective	adj. influenced by personal feelings; biased	9
14614315495	objective	adj. not influenced by personal feelings; unbiased	10
14614316196	adamantine	adj. rigidly firm	11
14614317206	banal	adj. meaningless; commonplace	12
14614318649	euphemistic	adj. replacing an offensive term with one that is inoffensive	13
14614319590	exacerbate	v. to make worse; to aggravate	14
14614320225	facetious	adj. sarcastic	15
14614320661	incendiary	adj. tending to provoke	16
14614321227	meticulous	adj. extremely careful and precise	17
14614322960	pejorative	adj. belittling	18
14614323451	poignant	adj. profoundly moving; touching	19
14614323850	substantiate	v. to establish with evidence	20
14658341829	ambivalent	adj. characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes; uncertain about a choice	21
14658341830	ardent	adj. intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic	22
14658341831	emulate	v. to imitate	23
14658341832	flippant	adj. showing inappropriate casualness	24
14658341833	germane	adj. relevant, appropriate	25
14658341834	haughty	adj. condescendingly proud	26
14658341835	indignant	adj. angered at something unjust or wrong	27
14658341836	myopic	adj. lacking a realistic view of a situation	28
14658341837	propound	v. to put forward for consideration	29
14658341838	prudent	adj. using good judgement or common sense	30
14881668912	acrimonious	adj. bitter and sharp in language or tone	31
14881673629	bantering	n. a witty and teasing conversation	32
14881679159	bombastic	adj. marked by pretentious speech or writing	33
14881684122	cacophonous	adj. having a harsh, conflicting sound; unpleasing to the literal or metaphorical ear	34
14881690815	discordant	adj. conflicting	35
14881694857	disparaging	adj. to speak of in a disrespectful way	36
14881699297	fatuous	adj. void of sense or intelligence	37
14881702161	surreptitious	adj. stealthy	38
14881704624	trepidation	n. fear	39
14881708009	unequivocal	adj. having only one possible meaning or interpretation	40
15404561989	brusque	adj. very short and abrupt in manner	41
15404564082	censure	v. to criticize harshly	42
15404567527	chagrin	n. a feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by a failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event	43
15404574185	circumspect	adj. considering all circumstances and consequences	44
15404590798	didactic	adj. intended to teach	45
15404592566	extol	v. to praise highly	46
15404594302	fortuitous	adj. happening by luck	47
15404596156	perfidious	adj. faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy	48
15404601469	rancorous	adj. bitter, hateful	49
15404602554	tactful	adj. skillful in acting to avoid offense to others	50
15404605447	amicable	adj. friendly, agreeable	51
15404615488	conundrum	n. a complex and difficult problem	52
15404617170	debauchery	n. a moral corruption	53
15404618698	flagrant	adj. obviously offensive or reprehensible	54
15404620976	nebulous	adj. vague	55
15404626029	prodigal	adj. lavish; wasteful	56
15404631930	querulous	adj. complaining, irritable	57
15404635074	sagacity	n. wisdom	58
15404641469	superfluous	adj. extra, more than enough, redundant	59
15404644959	surmise	v. to infer; to guess	60