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AP LIT: First Quarter Review Flashcards

1
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Antonym of validate:

  • dramatize
  • simplify
  • disprove
  • advise
  • enrich
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disprove

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Antonym of ample:

  • invisible
  • uneven
  • dirty
  • scarce
  • loud
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scarce

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Antonym of suitability:

  • inappropriateness
  • thoroughness
  • unavailability
  • lack of specificity
  • lack of durability
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inappropriateness

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Antonym of preface:

  • solution
  • postponement
  • epilogue
  • expansion
  • translation
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epilogue

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Antonym of gross:

  • distant
  • infrequent
  • dainty
  • calm
  • safe
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dainty

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Antonym of quicken

  • deaden
  • loosen
  • return
  • forgive
  • forbid
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quicken

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Antonym of impeach:

  • repress
  • insert
  • evaluate
  • undertake
  • uphold
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uphold

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Antonym of buffoon:

  • fast worker
  • truthful companion
  • longtime resident
  • serious person
  • dependable individual
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serious person

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Antonym of intermittent:

  • obvious
  • constant
  • sporadic
  • external
  • precise
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constant

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Antonym of assimilate:

  • extend
  • smooth
  • taint
  • expire
  • reject
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reject

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Antonym of blanch:

  • lengthen
  • solidify
  • color
  • turn back
  • come together
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color

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Antonym of awry:

  • compact
  • aligned
  • sliced
  • wholesome
  • stationary
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aligned

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Antonym of unanimity:

  • sanctity
  • proficiency
  • aggressivenes
  • dissention
  • distribution
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dissention

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Antonym of gregarious:

  • inoffensive
  • outspoken
  • simplistic
  • immature
  • reclusive
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reclusive

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Antonym of quiescence:

  • thickness
  • activity
  • unification
  • sufficient supply
  • deteriorating condition
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activity

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Sentence completion:

Although creativity is a ___ phenomenon, easily crushed, researchers studying the social circumstances that tend to enhance or inhibit it are confident they will be able to identify situations where creativity can ___.

  • suspicious, flounder
  • worthwhile, change
  • fragile, flourish
  • static, grow
  • tranquil, perish
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fragile, flourish

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Sentence completion:

In his later novels, Charles Chesnutt’s depiction of racial inequality in America became increasingly ___ : he relied less on veiled irony and more on direct statement.

  • mysterious
  • comprehensive
  • blunt
  • indistinct
  • introspective
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blunt

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Sentence completion:

As a pacifist Anica argued that whenever a nation keeps a large standing army, that nation is by definition demonstrating a ___ spirit.

  • cosmopolitan
  • wavering
  • plucky
  • vindictive
  • bellicose
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bellicose

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Sentence completion:

Sr. Dorothy lectured on Delornay’s rigid codes of social conduct, which, ___ so as to provide strict guidelines for even the most insignificant actions, would ___ the behavior of each segment of Delornay’s ideal society.

  • manipulated, exonerate
  • articulated, circumscribe
  • abbreviated, govern
  • moderated, commend
  • specialized, exclude
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  • articulated, circumscribe
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Sentence completion:

Although the critic had been consistently ___ in his earlier treatment of popular young adult fiction, the criticism in his most recent article degenerated into a series of ___ remarks.

  • cogent, perfunctory
  • provocative, poignant
  • tactful, amiable
  • predictable, uninspired
  • mundane, trenchant
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  • cogent, perfunctory
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Sentence completion:

Many of the officers were unsympathetic, even ____ , to their new and inexperienced commander.

  • lukewarm
  • indulgent
  • servile
  • hostile
  • impartial
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hostile

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Sentence completion:

The rural Republican and the urban Democrat were immensely different, and the ____ that separated them was not ____ successfully during the postwar era.

  • bulwark, built
  • goal, achieved
  • gulf, bridged
  • economy, widened
  • electorate, enfranchised
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  • gulf, bridged
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Sentence completion:

Whereas his predecessors were meticulous to stay within the boundaries of factual evidence, Dr. McGraw delivered an address that was ____ by pretentious and ____ theorizing.

  • marred, irresponsible
  • undermined, unassuming
  • supported, flawless
  • refuted, unverifiable
  • represented, unquestionable
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marred, irresponsible

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Sentence completion:

Because of their extremely simple structures, viruses have proved invaluable to those scientists who are interested in constructing ___ for the larger, more complex molecules.

  • cure
  • response
  • edifice
  • universe
  • paradigm
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paradigm

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Many early Americans, for all their dislike of monarchy, firmly believed in ____ society.

  • democratic
  • idealistic
  • stratified
  • historic
  • flexible
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stratified

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Analogy:

FOOD : STARVATION

  • liquor: inebriation
  • water: saturation
  • heat: inflammation
  • privacy: isolation
  • air: suffocation
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air: suffocation

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Analogy:

TAPE RECORDER : EAR

  • radio: antenna
  • camera: eye
  • phonograph: volume
  • journal: hand
  • telephone: speech
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camera: eye

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Summons: attendance

  • allowance: money
  • bill: payment
  • purchase: article
  • question: examination
  • continuation: action
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bill: payment

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Hope : Despairing

  • confidence: friendly
  • respect: governing
  • wittiness: humorous
  • jollity: gloomy
  • unconcern: poised
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jollity: gloomy

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ACT : TRAGEDY :

  • stanza: poem
  • palette: artist
  • inventor: machine
  • gate: fence
  • cover: book
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stanza : poem

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ENIGMA : MYSTERIOUS

beginning : vague
decision : cautious
memory : forgotten
meeting place : random
turning point : significant

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turning : significant

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WHELP : DOG

mule : horse
kitten : pet
child : human
criminal : community
school : fish

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child : human

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ANNOY : ABUSE :

alter : change
encourage : prod
clamor : silence
violate : revolt
consider : discover

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encourage : prod

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UNWITTING : INTENTION:

inconspicuous : strategy
alone : assistance
lavish : expense
impractical : explanation
futile : disappointment

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alone : assistance

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DEFAME : REPUTATION

demoralize : misery
challenge : opinion
promote : talent
disfigure : appearance
jeopardize : peril

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  • disfigure : appearance
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NEUTER : GENDER :

sincere : truth
uniform : errors
futile : hindrance
nimble : energy
destitute : possessions

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  • destitute: possesions
37
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HONE : BLADE

cut : scissors
strike : bell
reduce : fat
focus : image
flatten : hill

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  • focus : image
38
Q

MALLET : POLO

wedge : club
pitch : soccer
puck : hockey
bat : cricket
pin : bowling

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bat : cricket

39
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ANNEX : BUILDNG

tenure : professor
rider : document
lease : apartment
chapter : text
limb : extremity

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rider : document

40
Q

Rather than ____ wagon trains and ____ the pioneer’s movement westward, many Indigenous Americans acted as guides and companions.

encountering … helping
seeking … encouraging
attacking … hindering
welcoming … allowing
repulsing … following

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attacking, hindering

41
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Although Breanna looked exhausted, she was enormously ___ by Isa’s election, a victory for which they had both labored so hard.

baffled
elated
exasperated
fatigued
surprised

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elated

42
Q

The earth’s atmosphere ____ surface temperatures by distributing heat absorbed on the sunlit side to the side in the shadow.

warms
resists
generates
moderates
amasses

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moderates

43
Q

Dr. Rasmussen’s ____ , detailed, and lucid lectures match the gravity of her subject area.

blithe
studious
jaundiced
obscure
uproarious

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studious

44
Q

It would seem that the ____ of science, the building and making of things, have stirred the human imagination, but that the ____ roots of such actives have not.

applications … theoretical
hypotheses … practical
formulas … actual
offshoots … extrinsic
products … future

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applications, theoretical

45
Q

As tourism and development develop along the shores of Ritidian, Urunao and Tarague, it is possible that the increased human ____ may drive the green sea turtles from their ____ nesting sites.

access … forsaken
knowledge … impending
activity … preferred
indifference … destined
concern … despoiled

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activity, preffered

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Because of its immense scope, critics have rightly referred to the book as the most ____ examination of civil rights concerns in the U.S. ever written.

deficient
intuitive
obscure
unaspiring
comprehensive

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  • comprehensive
47
Q

The ____ of personality that strike us in Caraleena’s best pictures gives her work a coherence that is ____ in the works of less accomplished yearbook photographers.

idea … compounded
image … implied
theory … evolving
force … lacking
feeling … restrained

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force, lacking

48
Q

In addition to the traditional functions of collecting and displaying, a museum establishes the official ____ of an artist’s works, ____ them a prestige unattainable in a commercial showcase.

utility … proposing for
subjectivity … sharing with
style … conceding to
importance … conferring on
destiny … diverting from

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importance, conferring on

49
Q

Although Isabelle ____ the importance of the physical necessities of life, her most successful endeavor was the ____ of the condition of the impoverished.

deprecated … alleviation
emphasized … investigation
accentuated … amelioration

epitomized … delineation
disregarded … desecration

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accentuated, amelioration

50
Q

Lucille Clifton’s work has not received widespread recognition, but her poems have always been admired by a few ___ critics who ___ the subtle richness of her material.

receptive … ignore
greedy … publicize
crude … value
perceptive … appreciate
prestigious … ridicule

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perceptive, appreciate

51
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Social scientists find it difficult to determine the influence of improved working conditions on employees’ ___ because people tend to become more productive merely as a result of being questioned and observed.

efficiency
longevity
health
duties
sociability

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efficiency

52
Q

For native speakers, successfully expressing complex thoughts in everyday speech is almost ___; however, for even the intermediate student learning the same language, this process requires conscious effort and often has ___ results.

effortless … infallible
innocuous … imposing
instinctive … unpredictable
purposeless … coherent
involuntary … unequivocal

A

instinctive, unpredictable

53
Q

Nierra rarely quarreled; in fact, her dislike of ___ often caused her to ___ her real feelings whenever she faced opposition.

conversation … assert
hostility … intensify
impudence … justify
misrepresentation … suppress
contention … stifle

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contention, stifle

54
Q

This play could be described as a drama of ___ situations: a system of mirrors in which the same basic problem is reflected tragically, pathetically, ironically, and grotesquely.

inimical
extraneous
pragmatic
analogous
droll

A

analogous

55
Q

BARN : COW

hospital : bed
collar : dog
pier : harbor
anchor : boat
garage : car

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garage, car

56
Q

WHALE : MAMMAL

fish : gill
foal : horse
penguin : bird
desert : rattlesnake
rodent : cat

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penguin, bird

57
Q

ROOT : TREE

foundation : house
tongue : mouth
foot : ground
tail : locomotion
heart : blood

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foundation : house

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59
Q

DONOR : CONTRIBUTION

musician : instrument
employee : organization
advisor : recommendation
physician : hospital
inventor : patent

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advisor, recommendation

59
Q

APOLOGETIC : REGRETS

sociable : companions
careless : warning
grateful : thanks
ambiguous : curiosity
Inevitable : logic

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grateful, thanks

60
Q

INFANTILE : CHILD

manual : machine
infested : vermin
aerodynamic : bird
bestial : animal
derivative : source

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bestial, animal

61
Q

LURID : HORROR

comical : amusement
illegal : law
cowardly : fear
ghastly : serenity
humane : treatment

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comical, amusement

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64
Q

AGENDA : CHAIRPERSON

newspaper : editor
syllabus : instructor
list : guest
anthology : author
review : critic

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syllabus, instructor

64
Q

LURK : FURTIVE

hurry : leisurely
plummet : hanging
ramble : aimless
skid : icy
stalk : pursued

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ramble, aimless

64
Q

BULWARK : ATTACK

battlefield : retreat
wall : barrier
stockade : defense
dike : flood
artillery : volley

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dike, flood

65
Q

do not go into the gentle night

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dylan thomas

66
Q

out, out–

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robert frost

67
Q

when i have fears that i may cease to be

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john keats

68
Q

Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey

A

William Wordsworth

69
Q

Dreamers

A

Sigfried Sassoon

70
Q

This is just to say

A

William Carlos Williams

71
Q

The Hollow Men

A

T.S. Eliot

72
Q

Dulce Et Decorum Est

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Wilfred Owen

73
Q

Nude Descending a Staircase

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X J Kennedy

74
Q

She’s Leaving Home

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Paul McCartney and John Lennon

74
Q

Soldiers

A

Rupert Brooke

75
Q

Pied Piper

A

Gerard Manely Hopkins

76
Q

Pretty

A

Stevie Smith

77
Q

I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Die

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Emily Dickinson

78
Q

We Real Cool

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Gwendolyn Brooks

79
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Brueghel’s Two Monkeys

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Wisława Szymborska

80
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Preludes

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T.S. Eliot

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