AP LIT: First Quarter Review Flashcards by Shanelle Cabuhat

Antonym of validate:

dramatize
simplify
disprove
advise
enrich

disprove

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Antonym of ample:

invisible
uneven
dirty
scarce
loud

scarce

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Antonym of suitability:

inappropriateness
thoroughness
unavailability
lack of specificity
lack of durability

inappropriateness

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Antonym of preface:

solution
postponement
epilogue
expansion
translation

epilogue

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Antonym of gross:

distant
infrequent
dainty
calm
safe

dainty

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Antonym of quicken

deaden
loosen
return
forgive
forbid

quicken

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Antonym of impeach:

repress
insert
evaluate
undertake
uphold

uphold

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Antonym of buffoon:

fast worker
truthful companion
longtime resident
serious person
dependable individual

serious person

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Antonym of intermittent:

obvious
constant
sporadic
external
precise

constant

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Antonym of assimilate:

extend
smooth
taint
expire
reject

reject

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Antonym of blanch:

lengthen
solidify
color
turn back
come together

color

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Antonym of awry:

compact
aligned
sliced
wholesome
stationary

aligned

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Antonym of unanimity:

sanctity
proficiency
aggressivenes
dissention
distribution

dissention

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Antonym of gregarious:

inoffensive
outspoken
simplistic
immature
reclusive

reclusive

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Antonym of quiescence:

thickness
activity
unification
sufficient supply
deteriorating condition

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

fragile, flourish

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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

blunt

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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

bellicose

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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

articulated, circumscribe

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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

cogent, perfunctory

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

lukewarm
indulgent
servile
hostile
impartial

hostile

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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

gulf, bridged

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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

marred, irresponsible

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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

paradigm

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Many early Americans, for all their dislike of monarchy, firmly believed in ____ society. - democratic - idealistic - stratified - historic - flexible

stratified

Analogy: FOOD : STARVATION - liquor: inebriation - water: saturation - heat: inflammation - privacy: isolation - air: suffocation

air: suffocation

Analogy: TAPE RECORDER : EAR - radio: antenna - camera: eye - phonograph: volume - journal: hand - telephone: speech

camera: eye

Summons: attendance - allowance: money - bill: payment - purchase: article - question: examination - continuation: action

bill: payment

Hope : Despairing - confidence: friendly - respect: governing - wittiness: humorous - jollity: gloomy - unconcern: poised

jollity: gloomy

ACT : TRAGEDY : - stanza: poem - palette: artist - inventor: machine - gate: fence - cover: book

stanza : poem

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

turning : significant

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

child : human

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

encourage : prod

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

alone : assistance

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

- disfigure : appearance

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

- destitute: possesions

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

- focus : image

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

bat : cricket

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

rider : document

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

attacking, hindering

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

elated

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

moderates

Dr. Rasmussen's ____ , detailed, and lucid lectures match the gravity of her subject area. blithe studious jaundiced obscure uproarious

studious

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

applications, theoretical

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

activity, preffered

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

- comprehensive

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

force, lacking

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

importance, conferring on

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

accentuated, amelioration

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

perceptive, appreciate

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

efficiency

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

instinctive, unpredictable

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

contention, stifle

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

analogous

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

garage, car

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

penguin, bird

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

foundation : house

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

advisor, recommendation

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

grateful, thanks

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

bestial, animal

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

comical, amusement

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

syllabus, instructor

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

ramble, aimless

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

dike, flood

do not go into the gentle night

dylan thomas

out, out--

robert frost

when i have fears that i may cease to be

john keats

Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey

William Wordsworth

Dreamers

Sigfried Sassoon

This is just to say

William Carlos Williams

The Hollow Men

T.S. Eliot

Dulce Et Decorum Est

Wilfred Owen

Nude Descending a Staircase

X J Kennedy

She's Leaving Home

Paul McCartney and John Lennon

Soldiers

Rupert Brooke

Pied Piper

Gerard Manely Hopkins

Pretty

Stevie Smith

I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Die

Emily Dickinson

We Real Cool

Gwendolyn Brooks

Brueghel's Two Monkeys

Wisława Szymborska

Preludes

T.S. Eliot