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AP Lang Semester 2 > Vocab > Flashcards

Vocab Flashcards

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Abashed

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Ashamed or embarassed

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Acerbic

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Bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic

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Ambivalent

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Having contradictory attitudes/feelings

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Apathetic

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Indifferent or unresponsive

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Banal

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Boring or unoriginal

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Bleak

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Not hopeful

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Blithe

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Carefree/ lighthearted

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Bombastic

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High sounding but with little meaning

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Caustic

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Harsh or overly critical

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Cloying

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Causing disgust through excess (often excess sweetness)

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Cogent

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Clear or pursuasive

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Derisive

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Mocks, expresses contempt, ridicules

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Didactic

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Literature that is educational or cautionary

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14
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Disinterested

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Not biased

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Disparaging

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Belittle the value or importance

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Effusive

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Excessive emotion/enthusiasm

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Erudite

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Having knowledge/learned

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18
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Esoteric

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Obscure language only understood by certain groups

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Facetious

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Inappropriately funny in a serious situation

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Flippant

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Rude or unserious

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Intransigent

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Refuses to compromise or abandon an extreme position

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Invective

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Verbal abuse to attack/insult a person

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Morose

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A sullen or gloomy disposition

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24
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Nostalgic

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An affectionate look at the past

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Panegyric

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Elaborate praise or eulogistic writing

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with accuracy and precision

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Perspicacious

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A keen mental perception or understanding

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28
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Petulant

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Insolent or rude speech from someone bad-tempered or childish

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Polemic

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Vigorous and combative language to defend or oppose

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Sarcastic

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Irony to mock, ridicule, or express contempt

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Sardonic

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Disdainfully or cynically humorous/mocking

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Trite

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Lacks freshness/interest

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Turgid

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Excessive embellishing of language (synonym to bombastic)

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Uninterested

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Lacking concern or interest

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Vituperative

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An attack full of angry criticism

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Ad hominem

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Attacking a person instead of their argument

37
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Adage

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Short statement or proverb containing a general truth

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Allegory

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A story with a hidden meaning behind it

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same first letter with neighboring words

40
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Allusion

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A subtle reference to another place, person, event, or literary work

41
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Ambiguity

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Can be understood in multiple ways

42
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Amplification

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Use of literary devices to draw attention to a certain point

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Analogy

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Comparison of two completely different things for the sake of explanation

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Anaphora

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Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of clauses

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Antithesis

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Opposite ideals that are placed parallel to each other

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Aphorism

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A concise expression expressing truth

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Apostrophe

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Addressing a subject that is not there or is dead

48
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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in close by words

49
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Asyndeton

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Ommitting conjunctions

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Caricature

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A representation that often exaggerates qualities

51
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Chiasmus

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Concepts are repeated in the next clause in reverse order

52
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Colloquial

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Causal language used in specific regions

53
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Conceit

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An extended, complex metaphor

54
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Concession

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Acknowledgment of the opposing viewpoint

55
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Conditional Statement

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An if - then statement

56
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Connotation

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Feelings or ideas associated with a word

57
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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of successive words

58
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Deduction

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Using a general conclusion to retrieve a specific one

59
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Denotation

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The purely literal meaning of a word

60
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Diction

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Specific choice of words that convey a certain meaning

61
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Epistrophe

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Repetition of words at the end of clauses

62
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Epithet

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A word or phrase that describes the main quality of a person

63
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Euphemism

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An inoffensive version of a normally vulgar statement

64
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Exigence

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A situation that motivated the writer to write something

65
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Fallacy

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A mistaken belief based on an unsound argument

66
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Homily

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A sermon delivered to a clergy that offers moral direction/advice

67
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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

68
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Idiomatic

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Containing an expression of speech that is not meant to be understood literally

69
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Induction

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Using a specific conclusion to retrieve a more general one.

70
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Invective

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Sharp and abusive language

71
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Jargon

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Specific language used by a subsection of people

72
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Juxtaposition

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Placing two concepts adjacent to highlight differences/similarities

73
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Litotes

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A double negative

74
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Loaded Diction

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Words with extra strong connotation used to evoke feeling

75
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Metaphor

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The comparison of two things that are not directly related

76
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Metonymy

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Replacing the original name of an object with something closely related

77
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Mood

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The emotional response the writer wants to bring out of the reader

78
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Non sequitur

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A statement that does not logically follow the previous statement

79
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Paradox

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A statement that contradicts itself but also created a deeper meaning

80
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Polysyndeton

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Using many conjunctions

81
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Reductio ad absurdum

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Proving the falseness of something by showing that its logical consequence is absurd

82
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Satirical

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Wit, irony, or sarcasm used to criticize

83
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Syllepsis

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The same word used with two or more meanings with different contexts

84
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Syllogism

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Arriving to a conclusion from two separate truths

85
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Synecdoche

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A part that represents a whole

86
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Synesthesia

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One sense described in terms of another

87
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Syntax

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The arrangement/order of words

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Understatement

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Underexaggerating the quality of something

AP Lang Semester 2 (1 decks)

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