An expression of language, such as simile, metaphor, or personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not employed

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance

Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

Any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc.

Tending or threatening to break out into open violence

Affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad

Lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.

Detached; standing alone; isolated.

Having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.

Penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding

To take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority

The act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.

Having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial

Having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities

A coming together of people or things; concourse.

A restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs

The name sometimes given to a flourishing of distinctively American literature in the period before the Civil War.

The misplacing of any person, thing, custom, or event outside its proper historical time.

A term used in modern narratology to denote a discrepancy between the order in which events of the story occur and the order in which they are presented to us in the plot.

Revealing a higher spiritual meaning behind the literal meaning of a text.

Illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel to it in some significant features.

The most prominent of the characters who oppose the protagonist or hero (ine) in a dramatic or narrative work.

An abrupt lapse from growing intensity to triviality in any passage of dramatic, narrative, or descriptive writing, with the effect of disappointed expectation or deflated suspense.

A contrast or opposition, either rhetorical or philosophical.

A statement of some general principle, expressed memorably by condensing much wisdom into few words.

Revealing the secrets of the future through prophecy; or having the character of an apocalypse or world‐consuming holocaust.

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Rippy Vocab #2

English AP Vocab List #2

Question	Answer
Figure of Speech	An expression of language, such as simile, metaphor, or personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not employed
Metaphor	A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance
Caustic	Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
Abrasive	Any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc.
Volatile	Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
Rabid	Affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad
Myopic	Lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.
Insular	Detached; standing alone; isolated.
Scabrous	Having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
Profound	Penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding
Gall	Impudence; effrontery.
Espouse	To adopt or give support to
Apprehend	To take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority
Breach	The act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
Provincial	Having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial
Urbane	Having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities
Consonance	Accord or agreement.
Confluence	A coming together of people or things; concourse.
Maelstrom	A restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs
American Renaissance	The name sometimes given to a flourishing of distinctively American literature in the period before the Civil War.
Anachronism	The misplacing of any person, thing, custom, or event outside its proper historical time.
Anachrony	A term used in modern narratology to denote a discrepancy between the order in which events of the story occur and the order in which they are presented to us in the plot.
Anagogical	Revealing a higher spiritual meaning behind the literal meaning of a text.
Analogy	Illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel to it in some significant features.
Antagonist	The most prominent of the characters who oppose the protagonist or hero (ine) in a dramatic or narrative work.
Anticlimax	An abrupt lapse from growing intensity to triviality in any passage of dramatic, narrative, or descriptive writing, with the effect of disappointed expectation or deflated suspense.
Antithesis	A contrast or opposition, either rhetorical or philosophical.
Aphorism	A statement of some general principle, expressed memorably by condensing much wisdom into few words.
Apocalptic	Revealing the secrets of the future through prophecy; or having the character of an apocalypse or world‐consuming holocaust.

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