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AP Lit. Vocab 3

TermDefinition
Admonitions Criticisms or warnings about behavior
Anecdote A story about a funny event
Ardor A strong feeling of love or passion or energy
Ascetic Strictly simple or disciplined; austere
Autonomy The state of existing or acting separately from others
Degradation The act or process of damaging or ruining something
Denigrating Speaking or criticizing in a damaging or derogatory manner
Despondency A depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope
Didactic Teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
Duplicitious Being deceitful, hypocritical, or two-faced
Elegy A mournful, melancholy poem or song, especially for a funeral
Entreaty An earnest request or petition; plea
Expound To explain or interpret
Funereal Having to do with a funeral; mournful, melancholy, gloomy, dismal, macabre
Hackneyed Made commonplace or trite; banal
Parallel Syntax Repetition of a particular grammatical or sentence structure
Plait An arrangement of hair, usually a braid
Reproof A criticism or blame
Rhetoric The art of speaking or writing effectively
Supercilious Unpleasantly proud or haughty
Transience A state of brief existence; not permanent
Undercut To make something weaker or less effective
Undiscriminating Failing to notice differences or distinctions; not having excellent taste or judgement
Vindictive Inclined to revenge; unforgiving
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