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AP Lit Vocab List 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Altruism(noun) | the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. |
| Belie(verb) | failure to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict. |
| Expository(adjective) | intended to explain or describe something. |
| Efficacy(noun) | the ability to produce a desired or intended result. |
| Desultory(adjective) | lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm. |
| Licentious(adjectives) | promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. |
| Maudlin(adjective) | self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness |
| Pervasive(adjective) | (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people. |
| Reverence(noun) | a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration. |
| Sardonic(adjective) | grimly mocking or cynical |
| Allusion | a literary device which creates interests through a brief, indirect reference (not a quotation) to another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other. |
| Apostrophe | a literary device which consists of a rhetorical pause or digression to address a person (distant or absent) directly, e.g. "Save me... ye heavenly guards!" HAMLET |
| Cacophony | the use of a combination of words with loud, harsh sounds |
| Euphony | the use of beautiful, melodious sounding words |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech by which a part of something refers to the whole, as in "Give us this day our daily bread" (for basic necessities of life) or "fifty wagging tails" (for fifty dogs) |
| Synecdoche | also used when a part is referred to as the whole , as in "Use your head!" (for brain). |
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