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AP Lang Vocab List

TermDefinition
veracious truthful, righteous, sincere
specious misleading, pretentious
aver assert, declare
vituperative reproachful, abusive
supercilious arrogant, haughty
meretricious gaudy; falsely attractive
coloquialism jargon, an informal word or phrase used in everyday, casual conversation rather than in formal writing
anticlimax conclusion
synecdoche a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
litotes understatement for effect
Enervate to deprive of strength
Syllogism deductive reasoning, conclusion drawn from two premises
Pantheism worship of all gods/belief that all laws and such make God
Paean a hymn of praise/joy
punitive inflicting punishment
dolorous sad, grievous, harrowing
antithesis opposite/contradiction
insensate unfeeling; foolish
quixotic romantic, imaginary
vacuous vacant, void, inane
metonymy use of a thing to represent that of another associated with it
pedantry pompous/stuffy display of knowledge
elocution speech
perspicacity insight
erudite learned, knowledgeable
garrulous verbose, wordy
pedagogical academic, preachy
factotum a handy man
ephemeral brief, fleeting
culpability liability
avariciousness greed
innocuous benign, not threatening
aphorism saying/maxim/adage
cliché overused saying
epigram a witty, pointed statement (could be a poem)
apocryphal of doubtful authenticity,fraudulent
hyperbole exaggeration for effect
temerity audacity
asceticism harshness, austerity
incendiary reactionary, flammable
didactic academic/preachy
mordant scathing, caustic, bitter, sharp
pervasive prevalent
corpulent fat/beefy
pernicious destructive, malicious
ubiquitous omnipresent
punctilious precise, conscientious
excoriating condemning
edification enlightenment
atavistic old fashioned
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