AP Lit - List 4 Vocabulary
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ostentatious | adj. S: pretentious, affected, showy, brazen A: modest |
| invective | n. S: diatribe, criticism, tirade, abuse, denunciation A: praise |
| cumbrous | adj. S: large & unwieldy, cumbersome, bulky, heavy A: manageable |
| peruse | v. S: examine, scrutinize, inspect A: skim |
| tawdry | adj. S: cheap, gaudy, flashy, tasteless, crude |
| dregs | n. S: remains, sediment, lees, waste, scum, rabble, losers, trash |
| oblique | adj. S: slanted, tilted, leaning A: upright |
| fortuitous | adj. S: accidental occurrence with a happy outcome, lucky chance A: ominous |
| oblique | adj. S: indirect, implicit, circuitous A: direct |
| lees | n. remains, residue, silt, wine sediment |
| irremediable | adj. S: permanent, irreversible, irrevocable, severe A: transitory, mutable |
| ameliorate | v. S: improve, amend, revolutionize A: worse, deteriorate |
| allegory | n. S: a work in which the characters & events are to be understood as representing other things & symbolically expressing a deeper, often more spiritual, moral, or political meaning. |
| suffice | v. S: be sufficient, be enough, be adequate, do A: insufficient |
| quotidian | adj. S: commonplace, done daily A: exceptional |
| morose | adj. S: miserable, glum, sullen, depressed A: cheery |
| vertiginous | adj. S: dizzying, whirling |
| excoriate | v. S: criticize, attack, berate, condemn A: commend |
| excoriate | v. S: peel, pare, skin, strip |
| conundrum | n. S: puzzle, mystery, challenge, riddle, problem |
| incorrigible | adj. S: habitual, inveterate, irredeemable, persistent, incurable, hopeless |
| fallacious | adj. S: untrue, misleading, erroneous, deceptive, wrong |
| regionalism | n. S: in linguistics, a feature, e.g. a word, pronunciation, or expression that is found only in a particular region or area |
| classicism | n. commonly refers to a body or thought or work that is derived from or reflects the qualities of ancient Greek & Roman culture. It is commonly opposed to romanticism & realism & generally includes restraint, restricted scope, dominance of reason, sense of form, unity of design and aim, clarity, simplicity, balance intellectualism, moderation & self control. |
| romanticism | n. S: generally a synonym for idealism, optimism, & impracticality. A reaction to classicism. Characteristics include primitivism, sensibility, love of nature, interest in the past, esp. medieval or gothic, mysticism, individualism, natural language, & freer forms and topics, etc. A: realism is its opposite. |
| realism | n. S: pragmatism & practicality. Refers to work of the 19th cent. Reaction vs. Romanticism. Finds its subjects in bourgeois life & manners & fixes its attention on the immediate, the here & now, specific action & the verfiable consequence. |
| naturalism | movement or school advocating factual or realistic description of life including its less pleasant aspects. |
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