Study sets matching "english vocab 3a pre ap"
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Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Austere
writer/speaker says one thing but really means something compl…
what is expected is the opposite of what occurs
the reader or audience knows something the character in the st…
serious, solemn
Verbal Irony
writer/speaker says one thing but really means something compl…
Situational Irony
what is expected is the opposite of what occurs
Disconsolate (Adj.)
Petulant (Adj.)
Sardonic (Adj.)
Imperious (Adj.)
Without comfort or consolation; Unhappy ... I tried talking to Li…
Bad-Tempered... When Jimmy found out that he wasn't getting a sta…
Grimly mocking; Sarcasm ... After telling my mom about the F I go…
Assuming power without justification... Danny was acting IMPERIOU…
Disconsolate (Adj.)
Without comfort or consolation; Unhappy ... I tried talking to Li…
Petulant (Adj.)
Bad-Tempered... When Jimmy found out that he wasn't getting a sta…
Formidable
Guerrilla
Guru
Heritage
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
A member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force
A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
That which is inherited
Formidable
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Guerrilla
A member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force
Jaunt
Repast
Apathy
Nauseate
a short pleasant trip; also, v. to make a short trip
a meal; food eaten at a meal
lack of interest, concern, or spirit; indifference; lack of em…
to make sick or queasy; to cause a feeling of disgust or loath…
Jaunt
a short pleasant trip; also, v. to make a short trip
Repast
a meal; food eaten at a meal
Abase
Adverse
Affluent
Jubilant
to lower in rank, dignity, or reputation
not favorable; hostile; in an opposite direction
having plenty of money, property, or possesions
full of joyful exaltation; rejoicing
Abase
to lower in rank, dignity, or reputation
Adverse
not favorable; hostile; in an opposite direction
ad hominem
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
An argument made that (a.) appeals to a person's feelings or p…
A story in which objects, characters, and actions are symbols…
The repetition of initial sounds. Ex: The fair breeze blew, th…
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary wor…
ad hominem
An argument made that (a.) appeals to a person's feelings or p…
Allegory
A story in which objects, characters, and actions are symbols…
Mood
Tone
Connotation
Pretentious
The atmosphere or presominant emotion in a literary work. In o…
The writer's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience.
The meaning of the word is created through feelings and associ…
Appearing to have an unrealistically high self image; made to…
Mood
The atmosphere or presominant emotion in a literary work. In o…
Tone
The writer's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience.
Chimera
Humane
Miser
Stoic
A fantasy; a horrible creature of imagination
Kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate
One who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money
A stoical person; not showing passion or feeling, indifference…
Chimera
A fantasy; a horrible creature of imagination
Humane
Kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Analogy
Narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract…
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Reference to another work or famous figure
Comparison between two things to show how alike they are
Allegory
Narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract…
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Abstracted
Adulation
Adversity
Burgeon
Removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's…
Extreme praise or admiration
Misfortune, unfavorable happening
To sprout, to newly emerge
Abstracted
Removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's…
Adulation
Extreme praise or admiration