Ap English Lit Words

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Abstract

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Not applied to actual objects

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with the appreciation of beauty

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Affable

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easy going, friendly

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Alleviate

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to ease a pain or burden

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Alliance

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a union of two ore more

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ambiguous

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open to more than on interpretation

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ambivalent

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simultaneously having oppsoing feelings

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amenable

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responsive, agreeable

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Anachronism

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something out of place in time or sequence

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Anaphora

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the deliberate repetition of a words or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentences, clause, or paragraph

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Anastrphe

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the reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry

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Anthology

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collection of literary pieces

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Anthropomorphism

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the attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or foces of nature

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Apathetic

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Feeling or showing little emotion

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Aphorism

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A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth

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Apprehension

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Anxiety or fear about the future

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Arbiter

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A judge who decides a disputed issue

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Arbitaray

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determined by impluse rather than reason

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Archaic

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Characteristic of an earlier period, old fashioned

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Archetype

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A perfect example , an original pattern or model

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Arid

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Describing a dry, rainless climate

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Assiduous

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Hard working

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Assimilation

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to absorb, to make similar

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Astute

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shrewd, clever

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Asylum

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A place of retreat or security

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Auspicious

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favorable, promision

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Austere

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without decoration, strict

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benevolent

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Well meaning, generous

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Benign

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Kind and Gentle

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Biased

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Prejudiced

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Brittle

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Easily broken when subject to pressure

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Brusque

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rudely abrupt

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Camaraderie

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Good will between friends

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Candor

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sincerity, openness

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Caustic

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Bitingly sarcastic or witty

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Chiasmus

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An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

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Clandestine

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Secretive

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Cogent

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Convincing, reasonable

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Coherent

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Logically connect

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Cohesive

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Condition of sticking together

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conception

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the ability to form or understand an idea

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condemn

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to express strong disapproval of, or denounce

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Condescending

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treating people as weak or inferior

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Conflagration

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a widespread fire

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connotation

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the associations or moods that accompany a word

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consensus

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general agreement

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contemporary

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current, modern, from the same time

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contemptous

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feeling hatred, scronful

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conviction

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a fixed or strong belief

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convoluted

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intricate, complex

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Copious

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plentiful, having a large quantity

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Cordial

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Friendly

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Coup

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A brilliantly executed plan

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Cryptic

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Difficult to comprehend