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AP Lit Unit 4 Vocab
17 words for AP Lit
Term | Definition |
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obstreperous | noisy; unruly; disorderly |
histrionic | overly dramatic |
bellwether | indicator of trends |
anthropomorphize | to give a non-human a human personality |
empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
lugubrious | mournful; gloomy |
didactic literature | moral, political, religious, ethical, or practical readings |
carpe diem | seize the day |
moribund | at the point of death |
epic | long narrative poem of mythic proportions |
prevarication | to lie |
masculine rhyme | one-syllable rhyme |
feminine rhyme | two-syllable rhyme |
sophistry | reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy |
reification | viewing an abstract, immaterial concept as if it were a concrete thing |
deus ex machina | the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem |