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AP Lit terms/Vocab
Literature and Vocab terms
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English
12th Grade
04/07/2011
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consummate
 Definition
to complete
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garner
 Definition
to gather
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apistraphe
 Definition
figure of speech where each line ends in the same word
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iamb
 Definition
metrical foot of one unstressed followed my a stressed sylabal
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conceit
 Definition
an extended metaphor that is quite clever
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insinuate
 Definition
to imply
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nascent
 Definition
starting to develop
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conjugal
 Definition
pertaining to marriage
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synecdoche
 Definition
using one part of an object to represent the entire word
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anaphora
 Definition
repetition of words at beginning of lines
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immutable
 Definition
unchangeable
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assuage
 Definition
to ease
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trochee
 Definition
metrical foot of one stressed followed by one unstressed syllable
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impugn
 Definition
to attack verbally
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amulet
 Definition
charm
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chimerical
 Definition
fanciful
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consonance
 Definition
repetition of strong consonant sounds
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sardonic
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cynical
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litotes
 Definition
understatement that negates its opposite
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chiasmus
 Definition
statement of two parallel parts that are structurally reversed
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enjambment
 Definition
line that continues onto the next
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