AP English Language

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AP English Language

• Quarter 2 Vocabulary
• List 1

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metonymy

• A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is
  substituted for another with which it is closely
  associated
• substituting the name of an attribute or feature
  for the name of the thing itself
• Examples
• Washington for the United States government
• the sword for military power
• They counted heads.

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synecdoche

• a figure of speech in which a part is used for
  the whole or the whole for a part
• Example
• If I had some wheels, I'd put on my best
  threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage.

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decrepit

• weakened by old age feeble
• worn out by long use dilapidated
• Synonyms
• Antiquated, feeble, debilitated
• Shabby, rickety, haggard

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obfuscate

• to make obscure or unclear to bewilder or
  confuse
• Synonyms muddle, perplex

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posthumously

• published after the death of the author
• Continuing after ones death

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subtle

• So slight as to be difficult to detect or
  describe
• Characterized by skill or ingenuity clever
• Crafty or sly devious
• Synonyms
• (clever) sly, devious, crafty, shrewd
• (slight) delicate, understated, faint

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proffer

• Hold something out to someone so he can grasp it
• To offer something for consideration
• Synonyms offer, extend, submit
• volunteer

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empathy

• Understanding of anothers feelings
• Synonyms understanding, sympathy

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delineate

• Describe or explain in detail
• Portray something visually
• Indicate the physical boundaries of something
• Synonyms define, outline, describe, explain,
  mark out

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eccentric

• Unconventional, especially in a whimsical way
• Synonyms bizarre, freakish, peculiar,
  idiosyncratic, whacky