Unit 6: Vocabulary and Terms AP LIT + Spring 2026

These flashcards cover vocabulary terms, their definitions, and provide examples for further understanding.

Sanctify

To set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use.

Pugnacious

Having a quarrelsome or combative nature.

Capitulation

A set of terms or articles constituting an agreement between governments.

Plethora

An ample amount or number; abundance or profusion.

Histrionic

Deliberately affected; overly dramatic or emotional.

Proliferate

To grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring.

Replete

Fully or abundantly provided or filled.

Discomfit

To put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment.

Laconic

Using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious.

Neologism

A new word, usage, or expression. “Selfie“

Malapropism

The usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase. “He is the pineapple of excellence“

Idiom

An expression in the usage of a language that has a meaning that cannot be understood from the combined meanings of its elements. “Break the ice“

Oxymoron

A combination of contradictory or incongruous words. “Deafening silence“