AP LIT VOCAB: Measuring Stick

Metrical

Of or involving measurement, relating to or composed in poetic meter, marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound

Antonyms: arithmetic, unmeasured, unrythmic

Asymmetry

Lack of equality of equivalence between parts or aspects of something, lack of symmetry

Antonyms: concinnity, consonance, orchestration, correlation, regularity

Commensurate

Corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

Antonyms: disproportionate, distorted, lopsided, unbalanced

Immeasurable

Too large, extensive or extreme to measure, being or seeming to be without limits

Antonyms: circumscribed, finite, fathomable, superficial, shallow

Commodious

Roomy and comfortable, convenient, more than adequate or average in capacity

Antonyms: cramped, limited, narrow, snug

Modulate

Exert a modifying or controlling influence on; to make changed to something in order to keep a desirable balance or proportion

Antonyms: harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, aggravate, worsen, misadjust

Delineate

Describe or portray something something precisely, to draw or make apparent the outline of, to give a representation or account of in words

Antonyms: color, distort, falsify, garble, mistake, pervert, twist, warp

Lineage

Lineal descent from an ancestor, ancestry or pedigree; a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor

Antonyms: issue, posterity, progeny, seed, offspring, heir, descent, extraction, origin

Enormity

The quality or state of being very large, the quality or state of being utterly evil, a grave crime or sin

antonyms: righteousness, chasteness, purity, diminutiveness, puniness, triviality

Normalize

Bring or return to a normal or standard condition or state, to make agree with a single established standard or model

antonyms: customize, individualize, tailor

Preordain

To determine the fate of in advance

Antonyms: N/A

Inordinate

Unusually or disproportionately large, excessive; a person unrestrained in feelings or behavior, disorderly

Antonyms: middling, modest, temperate, deficient, minimal

Preponderance

The fact or state of being above others in rank or importance; the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance; the largest part or quantity of something

Antonyms: inferiority, obscurity, minority, handful, smattering, minimum

Pensive

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought; long, quiet thinking

Antonyms: featherbrained, flippant, frivolous, brainless, thoughtless

Pendulous

Hanging down loosely, bending downward or forward

Antonyms: upright, erect, rigid, inflexible, raised

Propensity

An established pattern of behavior, a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

Antonyms: averseness, indisposition, allergy, distaste, detachment, impartiality, apathy, indifference

Tactics

The means or procedure for doing something, an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end

Antonyms: N/A

Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences

Antonyms: disorder, disorganization

Orthodox

Following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules; the ordinary or usual types, normal

Antonyms: casual, unconventional, unauthorized, indecorous, unapt, liberal, progressive

Orthotics

Branch of medicine that deals with the provision and use of artificial devices such as splints and braces

Antonyms: N/A