AP LANG VOCAB 5 KETTERLING

pretentious

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed

disingenuous

lacking honesty or sincerity

amenable

having or showing willingness to agree or accept something that is wanted or asked for

superfluous

exceeding what is necessary; unnecessary

tenuous

having little substance or strength

didactic

designed or intended to teach (rather than to entertain)

analogy

a comparison between two things to show their similarities

synecdoche

a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole or the whole for a part

litotes

understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary

allusion

the act of making an indirect reference to something