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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working






2. Trustworthiness; completeness






3. Cunning






4. Exercising good judgment or common sense






5. Elaborately decorated






6. The formal term for the noun that is the basic focus of the sentence; it is who or what is doing the action in the sentence






7. Hinder; interfere with






8. Having no useful purpose; pointless






9. This argument occurs when the speaker states a claim that includes a word or phrase that needs to be defined before the argument can proceed






10. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance






11. Unable to be reformed






12. Coming into existence; emerging






13. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side






14. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect






15. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience






16. Worn out through overuse; trite






17. Extremely dull






18. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own






19. A union of two or more groups






20. Of chief concern or importance






21. A selected part of a passage or scene






22. Anxiety or fear about the future






23. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased






24. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces






25. Conspicuously bad or offensive






26. Highly respected






27. Lazy






28. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual






29. Laziness; inactivity; dullness






30. Making gestures while speaking






31. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it






32. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story






33. To slow the progress of






34. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance






35. This occurs when a person engaging in an argument defines his opponent's position when the opponent is not present and defines it in a manner that is easy to attack






36. Enormous






37. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects






38. Giving human attributes to non-human things






39. Forceful; urgently demanding attention






40. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge






41. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion






42. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs






43. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed






44. Contempt - scorn






45. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers






46. Another fallacy - this is also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for 'after this - therefore because of this') - and it falls under the general umbrella of a causality fallacy or false cause






47. A question






48. An apparent contradiction of terms






49. A state of uncertainty or perplexity






50. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow