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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. To make an itemized list of
obstinate
superfluous
catalog
candor
2. Determined by impulse rather than reason
context
periodic sentence
endure
arbitrary
3. Not caring one way or the other
enmity
metaphor
indifferent
disdain
4. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
profound
lexicon
prompt
whimsical
5. Menacing; threatening
ominous
caustic
apology
ethos
6. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
vilify
superficial
dilettante
abstract
7. A question
premise
panegyric
hypothetical
interrogative sentence
8. A reference that recalls another work - another time in history - another famous person - and so forth
rhetoric
pervasive
allusion
spontaneous
9. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
melancholy
false analogy
virtuoso
10. Extremely dull
ponderous
dictatorial
consensus
process analysis
11. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
nocturnal
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
connotation
perception
12. Appropriateness of behavior
sanction
oxymoron
implication
propriety
13. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
mural
simile
gratuitous
14. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
polysyndeton
aphorism
alliteration
amenable
15. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
auspicious
tricolon
wary
16. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
trivial
dubious
eclectic
hyperbole
17. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
asyndeton
obstinate
quandary
18. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence
sardonic
affable
predicate
objectivity
19. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
rancorous
parentheticals
impinge
oxymoron
20. Kind and gentle
periodic sentence
benign
anadiplosis
figurative language
21. Defense of an idea
rhetorical shift
patronizing
lucid
apology
22. The associations or moods that accompany a word
impinge
misconception
connotation
gesticulating
23. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
melancholy
asyndeton
object
chiasmus
24. A failure of logical reasoning
coherent
fallacy
gratuitous
epistrophe
25. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
sanction
imagery
anthropomorphism
coup
26. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
malice
fastidious
allusion
abstract
27. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
condescending
malice
rhetorical shift
chiasmus
28. Hard-working
enmity
plagiarism
pragmatic
assiduous
29. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
subject
florid
malfeasance
red herring
30. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
prosaic
compare/contrast
begging the question
31. A feeling about the future
putrid
dependent clause
dictatorial
premonition
32. Enormous
participle
cause and effect
prodigious
appositive
33. A tremendously skilled artist
innate
virtuoso
logos
disdain
34. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
simile
ebullience
spurious
simple sentence
35. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
syllogism
condescending
enmity
enlightening
36. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
eclectic
straw man
sanction
zeugma
37. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
denotation
eloquence
independent clause
ethos
38. Quarrelsome; unruly
juxtaposition
heinous
predicate
fractious
39. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal
epanalepsis
cordial
arid
camaraderie
40. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
ebullience
mural
exclamatory sentence
conflagration
41. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
infinitive
phrase
hypothetical
subject
42. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
predicate adjective
pragmatic
solvent
false dilemma
43. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
convoluted
syntax
impartial
reprehensible
44. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
simple sentence
apprehension
impartial
independent clause
45. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
syllogism
equanimity
archaic
rational
46. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
copious
syllogism
simple sentence
47. An unusual - observable event
chiasmus
quandary
incorrigible
phenomenon
48. To calm or soothe
timorous
perception
mollify
satire
49. A selected part of a passage or scene
excerpt
serene
ethos
disdain
50. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
clarity
appositive
asyndeton
absolutes