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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. To leave one country or region and settle in another
understatement
emigrate
cogent
propriety
2. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
periodic sentence
ambiguity
appositive
prudent
3. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
dogmatic
melancholy
active voice
florid
4. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
modest
insolent
plausible
austere
5. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
thesis
personification
nocturnal
putrid
6. Poisonous
loose sentence
disdain
toxic
paradox
7. Extremely careful and precise
loose sentence
nascent
rhetorical question
meticulous
8. Submissive; like a servant
servile
abstract
misconception
endure
9. Uncertainty; apprehension
cause and effect
amenable
trepidation
polysyndeton
10. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
jargon
obscure
affable
mediocrity
11. Energy; power to survive
vitality
disdain
paradox
flagrant
12. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
condemn
maverick
intuition
effusive
13. Unable to be reformed
oxymoron
incorrigible
etymology
anthology
14. Conspicuously bad or offensive
tenuous
insolent
perspective
egregious
15. Having no useful purpose; pointless
pathos
decorous
futile
florid
16. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
malfeasance
consensus
pernicious
predicate nominative
17. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
prompt
indolent
venerated
18. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
impede
mediocrity
reclamation
19. Profoundly moving; touching
parody
imagery
prompt
poignant
20. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
simple sentence
paradox
diligent
21. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
jargon
passive voice
synthesis
indifferent
22. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
apathetic
inherent
wily
23. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
clarity
emigrate
lucid
bandwagon
24. A judge who decides a disputed issue
opulent
arbiter
double-bind
oxymoron
25. No longer in use; old-fashioned
euphemism
staid
rhetoric
obsolete
26. A tremendously skilled artist
catalog
anthology
simple sentence
virtuoso
27. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
subordinate conjunction
periodic sentence
equanimity
hypothetical
28. Lacking energy
ad hominem
listless
gerund
facile
29. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
propriety
derived
flagrant
copious
30. An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case
tenuous
indifferent
red herring
idealize
31. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
conception
prompt
argumentation
32. Done by secretive means
sonorous
obscure
surreptitiously
metonymy
33. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
listless
ambiguity
misconception
active voice
34. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
quandary
impede
insipid
pejorative
35. Secretive
parody
clandestine
pejorative
impede
36. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him
arid
poisoning the well
auspicious
syllogism
37. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
incorrigible
complex sentence
dogmatic
cogent
38. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
logos
asyndeton
dubious
narrative
39. Copied or adapted from a source
lucid
imagery
zeugma
derived
40. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
phrase
logos
synecdoche
premise
41. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
non sequitur
phenomenon
harbinger
ample
42. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
connotation
clandestine
harbinger
passive voice
43. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
modest
parentheticals
surreptitiously
44. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
periodic sentence
medley
novel
description
45. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb
oxymoron
innate
active voice
elusive
46. Of or occurring in the night
indifferent
nocturnal
diction
dependent clause
47. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
anadiplosis
hypothetical
ponderous
convoluted
48. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
discredit
disparity
predicate
transient
49. A story
enmity
narrative
propitious
inconsequential
50. Strikingly new or unusual
inevitable
irony
bandwagon
novel