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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Secretive
complex sentence
clandestine
fabricated
deductive
2. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
derived
catalog
simple sentence
premise
3. 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
synecdoche
predicate adjective
euphemism
simile
4. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
intuition
wily
haughty
propitious
5. To make vicious statements about
vilify
excerpt
disparity
proximity
6. Appeal based on logic or reason
independent clause
logos
vindicated
deleterious
7. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another
analogy
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
oxymoron
innovative
8. Friendly; sincere
obdurate
cordial
propriety
condescending
9. A judge who decides a disputed issue
arbiter
pervasive
oxymoron
hypothetical
10. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
caustic
superficial
heinous
passive voice
11. Sadness; depression
melancholy
permeated
anastrophe
decorous
12. Lacking sophistication
facetious
deductive
exclamatory sentence
naive
13. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
innovative
denotation
objectivity
tenacity
14. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
dilettante
simple sentence
stem
connotation
15. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
lexicon
pathos
complex sentence
satire
16. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
fractious
propitious
compelling
alleviate
17. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
haughty
description
period
contemptuous
18. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
penitent
venerated
rapport
metonymy
19. Plentiful; having a large quantity
pernicious
excerpt
copious
cohesive
20. Made; concocted to deceive
etymology
fabricated
dogmatic
opulent
21. Freed from blame
theme
vindicated
ambiguous
passive voice
22. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
argument from ignorance
figurative language
facetious
oxymoron
23. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world
proliferate
sardonic
tricolon
dialect
24. Unimportant
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
timorous
periodic sentence
inconsequential
25. An independent clause followed by all sorts of debris - usually dependent clauses
stratagem
convoluted
imperious
loose sentence
26. Making gestures while speaking
melancholy
eclectic
gesticulating
rational
27. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
aphorism
hackneyed
subject
intuition
28. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
dogmatic
incontrovertible
ponderous
29. Intense enthusiasm
benevolent
cordial
ebullience
polysyndeton
30. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
pragmatic
object
arid
31. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
simile
indifferent
logos
ostentatious
32. The associations or moods that accompany a word
connotation
integrity
fallacy
stratagem
33. To ease a pain or burden
embellish
emphasize
dogmatic
alleviate
34. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
oxymoron
satire
narrative
stratagem
35. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
malfeasance
malapropism
polysyndeton
disdain
36. Practical
derived
pragmatic
auspicious
inherent
37. Extreme ill-will or spite
dogmatic
plausible
consensus
malice
38. Responsive; agreeable
argumentation
amenable
superfluous
abstract
39. To make an itemized list of
coup
inveterate
catalog
notorious
40. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
poisoning the well
laudatory
false analogy
41. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
epanalepsis
parallelism
serene
notorious
42. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
personification
chiasmus
objectivity
43. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
mollify
elusive
meticulous
nascent
44. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
dependent clause
obscure
malapropism
frank
45. Strikingly new or unusual
disdain
superficial
novel
eloquence
46. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing
assimilation
harbinger
ample
euphemism
47. Worn out through overuse; trite
division/classification
hackneyed
oxymoron
obstinate
48. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
stratagem
parallelism
dictatorial
incontrovertible
49. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
plausible
thesis
juxtaposition
passive voice
50. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
passive voice
gesticulating
synecdoche
flagrant