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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
slander
disparage
laudatory
antithesis
2. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
innate
ruse
rhetoric
incumbent
3. A selected part of a passage or scene
cogent
point of view
clandestine
excerpt
4. Rudely abrupt
brusque
slander
argumentation
mural
5. Giving praise
servile
arid
irony
laudatory
6. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
paradigm
maverick
superficial
context
7. Possessed from birth; inborn
innate
spurious
premonition
narration
8. A widespread fire
conflagration
ostentatious
anthology
ornate
9. To leave one country or region and settle in another
virtuoso
epanalepsis
emigrate
indolent
10. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
eclectic
hypothetical
notorious
anachronism
11. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
asylum
ponderous
dilettante
obdurate
12. A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun; these are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence
disdain
zeugma
notorious
ample
13. Producing a deep or full sound
cause/effect
metaphor
incontrovertible
sonorous
14. Of little importance or significance
timorous
malfeasance
trivial
patronizing
15. Current - modern; from the same time
discourse
contemporary
endure
florid
16. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing
predicate nominative
eclectic
rhetorical triangle
euphemism
17. Introducing something new
dogmatic
subject
argument from ignorance
innovative
18. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
obstinate
inductive
catalog
apprehension
19. A collection of literary pieces
omnipotent
paradigm
anthology
gerund
20. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
phenomenon
incorrigible
medley
syntax
21. Plentiful; having a large quantity
intuition
copious
aphorism
sanction
22. A failure of logical reasoning
apostrophe
inevitable
dogmatic
fallacy
23. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
alliteration
embellish
putrid
jargon
24. To calm or soothe
bandwagon
serene
mollify
solvent
25. No longer in use; old-fashioned
obsolete
narration
omnipotent
malfeasance
26. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
mural
malfeasance
deductive
plausible
27. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
tone
anthology
compound sentence
euphemism
28. Not genuine
spurious
trivial
hyperbole
abstract
29. Of chief concern or importance
misconception
repetition
caustic
paramount
30. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
candor
propitious
equivocate
polysyndeton
31. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence
maverick
integrity
predicate
implication
32. Spread or flowing throughout
panegyric
epanalepsis
permeated
rhetoric
33. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
apposition
syntax
inveterate
malapropism
34. Freed from blame
vindicated
apostrophe
transient
pejorative
35. A union of two or more groups
caustic
hyperbole
alliance
brittle
36. Proper; marked by good taste
zeugma
inductive
decorous
hierarchy
37. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
loose sentence
apposition
mural
ethos
38. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
ethos
imperious
subordinate conjunction
gratuitous
39. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
hypothetical
obstinate
candor
compare/contrast
40. To avoid making a definite statement
eclectic
patronizing
distractor
equivocate
41. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
false analogy
convoluted
bandwagon
subdue
42. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
innovative
argument from ignorance
parody
43. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
insolent
obdurate
conviction
disparity
44. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
proliferate
genre
elusive
45. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
asyndeton
paradox
futile
46. Causing great harm
distractor
pernicious
putrid
epistrophe
47. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
paradox
subordinate conjunction
syntax
48. 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
trepidation
subject
predicate
apostrophe
49. Short-lived or temporary
omnipotent
transitory
heinous
narration
50. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
narrative
endure
caustic
repetition