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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. Intense enthusiasm
narrative
ebullience
premise
pathos
2. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
spurious
servile
aphorism
alleviate
3. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
antithesis
impede
listless
wary
4. Worn out through overuse; trite
objectivity
logos
hackneyed
personification
5. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
malapropism
personification
paradox
6. Not applied to actual objects
personification
prosaic
abstract
astute
7. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
apostrophe
laudatory
elusive
pugnacious
8. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
anachronism
infinitive
euphemism
9. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
parentheticals
disparity
oxymoron
division/classification
10. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
inconsequential
anastrophe
acquired
candor
11. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
innate
bandwagon
condemn
paradigm
12. A brilliantly executed plan
point of view
virtuoso
coup
predicate
13. Calm
irony
serene
poisoning the well
novel
14. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
notorious
impartial
pathos
15. Extremely careful and precise
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
objectivity
meticulous
vilify
16. A major figure of speech in rhetorical analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity - which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity
paradox
medley
mural
catalog
17. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
imagery
facetious
denotation
proximity
18. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
stem
lexicon
medieval
rancorous
19. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
alliteration
whimsical
parallelism
exemplification
20. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
logos
medley
parallelism
21. A relationship that individuals build
rapport
anthropomorphism
emigrate
coup
22. Coming into existence; emerging
nascent
pathos
tricolon
pervasive
23. To calm or soothe
elusive
insolent
frank
mollify
24. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
medley
appositive
ornate
parentheticals
25. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
apposition
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
metonymy
26. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
aesthetic
condescending
narrative
rancorous
27. An independent clause followed by all sorts of debris - usually dependent clauses
cryptic
dubious
euphemism
loose sentence
28. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
rapport
intuition
compare/contrast
austere
29. To give official authorization or approval
imagery
euphemism
sanction
frenetic
30. To make an itemized list of
infinitive
disparity
catalog
meticulous
31. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
notorious
plagiarism
poignant
exculpate
32. To restrain; to hold back
rhetoric
compelling
catalog
subdue
33. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
medieval
clandestine
onomatopoeia
solvent
34. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
asyndeton
wily
discredit
ellipsis
35. Not genuine
irony
spurious
condemn
nocturnal
36. Cunning
fractious
amenable
ornate
wily
37. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause
cogent
subordinate conjunction
metonymy
anthology
38. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
aphorism
stratagem
incontrovertible
39. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
obdurate
sanction
enlightening
epanalepsis
40. Causing great harm
non sequitur
meticulous
pernicious
superfluous
41. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
predicate adjective
decorous
frank
whimsical
42. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
false dilemma
cordial
impinge
43. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
catalog
pathos
obstinate
candor
44. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
arbiter
reclamation
irony
45. Short-lived or temporary
compelling
cause/effect
transitory
exculpate
46. Timid; fearful about the future
exemplification
syntax
timorous
oxymoron
47. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth
inconsequential
chiasmus
syllogism
brittle
48. Highly respected
effusive
venerated
compare/contrast
rational
49. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
irony
proximity
fallacy
periodic sentence
50. To ease a pain or burden
sanction
sardonic
alleviate
benign