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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Lacking sophistication
cause and effect
naive
apprehension
euphemism
2. A basic statement or an assertion; the most common type of sentence
meticulous
declarative sentence
patronizing
haughty
3. A place of retreat or security
incorrigible
asylum
emigrate
excerpt
4. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
copious
parentheticals
context
harbinger
5. Difficult to comprehend
rhetorical shift
cryptic
substantiated
novel
6. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
cryptic
exculpate
parallelism
7. Author - audience - purpose
conception
rhetorical triangle
discourse
alleviate
8. Treating people as weak or inferior
stem
apathetic
notorious
condescending
9. Something out of place in time or sequence
incorrigible
notorious
obscure
anachronism
10. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
acquired
sanction
compound-complex sentence
onomatopoeia
11. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
apposition
narrative
repetition
despotic
12. An ungrateful person
ingrate
loose sentence
fractious
figurative language
13. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
ad hominem
implication
predicate nominative
austere
14. Feeling or showing little emotion
permeated
apathetic
spurious
replete
15. A selected part of a passage or scene
excerpt
contemporary
understatement
narrative
16. A union of two or more groups
alliance
obsolete
contemporary
euphemism
17. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
contemptuous
clarity
anachronism
ethos
18. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
elusive
mediocrity
infinitive
implication
19. The study of the effective use of language; the art of using language effectively and persuasively
ruse
paradox
perception
rhetoric
20. Arrogant; vainly proud
dictatorial
haughty
cause and effect
nocturnal
21. Well-meaning; generous
stratagem
premonition
benevolent
simile
22. Giving human attributes to non-human things
exemplary
parentheticals
disparity
personification
23. Easily flowing
repetition
implication
innovative
fluid
24. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
stratagem
anthropomorphism
cause/effect
incumbent
25. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
acquired
maverick
ingrate
anthology
26. Unimaginative; dull
auspicious
coup
despotic
prosaic
27. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
definition
mural
polysyndeton
humor
28. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
mundane
enlightening
toxic
lexicon
29. Logically connected
coherent
heinous
consensus
ambiguity
30. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
equivocate
metaphor
perspective
object
31. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
metonymy
parody
vitality
plausible
32. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
stratagem
hierarchy
onomatopoeia
ominous
33. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
predicate adjective
plagiarism
hyperbole
ominous
34. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
metonymy
imperious
lament
35. A tremendously skilled artist
paradox
bandwagon
obstinate
virtuoso
36. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
anachronism
non sequitur
malapropism
epanalepsis
37. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
parallelism
simile
medley
dogged
38. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
innate
syntax
poignant
eclectic
39. Hard-working
ebullience
assiduous
caustic
lucid
40. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
austere
imperative sentence
insipid
41. Energy; power to survive
replete
serene
vitality
dialect
42. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
tenacity
impression
plagiarism
brusque
43. Having no useful purpose; pointless
arbitrary
futile
loose sentence
equivocate
44. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
distractor
irony
alliteration
bandwagon
45. Convincing; reasonable
trivial
frenetic
cogent
appositive
46. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
ambivalent
equivocate
mural
cohesive
47. To give special attention to something - to stress
consensus
haughty
contemptuous
emphasize
48. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
impression
synecdoche
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
subdue
49. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
coherent
hypothetical
insolent
amenable
50. Determined by impulse rather than reason
independent clause
parody
impression
arbitrary