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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Relatively unknown
interrogative sentence
frank
panegyric
obscure
2. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
aesthetic
tenuous
mundane
incorrigible
3. Describing a dry - rainless climate
hypocrisy
arid
benevolent
false dilemma
4. Freed from blame
vindicated
declarative sentence
prodigious
alienated
5. Friendly; sincere
poisoning the well
ruse
syllogism
cordial
6. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
derived
timorous
naive
understatement
7. To absorb; to make similar
diligent
clarity
assimilation
copious
8. Appeal based on emotion
pathos
emotional words
prompt
astute
9. To free from guilt or blame
dependent clause
suppressed
cohesive
exculpate
10. Lacking application or practical application
ominous
thesis
clarity
theoretical
11. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
brusque
intuition
condescending
12. A story
false analogy
period
sonorous
narrative
13. Not genuine
ominous
spurious
simile
facetious
14. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
quandary
condemn
acquired
subject
15. Extra; unnecessary
embellish
stratagem
superfluous
sanction
16. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
anachronism
acquired
asyndeton
obdurate
17. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
epanalepsis
truncated
metaphor
subordinate conjunction
18. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
biased
fractious
euphemism
replete
19. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
simile
predicate nominative
mollify
realism
20. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
juxtaposition
trepidation
facile
auspicious
21. Awareness; insight
perception
capricious
polysyndeton
prosaic
22. A widespread fire
conflagration
ambiguity
haughty
aphorism
23. Able to pay one's debts
description
solvent
impartial
innate
24. Combative; belligerent
sonorous
surreptitiously
proliferate
pugnacious
25. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
benevolent
medieval
jargon
stoic
26. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
compound sentence
truncated
obscure
27. Convincing; reasonable
brittle
simile
cogent
auspicious
28. A beginner
emphasize
object
tricolon
novice
29. Statement of high praise
assimilation
panegyric
archetype
epanalepsis
30. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
indolent
ominous
passive voice
substantiated
31. Lacking sophistication
prompt
ad hominem
naive
laudatory
32. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
apprehension
inductive
thesis
inveterate
33. Well-meaning; generous
double-bind
contemporary
absolutes
benevolent
34. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
theme
deductive
context
archaic
35. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
narrative
humor
simile
36. Circumstances of a situation; environment
context
disdain
apposition
analogy
37. Large in scope or content
superfluous
comprehensive
whimsical
reclamation
38. Timid; fearful about the future
amenable
timorous
synthesis
spontaneous
39. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
incumbent
independent clause
disparage
tenacity
40. An unusual - observable event
absolutes
phenomenon
pathos
imagery
41. Anxiety or fear about the future
sedentary
apprehension
synthesis
abstract
42. Equipment; a group of machines
definition
inveterate
substantiated
apparatus
43. Extremely careful and precise
equanimity
red herring
meticulous
dilettante
44. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
prompt
ostentatious
wary
consensus
45. A command
inveterate
imperative sentence
impinge
description
46. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
obscure
eloquence
spontaneous
oxymoron
47. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
subordinate conjunction
rhetoric
obscure
48. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
plagiarism
alliteration
periodic sentence
disparity
49. Commendable; worthy of imitation
dilettante
condemn
division/classification
exemplary
50. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
pragmatic
premonition
embellish
whimsical