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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A group organized by rank
prudent
lucid
denotation
hierarchy
2. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
anachronism
declarative sentence
consensus
3. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
candor
slander
appositive
pernicious
4. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
consensus
torpor
indifferent
impartial
5. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
serene
convoluted
stem
6. Treating in a condescending manner
impartial
stratagem
patronizing
dogged
7. Profoundly moving; touching
hackneyed
superficial
poignant
dogged
8. Commonplace; ordinary
superfluous
synecdoche
solvent
mundane
9. Made; concocted to deceive
narrative
effusive
fabricated
wily
10. Favorable; promising
auspicious
harbinger
emphasize
timorous
11. Arrogant; vainly proud
alleviate
haughty
red herring
vitality
12. 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
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disparity
laudatory
predicate nominative
13. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
opulent
prudent
paramount
double-bind
14. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
parody
obdurate
discourse
gesticulating
15. Commendable; worthy of imitation
exemplary
imperative sentence
benign
pun
16. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
solvent
serene
novice
17. Extremely careful and precise
proliferate
meticulous
parentheticals
cordial
18. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
tone
disdain
objectivity
red herring
19. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
prosaic
arid
ethos
timorous
20. Contempt - scorn
disdain
insipid
jargon
dogmatic
21. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
eloquence
ad hominem
passive voice
torpor
22. Coming into existence; emerging
tenuous
nascent
compound-complex sentence
rapport
23. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
fluid
nascent
penitent
superficial
24. To give special attention to something - to stress
simple sentence
clandestine
emphasize
ruse
25. Able to pay one's debts
reclamation
solvent
imperative sentence
staid
26. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
absolutes
eloquence
dependent clause
venerated
27. A question whose answer is assumed - this is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and is a significant tool in the study of rhetoric
penitent
irony
rhetorical question
suppressed
28. Shortened; cut off
stratagem
surreptitiously
truncated
indolent
29. Describing a showy or pretentious display
predicate
ostentatious
obstinate
chiasmus
30. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
coup
false analogy
apology
discourse
31. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
insipid
consensus
archetype
slander
32. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
putrid
false dilemma
personification
inveterate
33. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
integrity
candor
disdain
34. Condition of sticking together
quandary
objectivity
dilettante
cohesive
35. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb
active voice
florid
jargon
arid
36. To consider perfect
syllogism
contemptuous
idealize
exemplification
37. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
tone
diligent
timorous
38. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
meticulous
profound
disparage
modest
39. Difficult to comprehend
narrative
amenable
frank
cryptic
40. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
catalog
tricolon
hypocrisy
41. Worthy of blame
convoluted
servile
reprehensible
infinitive
42. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
polysyndeton
penitent
subordinate conjunction
listless
43. An apparent contradiction of terms
rhetoric
oxymoron
novice
haughty
44. Persistence
lucid
discredit
innate
tenacity
45. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
aphorism
mundane
cause/effect
process analysis
46. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
flagrant
whimsical
vitality
rhetorical question
47. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
intrepid
lament
timorous
48. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
malfeasance
serene
exculpate
quandary
49. Friendly; sincere
imperative sentence
cordial
synthesis
pathos
50. Uncertainty; apprehension
laudatory
premise
dilettante
trepidation