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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Hatefully evil; abominable
vitality
heinous
profound
metonymy
2. Of little importance or significance
exemplification
trivial
auspicious
definition
3. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
arid
subject
discourse
4. To give special attention to something - to stress
austere
vindicated
perspective
emphasize
5. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
stem
rhetoric
dialect
disingenuous
6. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
capricious
cohesive
rancorous
tenuous
7. Submissive; like a servant
sanction
decorous
fluid
servile
8. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
diction
novel
haughty
9. Having no useful purpose; pointless
synecdoche
futile
ominous
dogged
10. A beginner
elusive
euphemism
compelling
novice
11. Made; concocted to deceive
vilify
perception
impartial
fabricated
12. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
condescending
inductive
penitent
incontrovertible
13. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him
poisoning the well
objectivity
exclamatory sentence
rapport
14. A fundamental form of rhetorical stress that calls the reader's attention to a particular word - phrase - or image for emphasis of meaning
repetition
juxtaposition
assertion
benevolent
15. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
mural
synthesis
loose sentence
intrepid
16. A brilliantly executed plan
exculpate
coup
mundane
assimilation
17. Contempt - scorn
hypocrisy
disdain
synecdoche
malfeasance
18. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
jargon
brittle
discourse
syllogism
19. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
syntax
emotional words
argumentation
substantiated
20. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
active voice
apposition
eclectic
participle
21. Impulsive and unpredictable
integrity
affable
capricious
pernicious
22. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
predicate nominative
synecdoche
misconception
indifferent
23. Awareness; insight
alienated
hyperbole
humor
perception
24. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
zeugma
alliance
disdain
narration
25. The basic message or meaning conveyed through elements of character and conflict; appears often in literature and is paralleled in nonfiction prose by an argument's thesis
anadiplosis
flagrant
exemplification
theme
26. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
pathos
patronizing
periodic sentence
comprehensive
27. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal
alliteration
epanalepsis
lexicon
denotation
28. Calm
serene
exemplification
paradigm
antithesis
29. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
emigrate
simple sentence
hierarchy
predicate
30. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
object
benevolent
participle
irony
31. Describing a large amount of something
ample
suppressed
propriety
epanalepsis
32. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
pervasive
rational
indifferent
double-bind
33. A story
substantiated
narrative
pernicious
genre
34. Favorable; promising
auspicious
benevolent
fastidious
subordinate conjunction
35. Menacing; threatening
ominous
mundane
pragmatic
hackneyed
36. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
metonymy
tricolon
conflagration
propriety
37. Of or occurring in the night
nocturnal
apprehension
complex sentence
excerpt
38. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inevitable
conviction
personification
arbiter
39. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
oxymoron
vindicated
phrase
40. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
discredit
naive
logos
41. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side
polysyndeton
juxtaposition
arid
oxymoron
42. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
ethos
hypothetical
narrative
objectivity
43. Causing great harm
diligent
denotation
denotation
pernicious
44. Treating in a condescending manner
egregious
imperious
patronizing
sonorous
45. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
oxymoron
realism
rhetorical question
46. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
aphorism
irony
epistrophe
malice
47. Describing a showy or pretentious display
disdain
thesis
ostentatious
listless
48. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
modest
profound
sardonic
red herring
49. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
rancorous
synecdoche
dependent clause
camaraderie
50. On guard
malapropism
wary
irony
genre