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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
ominous
metaphor
infinitive
false analogy
2. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
phrase
allusion
ethos
asylum
3. Appeal based on emotion
zeugma
pathos
listless
inveterate
4. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
consensus
inconsequential
intuition
gerund
5. Awareness; insight
fractious
predicate nominative
paradigm
perception
6. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
division/classification
catalog
disparity
impartial
7. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
apposition
conviction
truncated
fractious
8. Easily understood; clear
vindicated
dilettante
lucid
tone
9. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
cohesive
effusive
staid
arid
10. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
ambiguity
discourse
mundane
novel
11. A story
simile
narrative
archaic
fabricated
12. A union of two or more groups
imperative sentence
alliance
incontrovertible
archetype
13. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
exculpate
ornate
thesis
bandwagon
14. Possessed from birth; inborn
distractor
malleable
fallacy
innate
15. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
novel
malleable
alliteration
archaic
16. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
narrative
substantiated
propriety
17. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
begging the question
irony
alienated
astute
18. A relationship that individuals build
metonymy
quandary
dictatorial
rapport
19. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
alleviate
parody
indifferent
epanalepsis
20. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
facile
diction
cordial
21. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
endure
fabricated
period
frank
22. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
prodigious
fallacy
description
23. Enormous
rhetoric
timorous
medley
prodigious
24. Statement of high praise
inductive
false dilemma
panegyric
fractious
25. The formal term for the noun that is the basic focus of the sentence; it is who or what is doing the action in the sentence
malfeasance
subject
rhetoric
allusion
26. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
pernicious
eloquence
paramount
frank
27. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
humor
ad hominem
obstinate
28. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
synecdoche
endure
cause/effect
anastrophe
29. Worn out through overuse; trite
toxic
exclamatory sentence
hackneyed
disparity
30. Uncertainty; apprehension
rational
trepidation
nascent
parallelism
31. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
argument from ignorance
argumentation
ethos
32. Causing great harm
despotic
malapropism
poignant
pernicious
33. Introducing something new
egregious
ambiguous
patronizing
innovative
34. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
syllogism
impede
description
tricolon
35. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
panegyric
apostrophe
permeated
obscure
36. Proper; marked by good taste
imperious
stem
decorous
insolent
37. The act of suggesting or hinting
predicate adjective
gratuitous
fastidious
implication
38. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
inductive
deleterious
genre
39. A fixed or strong belief
interrogative sentence
conviction
prosaic
obscure
40. The ability to form or understand an idea
propriety
naive
conception
impinge
41. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
theoretical
irony
realism
obdurate
42. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
mundane
medieval
loose sentence
phrase
43. Not straightforward; crafty
fastidious
metonymy
disingenuous
hypocrisy
44. To calm or soothe
spurious
mollify
impartial
rational
45. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
euphemism
predicate nominative
fallacy
46. Arrogant; vainly proud
auspicious
frenetic
archetype
haughty
47. Not genuine
innovative
laudatory
catalog
spurious
48. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
ebullience
dependent clause
novice
49. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
theme
pervasive
dubious
deleterious
50. Menacing; threatening
impartial
ominous
polysyndeton
archaic