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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The formal statement of the meaning of a word or phrase
definition
imperious
indifferent
mollify
2. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
perspective
flagrant
dictatorial
simile
3. Hard-working
plagiarism
ambivalent
assiduous
parody
4. A union of two or more groups
alliance
imperative sentence
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
insipid
5. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
asylum
misconception
analogy
exculpate
6. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb
connotation
transient
trepidation
active voice
7. A crafty trick
frank
modest
ruse
oxymoron
8. Uninteresting; unchallenging
synecdoche
denotation
obscure
insipid
9. Author - audience - purpose
eloquence
dogged
rhetorical triangle
substantiated
10. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
deductive
denotation
dependent clause
tenuous
11. An ungrateful person
complex sentence
ingrate
assiduous
infinitive
12. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
meticulous
oxymoron
indifferent
malapropism
13. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
paradigm
narrative
oxymoron
brittle
14. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
alliteration
conviction
object
begging the question
15. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
pejorative
apostrophe
dilettante
anthropomorphism
16. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
imperious
inveterate
anastrophe
slander
17. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
sardonic
false analogy
polysyndeton
disdain
18. The particular words an author uses in an essay
chiasmus
listless
diction
allusion
19. Appeal based on logic or reason
logos
inductive
hierarchy
rancorous
20. Highly respected
venerated
intuition
idealize
listless
21. A feeling about the future
incorrigible
false dilemma
timorous
premonition
22. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
truncated
intuition
paradox
virtuoso
23. Intricate; complex
melancholy
discourse
compelling
convoluted
24. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
emphasize
astute
heinous
alliteration
25. Causing great harm
period
pernicious
gerund
understatement
26. Plentiful; having a large quantity
contemptuous
metonymy
dilettante
copious
27. Worn out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
laudatory
surreptitiously
clandestine
28. Lacking application or practical application
condemn
indifferent
theoretical
incorrigible
29. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
quandary
stoic
slander
vitality
30. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
permeated
slander
naive
31. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
cordial
anaphora
rhetoric
solvent
32. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
transient
pejorative
stratagem
33. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
double-bind
amenable
satire
irony
34. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
consensus
astute
propitious
opulent
35. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
simile
transitory
capricious
gratuitous
36. Contempt - scorn
candor
premonition
anadiplosis
disdain
37. Made; concocted to deceive
eloquence
propriety
fabricated
apposition
38. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
simile
tricolon
conviction
dogmatic
39. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
parentheticals
dubious
point of view
declarative sentence
40. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
ample
pejorative
synecdoche
41. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
interrogative sentence
bandwagon
archetype
periodic sentence
42. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
prodigious
simile
dubious
red herring
43. Enormous
indifferent
dilettante
tenacity
prodigious
44. Extra; unnecessary
apology
superfluous
fallacy
assiduous
45. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
apostrophe
dialect
nocturnal
arbiter
46. A declaration or statement
discourse
connotation
assertion
benevolent
47. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
exculpate
denotation
assertion
48. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
stem
compound-complex sentence
apposition
abstract
49. An unusual - observable event
distractor
perception
slander
phenomenon
50. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
lament
irony
haughty
innate