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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Describing a large amount of something
antithesis
diligent
copious
ample
2. Appeal based on emotion
predicate
pathos
intuition
acquired
3. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
contemptuous
gerund
aesthetic
infinitive
4. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
comprehensive
facetious
spurious
5. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
denotation
astute
didactic
comprehensive
6. Inborn; built-in
simple sentence
inherent
cordial
rhetoric
7. Treating in a condescending manner
denotation
begging the question
patronizing
suppressed
8. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
rhetorical shift
impede
catalog
anadiplosis
9. Awareness; insight
disingenuous
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
coherent
perception
10. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
innovative
syntax
egregious
oxymoron
11. Statement of high praise
panegyric
vindicated
onomatopoeia
ostentatious
12. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
participle
derived
anastrophe
13. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
alliteration
double-bind
theme
facile
14. Express grief for; mourn
period
dependent clause
denotation
lament
15. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
rhetoric
enmity
laudatory
16. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
alliance
syntax
emigrate
17. Certain to happen - unavoidable
mollify
eclectic
inevitable
superfluous
18. Describing a dry - rainless climate
disingenuous
conception
arid
rational
19. Unimaginative; dull
facile
predicate nominative
imperative sentence
prosaic
20. A possible answer that seems to be correct - but is either wrong or is not as good as other answers
vitality
despotic
frank
distractor
21. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
coherent
capricious
sanction
emphasize
22. Friendly; sincere
epanalepsis
pejorative
polysyndeton
cordial
23. Unimportant
inconsequential
mediocrity
dogged
servile
24. Exercising good judgment or common sense
paradox
rhetoric
reprehensible
prudent
25. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
realism
proximity
mural
intuition
26. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
pathos
emotional words
rancorous
clandestine
27. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
facile
notorious
whimsical
transitory
28. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
ellipsis
process analysis
apposition
analogy
29. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
pathos
dialect
euphemism
parentheticals
30. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
declarative sentence
discredit
metonymy
equanimity
31. To consider perfect
assiduous
anadiplosis
elusive
idealize
32. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
paramount
astute
onomatopoeia
tricolon
33. Favorable; promising
fabricated
auspicious
superficial
connotation
34. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
superfluous
gesticulating
truncated
35. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
obscure
phrase
irony
novice
36. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
parallelism
sanction
suppressed
serene
37. Not applied to actual objects
modest
abstract
double-bind
predicate adjective
38. Unable to be reformed
mural
staid
incorrigible
tricolon
39. The ability to form or understand an idea
tenuous
timorous
conception
derived
40. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
oxymoron
logos
idealize
candor
41. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
onomatopoeia
conception
epistrophe
ebullience
42. Determined by impulse rather than reason
sedentary
synecdoche
obstinate
arbitrary
43. A story
imperative sentence
connotation
narrative
object
44. Author - audience - purpose
rhetorical triangle
ambiguity
infinitive
anthology
45. An ungrateful person
prudent
vilify
condemn
ingrate
46. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
figurative language
implication
satire
gerund
47. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
disdain
analogy
egregious
simile
48. Poisonous
toxic
conception
deductive
equanimity
49. Quarrelsome; unruly
asylum
maverick
sardonic
fractious
50. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
asylum
anthropomorphism
etymology
inductive