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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
indolent
impinge
effusive
asyndeton
2. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
equivocate
apology
suppressed
opulent
3. Wildly excited or active
connotation
brusque
frenetic
lexicon
4. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
realism
stem
aesthetic
compound-complex sentence
5. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
juxtaposition
point of view
mediocrity
zeugma
6. Characterized by the telling of a story
narrative
enmity
hackneyed
alleviate
7. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
disparage
brusque
decorous
8. Extremely dull
parentheticals
rational
innate
ponderous
9. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
cohesive
contemptuous
sardonic
hyperbole
10. Calm
penitent
pragmatic
paradox
serene
11. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
abstract
predicate nominative
parody
paramount
12. To restrain; to hold back
impartial
perspective
subdue
stratagem
13. Rotten
hierarchy
proximity
putrid
disdain
14. Of little importance or significance
incorrigible
ruse
trivial
premonition
15. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
abstract
toxic
timorous
16. A failure of logical reasoning
serene
laudatory
fallacy
premonition
17. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
euphemism
analogy
inductive
sanction
18. To give official authorization or approval
despotic
mundane
sanction
futile
19. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
epistrophe
exclamatory sentence
meticulous
penitent
20. Practical
pragmatic
euphemism
fabricated
stem
21. Commonplace; ordinary
ethos
mundane
vilify
theme
22. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
process analysis
onomatopoeia
condescending
23. Giving praise
metonymy
laudatory
passive voice
whimsical
24. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
apposition
phenomenon
auspicious
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
novice
putrid
excerpt
subject
26. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
disdain
florid
periodic sentence
27. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
biased
vitality
personification
28. Commendable; worthy of imitation
idealize
exemplary
sonorous
egregious
29. Not caring one way or the other
contemporary
compare/contrast
indifferent
malice
30. Worthy of blame
predicate nominative
diligent
reprehensible
alliance
31. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world
synecdoche
inherent
dialect
didactic
32. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
penitent
predicate nominative
dependent clause
ruse
33. Giving human attributes to non-human things
passive voice
meticulous
personification
coup
34. Describing a large amount of something
patronizing
ample
transient
conflagration
35. To calm or soothe
complex sentence
juxtaposition
apprehension
mollify
36. Impulsive and unpredictable
aphorism
anachronism
biased
capricious
37. Poisonous
toxic
division/classification
excerpt
archaic
38. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
disingenuous
denotation
object
argumentation
39. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
derived
mural
trivial
flagrant
40. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
spontaneous
asyndeton
metonymy
rhetorical shift
41. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
perspective
frenetic
syllogism
non sequitur
42. Anxiety or fear about the future
modest
apprehension
candor
putrid
43. Describing a category or artistic endeavor
ellipsis
reprehensible
genre
dependent clause
44. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
denotation
acquired
paradox
consensus
45. To ease a pain or burden
alleviate
indifferent
alliteration
gesticulating
46. Showing by example
wily
rhetorical shift
exemplification
ample
47. The particular words an author uses in an essay
propriety
diction
division/classification
irony
48. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
metonymy
genre
argument from ignorance
oxymoron
49. Dispersed throughout
fabricated
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
reclamation
pervasive
50. A crafty trick
parody
ambiguity
ruse
hypothetical