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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
phrase
cryptic
predicate adjective
alienated
2. Making gestures while speaking
gesticulating
argumentation
malapropism
wary
3. A collection of literary pieces
assimilation
anthology
disdain
vindicated
4. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
compound sentence
participle
facetious
omnipotent
5. Copied or adapted from a source
solvent
facetious
mundane
derived
6. Wildly excited or active
fallacy
reclamation
frenetic
naive
7. Favorable; promising
eclectic
auspicious
satire
mundane
8. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
subdue
plausible
tone
9. Extreme ill-will or spite
syllogism
malice
obscure
harbinger
10. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
trivial
decorous
syllogism
11. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
facetious
nascent
juxtaposition
fluid
12. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
metonymy
participle
contemptuous
parallelism
13. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
obdurate
apparatus
division/classification
fabricated
14. Anxiety or fear about the future
mediocrity
apprehension
dictatorial
insolent
15. Strikingly new or unusual
superfluous
venerated
omnipotent
novel
16. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
prosaic
prompt
impression
assimilation
17. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
propitious
understatement
condemn
narrative
18. Good will between friends
endure
understatement
camaraderie
derived
19. Easily understood; clear
poignant
caustic
lucid
convoluted
20. Relatively unknown
argumentation
exclamatory sentence
proximity
obscure
21. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
argument from ignorance
vilify
wily
simple sentence
22. Lacking application or practical application
despotic
theoretical
imperious
vilify
23. Awareness; insight
perception
genre
polysyndeton
rhetorical question
24. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
venerated
fabricated
alienated
complex sentence
25. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
exclamatory sentence
substantiated
phenomenon
mundane
26. The word 'to' plus a verb - usually functioning as a noun - and often as a predicate in a sentence
infinitive
profound
absolutes
ingrate
27. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
dubious
imagery
stoic
impartial
28. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
euphemism
humor
rapport
rhetorical shift
29. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
parentheticals
exemplary
logos
obdurate
30. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
spontaneous
pragmatic
truncated
31. Possessed from birth; inborn
insipid
sardonic
innate
pervasive
32. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
propriety
lucid
amenable
33. Practical
ambivalent
slander
pragmatic
arid
34. Conspicuously bad or offensive
euphemism
ornate
egregious
eloquence
35. On guard
dilettante
emphasize
wary
derived
36. The process of forming reasons - justifying beliefs - and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others
argumentation
compound sentence
process analysis
inveterate
37. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
hackneyed
false analogy
stoic
38. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
integrity
quandary
predicate nominative
hackneyed
39. Treating people as weak or inferior
jargon
arbitrary
paradox
condescending
40. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
superficial
dictatorial
passive voice
41. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
fractious
denotation
brittle
begging the question
42. To grow or increase rapidly
zeugma
condemn
proliferate
conviction
43. Convincing; reasonable
disdain
comprehensive
simile
cogent
44. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
naive
fabricated
paradox
acquired
45. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
disdain
facile
assertion
medieval
46. Clearness in thought or expression
understatement
syntax
clarity
personification
47. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
analogy
object
pragmatic
metonymy
48. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
dogged
plausible
red herring
despotic
49. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
vindicated
paradox
metonymy
dictatorial
50. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
metonymy
novel
flagrant
perception