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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
ponderous
inevitable
obscure
2. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
abstract
aesthetic
facile
proliferate
3. Unimaginative; dull
premonition
compound-complex sentence
prosaic
disdain
4. Calm
serene
impression
exemplification
laudatory
5. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malice
transient
polysyndeton
malleable
6. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
amenable
pathos
alienated
obscure
7. Commendable; worthy of imitation
trivial
exemplary
dependent clause
alleviate
8. Impulsive and unpredictable
panegyric
simple sentence
capricious
anadiplosis
9. A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun; these are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence
contemporary
zeugma
absolutes
obscure
10. Of little importance or significance
infinitive
trivial
active voice
despotic
11. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
inconsequential
fluid
oxymoron
pathos
12. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
logos
assertion
propitious
etymology
13. Lacking energy
listless
effusive
indifferent
arbitrary
14. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
irony
didactic
exemplification
declarative sentence
15. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence
intrepid
elusive
metaphor
predicate
16. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
ruse
obsolete
intrepid
notorious
17. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
ethos
ambiguity
assimilation
obscure
18. A reference that recalls another work - another time in history - another famous person - and so forth
argumentation
denotation
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
allusion
19. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
propitious
ambiguous
profound
ellipsis
20. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
denotation
tricolon
insipid
poisoning the well
21. Practical
inconsequential
sanction
pragmatic
ponderous
22. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
malfeasance
false dilemma
rational
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
23. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
superfluous
clarity
hypocrisy
incontrovertible
24. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
diligent
paradox
coup
nocturnal
25. Producing a deep or full sound
predicate
frenetic
anastrophe
sonorous
26. Timid; fearful about the future
aphorism
mundane
timorous
archaic
27. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
arbiter
archaic
derived
28. Rotten
putrid
melancholy
lexicon
auspicious
29. An example or model
quandary
perception
poisoning the well
paradigm
30. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him
poisoning the well
syllogism
permeated
hypothetical
31. A form of logical argumentation that uses claims or premises - where the author assumes that you will accept the claims as true and that you will then deduce the correct conclusion from the accepted premises at the outset
personification
plagiarism
deductive
malfeasance
32. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
euphemism
rancorous
vitality
harbinger
33. Unplanned; naturally occurring
etymology
spontaneous
chiasmus
truncated
34. Rudely abrupt
eloquence
apology
integrity
brusque
35. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
endure
vitality
conviction
ambiguity
36. Express grief for; mourn
lament
frenetic
insipid
oxymoron
37. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
irony
contemporary
asyndeton
inductive
38. Possessed from birth; inborn
mediocrity
nocturnal
chiasmus
innate
39. Spread or flowing throughout
inevitable
permeated
catalog
perception
40. Sincerity; openness
candor
tenacity
camaraderie
false analogy
41. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
stem
interrogative sentence
incorrigible
42. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
cause/effect
impression
equanimity
astute
43. A story
venerated
etymology
fluid
narrative
44. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
prompt
inveterate
reclamation
description
45. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
plagiarism
oxymoron
ad hominem
anaphora
46. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
profound
penitent
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
facetious
47. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
active voice
subject
plausible
disdain
48. Causing great harm
declarative sentence
pernicious
comprehensive
interrogative sentence
49. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
pernicious
context
malleable
simile
50. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
stem
transitory
definition
metonymy