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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
paradox
sanction
patronizing
realism
2. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
substantiated
impression
narrative
egregious
3. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
sardonic
pervasive
wily
jargon
4. Current - modern; from the same time
futile
acquired
innate
contemporary
5. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing
benign
exemplary
eclectic
euphemism
6. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
oxymoron
narration
arbiter
chiasmus
7. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
sanction
fallacy
thesis
ethos
8. Proper; marked by good taste
alliance
decorous
replete
passive voice
9. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
penitent
coup
novel
10. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
wary
clarity
antithesis
plausible
11. Of little importance or significance
apparatus
trivial
derived
thesis
12. Another word for a claim; a statement of truth - at least to the person making the argument
misconception
false dilemma
premise
inevitable
13. Without decoration; strict
austere
endure
quandary
venerated
14. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
flagrant
despotic
quandary
haughty
15. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
description
apathetic
prosaic
passive voice
16. Playfully humorous
novice
cryptic
facetious
periodic sentence
17. Hard-working
reclamation
camaraderie
rapport
assiduous
18. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
transitory
elusive
apostrophe
disparage
19. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
facile
personification
conviction
medieval
20. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
benign
timorous
modest
permeated
21. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
aesthetic
satire
personification
discredit
22. Submissive; like a servant
servile
wily
compelling
dogmatic
23. Defense of an idea
apology
malice
pathos
intuition
24. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
personification
innovative
sonorous
simile
25. Impulsive and unpredictable
indolent
oxymoron
capricious
complex sentence
26. A brilliantly executed plan
rhetorical question
anastrophe
rhetoric
coup
27. Unable to be reformed
slander
propitious
indifferent
incorrigible
28. Anxiety or fear about the future
obdurate
apprehension
anthology
timorous
29. Of chief concern or importance
syntax
parentheticals
slander
paramount
30. Combative; belligerent
tricolon
pugnacious
metonymy
propriety
31. Having no useful purpose; pointless
archetype
fluid
futile
passive voice
32. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
period
conception
theme
33. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
euphemism
implication
despotic
catalog
34. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another
cohesive
assertion
inevitable
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
35. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
realism
bandwagon
ostentatious
36. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
decorous
archetype
acquired
abstract
37. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
simple sentence
analogy
proliferate
diction
38. Profoundly moving; touching
impede
propriety
poignant
metonymy
39. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
onomatopoeia
obscure
appositive
incontrovertible
40. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
copious
rhetorical question
aphorism
argumentation
41. Convincing; reasonable
torpor
mundane
sardonic
cogent
42. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
thesis
lucid
impede
compare/contrast
43. Plentiful; having a large quantity
discourse
disparity
copious
alleviate
44. Persistence
prompt
tenacity
fabricated
sedentary
45. Sadness; depression
asyndeton
insipid
melancholy
ominous
46. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
subdue
hackneyed
absolutes
predicate adjective
47. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
arbitrary
opulent
compelling
simile
48. Exercising good judgment or common sense
anthology
indolent
frank
prudent
49. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
toxic
wary
inductive
50. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
ambiguous
complex sentence
fallacy
lucid