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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Of chief concern or importance
process analysis
paramount
understatement
frenetic
2. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
impede
dictatorial
equanimity
loose sentence
3. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
anthology
equivocate
indifferent
condemn
4. Of little importance or significance
prodigious
stem
trivial
superfluous
5. A reference that recalls another work - another time in history - another famous person - and so forth
allusion
slander
sedentary
ostentatious
6. Contempt - scorn
exculpate
ominous
opulent
disdain
7. An example or model
compound sentence
paradigm
malfeasance
polysyndeton
8. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
argument from ignorance
torpor
prudent
9. To make an itemized list of
assiduous
catalog
arbitrary
facile
10. To conceal or make indistinct
conviction
clandestine
copious
obscure
11. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
inherent
dialect
metonymy
paradox
12. Lacking application or practical application
cause/effect
non sequitur
diction
theoretical
13. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
dilettante
tenuous
permeated
mundane
14. Not migratory; settled
fastidious
sedentary
impression
emigrate
15. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
virtuoso
whimsical
synecdoche
imperious
16. Describing a large amount of something
apposition
whimsical
ample
arid
17. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence
syntax
rhetorical question
compound-complex sentence
proximity
18. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
denotation
impression
absolutes
futile
19. Another word for a claim; a statement of truth - at least to the person making the argument
truncated
maverick
penitent
premise
20. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dubious
rancorous
fastidious
allusion
21. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
benign
flagrant
reclamation
logos
22. Relatively unknown
innate
obscure
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
onomatopoeia
23. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
disdain
context
pejorative
discourse
24. Clearness in thought or expression
loose sentence
clarity
suppressed
innate
25. An independent clause followed by all sorts of debris - usually dependent clauses
epanalepsis
comprehensive
fabricated
loose sentence
26. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
insipid
medley
serene
egregious
27. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
implication
irony
whimsical
stratagem
28. Trustworthiness; completeness
inveterate
integrity
malleable
diction
29. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
subject
ambivalent
disdain
enmity
30. Showing by example
exemplification
inevitable
disingenuous
hypocrisy
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
definition
active voice
deductive
fabricated
32. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
lucid
indifferent
medieval
juxtaposition
33. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
tricolon
fabricated
nocturnal
hypocrisy
34. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
ethos
diligent
clarity
definition
35. Defense of an idea
apology
prodigious
emphasize
cryptic
36. 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
pejorative
subject
haughty
consensus
37. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
malleable
conflagration
object
38. Impulsive and unpredictable
arbiter
capricious
subdue
compelling
39. Anxiety or fear about the future
contemporary
truncated
apprehension
conviction
40. Good will between friends
ebullience
simile
wary
camaraderie
41. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
prompt
omnipotent
exemplification
42. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
proliferate
excerpt
pernicious
43. To leave one country or region and settle in another
servile
contemptuous
emphasize
emigrate
44. A crafty trick
ruse
theme
exemplification
premonition
45. A group organized by rank
hierarchy
pernicious
parentheticals
impression
46. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
deductive
wary
futile
47. The study of the origin of words and their historical uses
deductive
cohesive
satire
etymology
48. Elaborately decorated
repetition
epistrophe
ornate
onomatopoeia
49. Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't necessarily logical but that are nevertheless striking - original - and 'true'; often departs from the literal meaning
opulent
impinge
figurative language
ethos
50. A major figure of speech in rhetorical analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity - which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity
cogent
paradox
understatement
facetious