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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Easily flowing
inevitable
fluid
premonition
amenable
2. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
sardonic
exculpate
quandary
epistrophe
3. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
incontrovertible
medieval
exclamatory sentence
obstinate
4. Another word for a claim; a statement of truth - at least to the person making the argument
premise
suppressed
pragmatic
enmity
5. Relatively unknown
rational
obscure
insolent
contemporary
6. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
servile
assiduous
flagrant
patronizing
7. Hinder; interfere with
lucid
description
compare/contrast
impinge
8. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
quandary
complex sentence
solvent
virtuoso
9. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
anadiplosis
euphemism
fastidious
novel
10. An unusual - observable event
capricious
gratuitous
premonition
phenomenon
11. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
stoic
trivial
transient
prosaic
12. Open to more than one interpretation
abstract
ambiguous
conflagration
diction
13. Freed from blame
realism
proliferate
vindicated
mundane
14. An argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false
enlightening
stoic
consensus
argument from ignorance
15. Good will between friends
lament
conflagration
etymology
camaraderie
16. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
aesthetic
anthropomorphism
frenetic
phrase
17. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
dogmatic
benign
misconception
ambivalent
18. Feeling hatred; scornful
timorous
hackneyed
contemptuous
loose sentence
19. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
understatement
asyndeton
diction
superfluous
20. A beginner
sanction
novice
phenomenon
antithesis
21. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
oxymoron
exemplary
poisoning the well
22. A failure of logical reasoning
prompt
fallacy
diligent
sonorous
23. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
frank
false analogy
dialect
cogent
24. Unimaginative; dull
reprehensible
hackneyed
benign
prosaic
25. All-powerful
dictatorial
omnipotent
parentheticals
sanction
26. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
compound-complex sentence
mediocrity
surreptitiously
period
27. Causing great harm
pernicious
impression
exculpate
metonymy
28. Intricate; complex
camaraderie
convoluted
brusque
stratagem
29. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
metonymy
loose sentence
discourse
fastidious
30. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
object
simile
inconsequential
objectivity
31. Hatefully evil; abominable
brusque
heinous
objectivity
panegyric
32. A union of two or more groups
insolent
alliance
caustic
subdue
33. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
personification
logos
infinitive
premise
34. An appeal to emotion; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
pathos
appositive
fallacy
austere
35. Unplanned; naturally occurring
division/classification
spontaneous
poisoning the well
appositive
36. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
active voice
polysyndeton
disparity
onomatopoeia
37. Sincerity; openness
candor
brittle
wary
humor
38. Uninteresting; unchallenging
florid
tenacity
medieval
insipid
39. Author - audience - purpose
rhetorical triangle
equivocate
catalog
didactic
40. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
false dilemma
surreptitiously
complex sentence
41. Not genuine
innovative
spurious
discourse
toxic
42. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
brusque
metaphor
humor
allusion
43. A sentence that conveys excitement or force
asylum
listless
deleterious
exclamatory sentence
44. Dispersed throughout
ostentatious
pervasive
euphemism
embellish
45. Extremely careful and precise
inductive
excerpt
onomatopoeia
meticulous
46. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
realism
notorious
harbinger
implication
47. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
apparatus
trepidation
object
48. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
polysyndeton
assimilation
synecdoche
pragmatic
49. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
denotation
exemplary
dogged
distractor
50. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
eloquence
alliteration
tenuous
biased