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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Statement of high praise
panegyric
hypocrisy
patronizing
opulent
2. Lacking energy
infinitive
sardonic
listless
exemplification
3. Exercising good judgment or common sense
stem
prudent
compound-complex sentence
abstract
4. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
surreptitiously
logos
intrepid
anthropomorphism
5. Feeling hatred; scornful
contemptuous
declarative sentence
tenacity
candor
6. Describing a showy or pretentious display
perspective
fractious
cause/effect
ostentatious
7. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
synthesis
suppressed
parentheticals
declarative sentence
8. A possible answer that seems to be correct - but is either wrong or is not as good as other answers
incorrigible
narrative
mural
distractor
9. Producing a deep or full sound
compound sentence
inductive
theoretical
sonorous
10. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
satire
obstinate
vilify
impinge
11. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
plausible
misconception
inductive
venerated
12. Stubbornly persevering
ominous
alleviate
dogged
naive
13. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
metonymy
proximity
brusque
14. Possessed from birth; inborn
innate
copious
cogent
predicate adjective
15. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
aesthetic
synthesis
exculpate
begging the question
16. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
irony
superfluous
cryptic
tone
17. Persistence
subject
repetition
substantiated
tenacity
18. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
humor
participle
reprehensible
fallacy
19. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
inherent
panegyric
phrase
embellish
20. Arrogant; vainly proud
haughty
bandwagon
incontrovertible
staid
21. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
metonymy
obsolete
disdain
arbitrary
22. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
biased
passive voice
pathos
23. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
medieval
hypothetical
prudent
24. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
endure
rhetoric
mundane
compound sentence
25. Of or occurring in the night
metaphor
whimsical
independent clause
nocturnal
26. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
disparity
absolutes
aesthetic
parallelism
27. Stubborn; inflexible
malice
stratagem
obdurate
spontaneous
28. Contempt - scorn
disdain
aesthetic
rancorous
ample
29. Treating people as weak or inferior
compelling
arbiter
enmity
condescending
30. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
diction
irony
arbitrary
31. A declaration or statement
dogmatic
perspective
consensus
assertion
32. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
haughty
parody
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
contemptuous
33. Certain to happen - unavoidable
inevitable
apparatus
biased
simile
34. Current - modern; from the same time
impression
metonymy
contemporary
reclamation
35. Not straightforward; crafty
lament
begging the question
disingenuous
effusive
36. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
despotic
facile
integrity
archaic
37. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
hypothetical
hyperbole
lexicon
realism
38. Worn out through overuse; trite
reprehensible
hackneyed
euphemism
disdain
39. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
gerund
cogent
syllogism
40. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
imperious
patronizing
replete
jargon
41. A widespread fire
virtuoso
asyndeton
lament
conflagration
42. Open to more than one interpretation
denotation
ambiguous
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
subdue
43. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
cause/effect
acquired
personification
44. A tremendously skilled artist
capricious
virtuoso
impede
interrogative sentence
45. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
obscure
double-bind
austere
dictatorial
46. Defense of an idea
impression
jargon
apology
medieval
47. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
simile
trepidation
facetious
proliferate
48. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
predicate nominative
pervasive
hyperbole
49. Logically connected
fallacy
coherent
quandary
predicate adjective
50. Menacing; threatening
ominous
etymology
tone
substantiated