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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
fractious
enlightening
obscure
2. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
clarity
obstinate
prosaic
ambiguity
3. To calm or soothe
exemplification
gesticulating
plagiarism
mollify
4. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
contemptuous
patronizing
fallacy
antithesis
5. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
caustic
process analysis
mural
plausible
6. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
serene
arbiter
deleterious
opulent
7. Copied or adapted from a source
quandary
derived
astute
discourse
8. To leave one country or region and settle in another
stem
emigrate
ellipsis
brittle
9. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
conviction
propitious
ambivalent
predicate nominative
10. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
tone
cohesive
gratuitous
impartial
11. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
argumentation
effusive
ethos
catalog
12. Two events where one event brings about or caused the other; the first event is the cause - the second is the effect; it explains why something happens or is likely to happen
jargon
cause/effect
absolutes
syllogism
13. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
ornate
replete
apathetic
melancholy
14. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
enmity
prudent
dubious
malfeasance
15. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
genre
obdurate
imagery
conflagration
16. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
anastrophe
lucid
whimsical
inveterate
17. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
medley
jargon
hypocrisy
modest
18. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
frenetic
alliteration
period
fractious
19. 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
red herring
paradox
prudent
ebullience
20. Defense of an idea
apology
decorous
servile
compare/contrast
21. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
fabricated
alliance
transitory
passive voice
22. Having a harmful effect; injurious
ethos
nascent
elusive
deleterious
23. Easily flowing
ethos
gratuitous
parody
fluid
24. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
prudent
integrity
subject
25. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
dilettante
excerpt
false analogy
intuition
26. Exercising good judgment or common sense
maverick
catalog
excerpt
prudent
27. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
equanimity
harbinger
medley
28. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
replete
parallelism
synecdoche
denotation
29. Easily understood; clear
excerpt
lucid
toxic
simile
30. A union of two or more groups
alliance
sonorous
abstract
ruse
31. Open to more than one interpretation
contemporary
ample
ambiguous
emphasize
32. No longer in use; old-fashioned
cause/effect
pragmatic
paradox
obsolete
33. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
arbitrary
rhetoric
archaic
torpor
34. Energy; power to survive
predicate nominative
antithesis
endure
vitality
35. Stubbornly persevering
zeugma
denotation
conception
dogged
36. All-powerful
omnipotent
period
suppressed
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
37. The study of the origin of words and their historical uses
virtuoso
etymology
apology
nocturnal
38. Without decoration; strict
transient
capricious
austere
innate
39. Freed from blame
cohesive
vindicated
thesis
rhetorical question
40. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
propitious
listless
compound-complex sentence
integrity
41. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
propriety
medieval
toxic
rapport
42. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
maverick
profound
sanction
genre
43. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
misconception
objectivity
disparage
theme
44. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
eloquence
dogged
pejorative
hypothetical
45. Quarrelsome; unruly
fractious
enmity
description
pragmatic
46. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
anachronism
understatement
inconsequential
inductive
47. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
brusque
hierarchy
malapropism
onomatopoeia
48. Lacking sophistication
absolutes
naive
cogent
dogmatic
49. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
red herring
sardonic
interrogative sentence
eloquence
50. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
apathetic
vilify
convoluted