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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
assertion
denotation
mollify
superfluous
2. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
melancholy
gesticulating
allusion
superficial
3. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
connotation
rapport
irony
ambivalent
4. Good will between friends
camaraderie
false dilemma
ominous
discourse
5. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
modest
hierarchy
disingenuous
brittle
6. Intended to instruct
didactic
sardonic
deleterious
intrepid
7. Closeness
proximity
propitious
cohesive
venerated
8. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
onomatopoeia
contemporary
listless
despotic
9. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
irony
elusive
anadiplosis
gerund
10. An independent clause; has a subject and a verb - and that's pretty much it
period
simple sentence
despotic
consensus
11. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
idealize
torpor
epistrophe
harbinger
12. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
ad hominem
anastrophe
hierarchy
ponderous
13. The formal statement of the meaning of a word or phrase
transitory
vitality
false analogy
definition
14. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
lexicon
parallelism
medley
camaraderie
15. Sadness; depression
staid
melancholy
vindicated
permeated
16. Enormous
disparity
distractor
prodigious
serene
17. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
fallacy
rhetorical question
connotation
18. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
torpor
oxymoron
ethos
phrase
19. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
logos
nascent
quandary
plagiarism
20. Conspicuously bad or offensive
aphorism
malapropism
egregious
insipid
21. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
context
epanalepsis
proximity
22. 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
serene
paradox
cause/effect
parallelism
23. To leave one country or region and settle in another
satire
emigrate
false analogy
idealize
24. Of chief concern or importance
impinge
paramount
camaraderie
archetype
25. A widespread fire
stratagem
eclectic
irony
conflagration
26. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
juxtaposition
truncated
eloquence
gesticulating
27. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
mural
ellipsis
ponderous
frank
28. The word 'to' plus a verb - usually functioning as a noun - and often as a predicate in a sentence
enmity
infinitive
brittle
deleterious
29. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
predicate adjective
haughty
perspective
embellish
30. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
inveterate
emphasize
incumbent
humor
31. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
epistrophe
dependent clause
deductive
compound sentence
32. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
lucid
paradox
logos
33. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
superficial
stem
asylum
subordinate conjunction
34. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
facetious
ad hominem
stoic
inveterate
35. The perspective from which the writer chooses to present his or her story (fiction) or essay (nonfiction)
caustic
disparage
humor
point of view
36. Characterized by the telling of a story
narrative
loose sentence
implication
effusive
37. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
apostrophe
mural
equanimity
haughty
38. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
division/classification
personification
realism
exemplification
39. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
transient
derived
anachronism
40. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
asyndeton
realism
meticulous
anthropomorphism
41. Logically connected
tenuous
conception
coherent
torpor
42. An apparent contradiction of terms
oxymoron
dubious
apostrophe
nocturnal
43. Statement of high praise
embellish
fluid
simile
panegyric
44. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
lucid
fastidious
harbinger
plagiarism
45. Arrogant; vainly proud
anaphora
haughty
exemplification
putrid
46. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
listless
prodigious
irony
penitent
47. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
synthesis
trivial
whimsical
rhetoric
48. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
apostrophe
apposition
derived
49. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
complex sentence
emphasize
absolutes
rhetoric
50. Lacking application or practical application
ostentatious
understatement
staid
theoretical