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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Logically connected
decorous
disdain
alienated
coherent
2. Express grief for; mourn
lament
transitory
syllogism
euphemism
3. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
putrid
false dilemma
irony
denotation
4. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
dependent clause
chiasmus
suppressed
eloquence
5. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
emotional words
narrative
double-bind
hypocrisy
6. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
euphemism
denotation
auspicious
7. Unimportant
jargon
implication
deleterious
inconsequential
8. Done by secretive means
fabricated
surreptitiously
straw man
subject
9. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
object
frank
repetition
stem
10. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
rhetoric
superficial
integrity
diction
11. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
imperative sentence
medley
analogy
tone
12. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
anadiplosis
conception
diction
understatement
13. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
harbinger
catalog
hierarchy
penitent
14. Good will between friends
camaraderie
realism
malfeasance
enlightening
15. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
truncated
replete
argument from ignorance
predicate adjective
16. Plentiful; having a large quantity
copious
fallacy
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
inconsequential
17. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
idealize
endure
paradox
harbinger
18. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
obdurate
despotic
compound-complex sentence
predicate
19. Not able to be denied or disputed
denotation
servile
incontrovertible
auspicious
20. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
distractor
innovative
interrogative sentence
misconception
21. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
imperious
enlightening
jargon
22. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
austere
eloquence
passive voice
23. An unusual - observable event
transient
phenomenon
ambiguity
whimsical
24. An apparent contradiction of terms
oxymoron
distractor
torpor
genre
25. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
amenable
rhetoric
dialect
26. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
prompt
archetype
paradigm
zeugma
27. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
anaphora
false analogy
dogged
panegyric
28. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
prudent
whimsical
euphemism
lexicon
29. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
connotation
meticulous
eloquence
repetition
30. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
stem
paradigm
discourse
juxtaposition
31. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
opulent
wily
antithesis
obstinate
32. Commonplace; ordinary
ambiguity
mundane
premonition
ruse
33. Appeal based on logic or reason
personification
vindicated
logos
paradox
34. Substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver with an agreeable or less offensive expression or to make it less troublesome for the speaker
innate
euphemism
arbiter
vilify
35. To absorb; to make similar
tenacity
phenomenon
assimilation
assertion
36. 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
simile
inherent
satire
flagrant
37. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
inveterate
point of view
clandestine
tenuous
38. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
onomatopoeia
ethos
wily
ponderous
39. Not straightforward; crafty
theme
propitious
archetype
disingenuous
40. Equipment; a group of machines
pragmatic
apposition
apparatus
cryptic
41. Giving human attributes to non-human things
personification
irony
propitious
contemporary
42. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
rancorous
candor
opulent
gratuitous
43. Exercising good judgment or common sense
appositive
meticulous
prudent
contemporary
44. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
compare/contrast
wary
archaic
dialect
45. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
auspicious
parentheticals
copious
obscure
46. To leave one country or region and settle in another
metonymy
epistrophe
emigrate
syntax
47. Showing by example
catalog
narration
tricolon
exemplification
48. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side
oxymoron
surreptitiously
asylum
denotation
49. To consider perfect
idealize
process analysis
simple sentence
subdue
50. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
apposition
synecdoche
non sequitur
modest