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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Not migratory; settled
prompt
sedentary
mollify
comprehensive
2. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
personification
malleable
epistrophe
metaphor
3. Express grief for; mourn
lament
transient
period
alliance
4. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
propitious
virtuoso
copious
disparity
5. A group organized by rank
conviction
malfeasance
hierarchy
predicate nominative
6. To restrain; to hold back
subdue
argument from ignorance
impression
brittle
7. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
non sequitur
simile
red herring
arid
8. Giving praise
laudatory
logos
ruse
insolent
9. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
rancorous
slander
transient
hierarchy
10. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
apology
chiasmus
novice
denotation
11. A reference that recalls another work - another time in history - another famous person - and so forth
rational
pejorative
allusion
spurious
12. Possessed from birth; inborn
predicate adjective
simile
predicate nominative
innate
13. A specific tone or attitude a writer may use in an essay by attempting to be comedic or amusing
humor
cause and effect
futile
eloquence
14. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
lexicon
tenuous
trepidation
anaphora
15. A sentence that conveys excitement or force
exclamatory sentence
participle
vitality
repetition
16. Of chief concern or importance
equivocate
proximity
apprehension
paramount
17. A selected part of a passage or scene
dilettante
excerpt
enmity
narrative
18. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
genre
notorious
oxymoron
replete
19. 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
double-bind
trivial
medley
euphemism
20. To give special attention to something - to stress
enmity
emphasize
egregious
sanction
21. Able to pay one's debts
arbiter
putrid
insipid
solvent
22. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
whimsical
false analogy
stoic
rhetorical triangle
23. Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't necessarily logical but that are nevertheless striking - original - and 'true'; often departs from the literal meaning
ruse
rhetorical question
figurative language
fractious
24. To free from guilt or blame
tone
exclamatory sentence
discredit
exculpate
25. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
naive
anaphora
repetition
independent clause
26. Rudely abrupt
metaphor
lament
active voice
brusque
27. Combative; belligerent
alliance
pugnacious
hypocrisy
rapport
28. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
camaraderie
hypothetical
jargon
abstract
29. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
rhetoric
anadiplosis
opulent
effusive
30. Good will between friends
astute
quandary
camaraderie
narrative
31. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
connotation
surreptitiously
passive voice
32. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
bandwagon
apology
elusive
profound
33. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
metonymy
mural
sanction
tricolon
34. Favorable; promising
assiduous
impinge
copious
auspicious
35. To calm or soothe
simile
panegyric
indifferent
mollify
36. Something out of place in time or sequence
embellish
aphorism
euphemism
anachronism
37. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
polysyndeton
arbitrary
ominous
rhetorical shift
38. Intended to instruct
spontaneous
pugnacious
didactic
passive voice
39. Wildly excited or active
periodic sentence
anadiplosis
appositive
frenetic
40. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
ad hominem
discredit
perspective
putrid
41. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
condemn
interrogative sentence
rhetorical triangle
metonymy
42. Highly respected
venerated
novel
definition
etymology
43. Prejudiced
consensus
prudent
biased
hackneyed
44. Anxiety or fear about the future
equivocate
apprehension
genre
assimilation
45. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
fabricated
tone
truncated
anadiplosis
46. Inborn; built-in
incorrigible
inherent
parody
rhetorical triangle
47. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
incontrovertible
declarative sentence
bandwagon
parentheticals
48. Making gestures while speaking
innate
gesticulating
enmity
alliteration
49. A relationship that individuals build
imperious
rapport
compound sentence
assiduous
50. Subdued; kept from being circulated
capricious
wily
trivial
suppressed