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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
phrase
connotation
plausible
paradigm
2. Hinder; interfere with
period
premonition
impinge
pervasive
3. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
mediocrity
alienated
discourse
laudatory
4. A basic statement or an assertion; the most common type of sentence
declarative sentence
eloquence
disdain
poignant
5. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
aesthetic
exemplary
cordial
6. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
subject
mediocrity
auspicious
7. 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
paradox
convoluted
infinitive
innovative
8. Rudely abrupt
context
malfeasance
brusque
bandwagon
9. Not able to be denied or disputed
ostentatious
dependent clause
enmity
incontrovertible
10. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
diligent
stem
exemplary
ellipsis
11. Giving human attributes to non-human things
personification
synthesis
staid
disdain
12. Easy-going; friendly
disdain
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
connotation
affable
13. General agreement
eclectic
consensus
rhetorical question
whimsical
14. To leave one country or region and settle in another
apparatus
coup
vilify
emigrate
15. To consider perfect
reprehensible
subordinate conjunction
malice
idealize
16. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
whimsical
brittle
epanalepsis
fallacy
17. Lacking energy
synthesis
contemptuous
austere
listless
18. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
enmity
ornate
disingenuous
19. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
didactic
conviction
misconception
rhetoric
20. Shrewd; clever
enlightening
astute
hyperbole
sardonic
21. Highly respected
trivial
convoluted
ambiguity
venerated
22. Profoundly moving; touching
sanction
apostrophe
poignant
hypocrisy
23. Good will between friends
obdurate
sanction
camaraderie
acquired
24. Playfully humorous
theoretical
facetious
parody
conviction
25. Quarrelsome; unruly
fractious
stratagem
pathos
predicate nominative
26. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
decorous
humor
impede
predicate nominative
27. Describing a category or artistic endeavor
oxymoron
prompt
facetious
genre
28. 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
cause/effect
convoluted
copious
exculpate
29. A play on words; in an argument - this usually calls humorous attention to a particular point
aphorism
predicate
decorous
pun
30. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
flagrant
endure
naive
ellipsis
31. Coming into existence; emerging
euphemism
nascent
apostrophe
dubious
32. Appeal based on emotion
rancorous
enmity
arbitrary
pathos
33. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
maverick
truncated
compound sentence
gratuitous
34. Closeness
tricolon
emotional words
synthesis
proximity
35. Stubborn; inflexible
rational
exemplary
obdurate
ellipsis
36. An example or model
anadiplosis
paradigm
stratagem
sardonic
37. Author - audience - purpose
narrative
candor
rhetorical triangle
listless
38. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
florid
inconsequential
pejorative
aesthetic
39. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
consensus
analogy
frank
medieval
40. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
period
harbinger
toxic
anthropomorphism
41. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence
novice
compound-complex sentence
cohesive
apparatus
42. Feeling hatred; scornful
analogy
assertion
contemptuous
capricious
43. Impulsive and unpredictable
innovative
rapport
capricious
misconception
44. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
dogmatic
cogent
archetype
hyperbole
45. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
oxymoron
auspicious
phrase
46. To avoid making a definite statement
virtuoso
equivocate
subordinate conjunction
jargon
47. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
dubious
slander
complex sentence
discourse
48. Appeal based on logic or reason
stratagem
imagery
logos
obdurate
49. To calm or soothe
imperative sentence
idealize
wily
mollify
50. Not straightforward; crafty
passive voice
diligent
participle
disingenuous