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AP English Vocab
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Defense of an idea
prudent
apology
ebullience
implication
2. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
candor
impinge
replete
3. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
realism
servile
acquired
4. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
rational
assimilation
servile
archaic
5. Worn out through overuse; trite
disparity
egregious
hackneyed
anachronism
6. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
mediocrity
conviction
camaraderie
apprehension
7. Commendable; worthy of imitation
factious
exemplary
theoretical
notorious
8. Determined by impulse rather than reason
insolent
arbitrary
obstinate
haughty
9. Awareness; insight
obdurate
solvent
arbitrary
perception
10. To cause to be doubted
indifferent
lament
discredit
slander
11. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
inveterate
laudatory
hierarchy
12. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
omnipotent
insolent
biased
13. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
panegyric
plausible
notorious
syllogism
14. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
medley
candor
embellish
15. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
inevitable
staid
idealize
16. A collection of literary pieces
paradigm
mollify
gesticulating
anthology
17. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
sonorous
medieval
apathetic
excerpt
18. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
disingenuous
imperious
discourse
ostentatious
19. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
context
lexicon
wily
20. Hard-working
assiduous
trivial
plagiarism
virtuoso
21. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
vilify
decorous
plagiarism
22. All-powerful
omnipotent
malice
inconsequential
comprehensive
23. Extremely dull
diligent
egregious
ponderous
impartial
24. To ease a pain or burden
apprehension
misconception
substantiated
alleviate
25. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
equanimity
inveterate
tenuous
26. A crafty trick
assertion
pervasive
ruse
perspective
27. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
paradigm
ample
brittle
consensus
28. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
indolent
facetious
prudent
29. Profoundly moving; touching
poignant
pervasive
serene
obsolete
30. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
assertion
maverick
acquired
31. Practical
pragmatic
idealize
derived
insipid
32. A feeling about the future
coup
premonition
prudent
medieval
33. Wrongdoing - misconduct
superfluous
malfeasance
dilettante
apposition
34. Inborn; built-in
facile
inherent
dictatorial
transitory
35. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
assertion
vindicated
superfluous
36. Without decoration; strict
syllogism
archaic
disingenuous
austere
37. To avoid making a definite statement
caustic
transient
equivocate
metonymy
38. Logically connected
servile
wary
coherent
contemptuous
39. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
facetious
quandary
hypothetical
40. Responsive; agreeable
catalog (v.)
frenetic
narrative
amenable
41. Feeling hatred; scornful
servile
amenable
toxic
contemptuous
42. Having no useful purpose; pointless
egregious
apparatus
substantiated
futile
43. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
panegyric
indifferent
parody
pernicious
44. Lacking application or practical application
impinge
suppressed
rhetoric
theoretical
45. Easy-going; friendly
affable
ample
servile
benevolent
46. A judge who decides a disputed issue
meticulous
arbiter
lucid
conviction
47. Difficult to comprehend
decorous
flagrant
cryptic
malice
48. Point of view
alleviate
narrative
perspective
cryptic
49. Elaborately decorated
ornate
permeated
diligent
vitality
50. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
disparity
idealize
paramount
assimilation