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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Convincing; reasonable
anthology
servile
sedentary
cogent
2. Not applied to actual objects
naive
plausible
alliance
abstract
3. Quarrelsome
trepidation
clandestine
auspicious
factious
4. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
propriety
hackneyed
impression
cryptic
5. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
didactic
contemptuous
notorious
modest
6. Having great depth or seriousness
futile
arbiter
profound
rancorous
7. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
disingenuous
indolent
ebullience
8. Producing a deep or full sound
modest
perspective
obscure
sonorous
9. Feeling hatred; scornful
deleterious
ambivalent
contemptuous
apology
10. Feeling or showing little emotion
obscure
spontaneous
apathetic
virtuoso
11. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
apology
contemptuous
pervasive
penitent
12. To slow the progress of
indifferent
impede
condescending
premonition
13. A crafty trick
fluid
eloquence
ruse
contemporary
14. To absorb; to make similar
panegyric
rhetoric
assimilation
ostentatious
15. Without decoration; strict
incorrigible
florid
austere
servile
16. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
harbinger
pejorative
sardonic
disparage
17. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
conception
inevitable
whimsical
facetious
18. No longer in use; old-fashioned
patronizing
fastidious
arbitrary
obsolete
19. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
parody
nocturnal
objectivity
20. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
mediocrity
medley
obscure
hypocrisy
21. Easily understood; clear
lucid
impede
pugnacious
syllogism
22. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
condemn
impinge
cryptic
23. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
realism
arbiter
inconsequential
24. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
substantiated
timorous
deleterious
mundane
25. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
whimsical
facetious
acquired
dogmatic
26. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
innovative
objectivity
ornate
sonorous
27. Secretive
despotic
pugnacious
clandestine
pernicious
28. All-powerful
equanimity
convoluted
dubious
omnipotent
29. Treating in a condescending manner
disdain
patronizing
ingrate
idealize
30. Prejudiced
superfluous
rancorous
biased
sedentary
31. Favorable; promising
slander
embellish
amenable
auspicious
32. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
penitent
conviction
apology
33. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
syllogism
ebullience
fastidious
condemn
34. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
misconception
impression
flagrant
acquired
35. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
dogmatic
fastidious
despotic
decorous
36. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
indifferent
diligent
deleterious
endure
37. Cunning
trepidation
enmity
narrative
wily
38. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
exculpate
rancorous
disingenuous
impartial
39. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
propitious
superficial
naive
chiasmus
40. Giving praise
laudatory
malfeasance
apparatus
wily
41. Commonplace; ordinary
anthropomorphism
mundane
arbitrary
apposition
42. On guard
haughty
conviction
wary
incorrigible
43. Hatefully evil; abominable
benign
spurious
heinous
impression
44. Describing a showy or pretentious display
disparity
ostentatious
replete
listless
45. To cause to be doubted
stratagem
discredit
amenable
staid
46. Open to more than one interpretation
tenacity
sanction
caustic
ambiguous
47. Closeness
disdain
conflagration
proximity
stratagem
48. Statement of high praise
vitality
panegyric
intrepid
imperious
49. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
dogmatic
transient
reclamation
frank
50. Not able to be denied or disputed
medieval
incorrigible
incontrovertible
obdurate