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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. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
proliferate
lament
mediocrity
2. Describing a dry - rainless climate
apparatus
arid
timorous
modest
3. Describing a showy or pretentious display
condescending
eloquence
whimsical
ostentatious
4. Quarrelsome
transient
imperious
conflagration
factious
5. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
archaic
flagrant
ornate
6. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
cordial
apathetic
notorious
torpor
7. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
fabricated
impartial
ominous
objectivity
8. Condition of sticking together
lament
transitory
cohesive
ingrate
9. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
sanction
enlightening
obstinate
plausible
10. Favorable; promising
auspicious
facetious
malice
condescending
11. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
malice
narrative
asylum
propitious
12. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
aesthetic
decorous
spurious
diligent
13. Playfully humorous
facetious
astute
benign
contemporary
14. Prejudiced
biased
archaic
sedentary
lexicon
15. To avoid making a definite statement
archetype
equivocate
diligent
disparity
16. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
quandary
benign
harbinger
replete
17. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
hypocrisy
surreptitiously
poignant
diligent
18. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
novel
gesticulating
lucid
stoic
19. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
incumbent
hierarchy
imperious
20. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
virtuoso
tenacity
parody
wary
21. Persistence
context
tenacity
perspective
discredit
22. Lacking sophistication or experience
naive
modest
staid
truncated
23. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
clandestine
serene
coup
24. Plentiful; having a large quantity
copious
period
superfluous
ambiguous
25. Combative; belligerent
flagrant
pugnacious
patronizing
inconsequential
26. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
eloquence
dictatorial
heinous
solvent
27. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
hierarchy
sonorous
permeated
dilettante
28. Something out of place in time or sequence
effusive
didactic
anachronism
poignant
29. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
arid
plausible
camaraderie
implication
30. Extremely dull
contemporary
insipid
ponderous
clandestine
31. Worthy of blame
reprehensible
incontrovertible
ponderous
aesthetic
32. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
wary
indolent
syllogism
mural
33. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
narrative
dogmatic
mundane
34. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
truncated
narrative
pragmatic
35. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
prosaic
timorous
syllogism
substantiated
36. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
phenomenon
innate
prudent
37. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
enlightening
quandary
malleable
38. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
disparity
incontrovertible
despotic
lament
39. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
period
pragmatic
aesthetic
gesticulating
40. Wrongdoing - misconduct
plausible
malfeasance
copious
facetious
41. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
proliferate
intuition
rhetoric
decorous
42. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
lucid
opulent
context
43. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
brittle
vitality
dogmatic
44. Logically connected
decorous
spurious
amenable
coherent
45. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
stoic
superficial
vilify
metonymy
46. Worn out through overuse; trite
camaraderie
flagrant
indifferent
hackneyed
47. All-powerful
modest
equanimity
omnipotent
context
48. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
solvent
capricious
futile
49. To ease a pain or burden
incontrovertible
exemplary
alleviate
staid
50. General agreement
consensus
astute
medley
archetype