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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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1. Playfully humorous
facetious
lament
omnipotent
novice
2. Not caring one way or the other
listless
embellish
harbinger
indifferent
3. Treating people as weak or inferior
coup
condescending
dilettante
discourse
4. Rotten
benevolent
putrid
conviction
novel
5. Logically connected
substantiated
coherent
impression
astute
6. Statement of high praise
laudatory
sanction
pervasive
panegyric
7. Closeness
emigrate
ebullience
proximity
misconception
8. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
dogmatic
spontaneous
haughty
9. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
conviction
coherent
realism
diligent
10. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
dubious
gratuitous
permeated
apology
11. Without decoration; strict
contemporary
apposition
innovative
austere
12. Appropriateness of behavior
cryptic
imperious
propriety
elusive
13. Exercising good judgment or common sense
haughty
plausible
coherent
prudent
14. To free from guilt or blame
indifferent
eclectic
exculpate
superficial
15. Convincing; reasonable
obstinate
nascent
frenetic
cogent
16. A place of retreat or security
hierarchy
asylum
incorrigible
synecdoche
17. A group organized by rank
candor
arbitrary
mollify
hierarchy
18. Extremely dull
ponderous
despotic
suppressed
anthropomorphism
19. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
virtuoso
truncated
modest
astute
20. Easily flowing
indifferent
fluid
proliferate
novel
21. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
hierarchy
pragmatic
alienated
conflagration
22. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
impinge
consensus
innovative
period
23. Worn out through overuse; trite
decorous
period
didactic
hackneyed
24. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
excerpt
ambiguous
solvent
impression
25. The act of making something useful again
harbinger
oxymoron
deleterious
reclamation
26. Extreme ill-will or spite
vindicated
nascent
medley
malice
27. Lacking application or practical application
pernicious
superfluous
theoretical
anthropomorphism
28. Responsive; agreeable
putrid
amenable
patronizing
context
29. Open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
impede
assimilation
modest
30. Having little substance or strength
tenuous
impression
fabricated
candor
31. Of little substance or significance
ebullience
hypothetical
contemporary
trivial
32. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
alliance
dubious
propitious
compelling
33. Unimaginative; dull
gesticulating
austere
facile
prosaic
34. Not able to be denied or disputed
ambiguous
incontrovertible
parallelism
disdain
35. Calm
assiduous
objectivity
obstinate
serene
36. Sadness; depression
rational
obsolete
melancholy
dogged
37. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
anthropomorphism
sanction
rhetoric
misconception
38. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
biased
objectivity
lucid
39. Determined by impulse rather than reason
syllogism
arbitrary
rational
theoretical
40. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
prosaic
listless
rational
41. To ease a pain or burden
sedentary
ominous
assertion
alleviate
42. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
theoretical
perspective
laudatory
43. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
anthropomorphism
sardonic
lament
implication
44. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
conflagration
vitality
disparage
45. Shrewd; clever
prudent
dogmatic
asylum
astute
46. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
embellish
superfluous
egregious
impression
47. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
condemn
haughty
sardonic
pejorative
48. Courageous; fearless; bold
intrepid
syllogism
equanimity
ebullience
49. Point of view
perspective
implication
modest
paramount
50. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
penitent
ponderous
plausible
pervasive