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AP English Vocab
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1. Rudely abrupt
servile
misconception
indolent
brusque
2. A selected part of a passage or scene
syllogism
obstinate
incontrovertible
excerpt
3. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
obscure
egregious
modest
rational
4. Not straightforward; crafty
assertion
disingenuous
despotic
condescending
5. Incapable of being reformed
obsolete
pernicious
condescending
incorrigible
6. Describing a showy or pretentious display
indifferent
ostentatious
discourse
mural
7. Persistence
replete
tenacity
slander
exculpate
8. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
stratagem
cogent
alienated
anthropomorphism
9. Prejudiced
narrative
diligent
conflagration
biased
10. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
hypocrisy
listless
meticulous
11. Having a harmful effect; injurious
tenacity
consensus
proliferate
deleterious
12. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
novel
permeated
prodigious
13. To give official authorization or approval
indolent
pugnacious
paramount
sanction
14. Convincing; reasonable
spontaneous
cogent
vilify
fabricated
15. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
capricious
cordial
whimsical
disingenuous
16. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
anthropomorphism
misconception
mural
coup
17. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
slander
genre
hypothetical
replete
18. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
wily
prodigious
lament
19. To put up with; to survive a hardship
mundane
arbiter
endure
contemptuous
20. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
substantiated
archaic
virtuoso
enlightening
21. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
serene
chiasmus
novice
medley
22. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
parallelism
theoretical
coup
equivocate
23. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
implication
tenacity
acquired
24. Fear - apprehension
indifferent
alleviate
trepidation
virtuoso
25. Equipment; a group of machines
archetype
apparatus
dictatorial
enmity
26. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
biased
fluid
dictatorial
conviction
27. A group organized by rank
hierarchy
indolent
superfluous
nocturnal
28. Friendly; sincere
fluid
theoretical
acquired
cordial
29. Shrewd; clever
toxic
astute
factious
intuition
30. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
incumbent
dogmatic
nascent
31. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
brusque
context
brittle
32. Conspicuously bad or offensive
maverick
indifferent
egregious
apathetic
33. Elaborately decorated
ornate
surreptitiously
convoluted
pejorative
34. Point of view
proliferate
perspective
pragmatic
objectivity
35. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
facetious
pragmatic
toxic
dogmatic
36. Statement of high praise
panegyric
coup
obscure
replete
37. A feeling about the future
premonition
elusive
profound
derived
38. A place of retreat or security
frenetic
asylum
enmity
conviction
39. Not migratory; settled
malice
ingrate
frenetic
sedentary
40. Hatefully evil; abominable
rhetoric
auspicious
heinous
lexicon
41. Sadness; depression
melancholy
enmity
assertion
perspective
42. Rotten
assertion
deleterious
putrid
candor
43. To make vicious statements about
inherent
embellish
austere
vilify
44. Characterized by the telling of a story
substantiated
narrative
suppressed
superfluous
45. The ability to form or understand an idea
exculpate
obdurate
conception
biased
46. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
lucid
brittle
deleterious
alleviate
47. Courageous; fearless; bold
intrepid
sonorous
servile
contemporary
48. Cunning
wily
condemn
exemplary
subdue
49. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
arid
impede
slander
50. A judge who decides a disputed issue
ruse
compelling
arbiter
solvent