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AP English Vocab
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1. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
impede
perspective
medieval
2. Intricate; complex
convoluted
contemporary
modest
egregious
3. Of little substance or significance
candor
trivial
arbitrary
pragmatic
4. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
cohesive
stratagem
fluid
chiasmus
5. Calm
facile
serene
eloquence
decorous
6. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
disingenuous
notorious
eloquence
melancholy
7. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
disparity
ostentatious
mural
8. Bound to happen; unavoidable
indolent
medieval
narrative
inevitable
9. Worthy of blame
brusque
reprehensible
apology
conception
10. All-powerful
reclamation
omnipotent
aesthetic
gratuitous
11. Energy; power to survive
vitality
meticulous
realism
nascent
12. An apparent contradiction of terms
gesticulating
oxymoron
hierarchy
pernicious
13. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
metonymy
theoretical
candor
insipid
14. A brilliantly executed plan
staid
coup
virtuoso
mural
15. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
fabricated
stratagem
period
16. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
cogent
factious
effusive
brittle
17. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
enmity
tenacity
mundane
lexicon
18. Causing great harm
pernicious
ingrate
fluid
lament
19. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
pugnacious
discredit
cordial
sardonic
20. Lacking energy
listless
prosaic
emigrate
cohesive
21. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
arbitrary
futile
torpor
22. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
effusive
didactic
ambiguous
dogmatic
23. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
ostentatious
panegyric
hypocrisy
emigrate
24. Point of view
perspective
hypocrisy
whimsical
surreptitiously
25. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
coherent
obdurate
obstinate
eclectic
26. Enormous
contemporary
benign
prodigious
narrative
27. A selected part of a passage or scene
ornate
hypothetical
insipid
excerpt
28. Statement of high praise
panegyric
acquired
torpor
dictatorial
29. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
condemn
incumbent
biased
auspicious
30. To cause to be doubted
plagiarism
ebullience
eloquence
discredit
31. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
apathetic
apparatus
misconception
32. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
brittle
ornate
paramount
imperious
33. Large in scope or content
apology
ponderous
comprehensive
profound
34. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
notorious
gratuitous
dictatorial
transient
35. Open to more than one interpretation
plausible
insipid
inveterate
ambiguous
36. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
caustic
alleviate
hypocrisy
37. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
torpor
copious
effusive
pervasive
38. Something out of place in time or sequence
incumbent
anachronism
fastidious
abstract
39. Defense of an idea
apology
innate
capricious
ingrate
40. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
enmity
amenable
obscure
mediocrity
41. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
whimsical
putrid
condescending
period
42. Courageous; fearless; bold
haughty
ambiguous
coup
intrepid
43. Shortened; cut off
alleviate
truncated
medieval
affable
44. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
maverick
sardonic
rancorous
contemporary
45. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
objectivity
ebullience
abstract
46. The act of making something useful again
imperious
reclamation
permeated
novice
47. Giving praise
laudatory
pragmatic
asylum
mural
48. Logically connected
lament
coherent
dilettante
endure
49. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
frank
anthropomorphism
modest
50. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
trepidation
objectivity
metonymy
obstinate