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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
chiasmus
omnipotent
enmity
2. A widespread fire
superficial
prodigious
conflagration
hypothetical
3. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
cordial
syllogism
alienated
heinous
4. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
astute
vilify
didactic
opulent
5. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
harbinger
impartial
parallelism
pernicious
6. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
dogged
proximity
intuition
asylum
7. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
obstinate
futile
prodigious
putrid
8. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
trepidation
dogmatic
harbinger
enlightening
9. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
melancholy
premonition
nocturnal
10. Causing great harm
idealize
mundane
pernicious
parallelism
11. Hard-working
naive
assiduous
lexicon
apathetic
12. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
propitious
excerpt
maverick
exemplary
13. Menacing; threatening
capricious
ominous
sanction
transient
14. Treating people as weak or inferior
syllogism
genre
condescending
convoluted
15. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
profound
naive
torpor
fastidious
16. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
idealize
nocturnal
affable
parody
17. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
theoretical
vindicated
propitious
18. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
endure
trivial
premonition
19. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
naive
disparage
substantiated
nascent
20. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
imperious
truncated
eloquence
effusive
21. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
proliferate
listless
heinous
mediocrity
22. Profoundly moving; touching
enlightening
staid
poignant
synecdoche
23. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
consensus
idealize
sanction
24. An unusual - observable event
context
phenomenon
flagrant
spontaneous
25. No longer in use; old-fashioned
alliance
obsolete
intrepid
superfluous
26. To slow the progress of
arbitrary
servile
impede
hypothetical
27. Combative; belligerent
proliferate
sanction
pugnacious
reprehensible
28. Stubbornly persevering
rational
novice
dogged
rancorous
29. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
realism
transient
lament
30. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
panegyric
aesthetic
putrid
emigrate
31. Persistence
vilify
wary
tenacity
realism
32. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
coup
copious
superfluous
transient
33. Having a harmful effect; injurious
vindicated
deleterious
derived
idealize
34. Easily flowing
paradigm
fluid
pervasive
reprehensible
35. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
contemporary
cohesive
compelling
perception
36. Current - modern; from the same time
ornate
wily
ambiguous
contemporary
37. Extra; unnecessary
hierarchy
amenable
consensus
superfluous
38. Unemotional; serious
staid
contemptuous
enlightening
sanction
39. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
hypocrisy
misconception
timorous
enmity
40. Making gestures while speaking
consensus
parody
gesticulating
trivial
41. Easily understood; clear
stoic
lucid
ebullience
idealize
42. Favorable; promising
auspicious
inevitable
insolent
vilify
43. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
quandary
suppressed
parody
paramount
44. Copied or adapted from a source
incontrovertible
derived
poignant
enmity
45. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
integrity
imperious
disparage
coherent
46. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
obsolete
penitent
assimilation
arid
47. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
integrity
notorious
toxic
despotic
48. Lacking application or practical application
inherent
intrepid
theoretical
whimsical
49. Not able to be denied or disputed
archaic
incontrovertible
putrid
parody
50. Easy-going; friendly
vitality
affable
rational
frenetic