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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
mundane
amenable
dubious
pervasive
2. Responsive; agreeable
staid
proximity
amenable
assertion
3. Appropriateness of behavior
equanimity
abstract
propriety
disdain
4. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
malice
inconsequential
eclectic
prosaic
5. Freed from blame
maverick
gratuitous
disdain
vindicated
6. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
dubious
sardonic
insipid
7. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
toxic
surreptitiously
propitious
parody
8. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
gesticulating
subdue
metonymy
9. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
condemn
brusque
disingenuous
facile
10. To restrain; to hold back
spontaneous
subdue
propitious
laudatory
11. A crafty trick
ruse
harbinger
phenomenon
lucid
12. Extreme ill-will or spite
arbitrary
gesticulating
malice
hypocrisy
13. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
capricious
impede
incumbent
frenetic
14. Equipment; a group of machines
idealize
context
apparatus
dogmatic
15. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
patronizing
elusive
anthropomorphism
16. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
realism
penitent
vitality
17. Anxiety or fear about the future
disparity
reclamation
alleviate
apprehension
18. To make vicious statements about
fluid
dilettante
vilify
intrepid
19. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
deleterious
alienated
plagiarism
assertion
20. Lacking sophistication or experience
prodigious
naive
condemn
comprehensive
21. Hinder; interfere with
perspective
tenacity
impinge
eloquence
22. Statement of high praise
panegyric
disdain
sardonic
listless
23. Point of view
modest
perspective
synecdoche
parody
24. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
suppressed
impede
pejorative
excerpt
25. Extremely careful and precise
fluid
panegyric
prodigious
meticulous
26. Able to pay one's debts
ambiguous
conception
discredit
solvent
27. A place of retreat or security
subdue
transient
maverick
asylum
28. Rudely abrupt
brusque
facetious
reprehensible
exculpate
29. Friendly; sincere
impartial
facetious
cordial
copious
30. Elaborately decorated
ornate
clandestine
nascent
tenacity
31. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
pervasive
harbinger
discourse
32. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
paramount
medieval
ambiguous
nocturnal
33. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
equanimity
melancholy
disparage
innate
34. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
period
obstinate
facile
anthology
35. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
dogged
futile
novel
36. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
amenable
lament
realism
37. Inborn; built-in
inherent
hackneyed
proliferate
conception
38. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
pragmatic
malleable
intrepid
condescending
39. A union of two or more groups
serene
excerpt
impartial
alliance
40. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
whimsical
decorous
listless
41. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
insipid
coherent
obstinate
torpor
42. Possessed at birth; inborn
innate
fluid
venerated
malice
43. Circumstances of a situation; environment
obstinate
despotic
vindicated
context
44. Subdued; kept from being circulated
condescending
servile
period
suppressed
45. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
pervasive
fastidious
metonymy
ambivalent
46. Hard-working
parallelism
inconsequential
assiduous
apparatus
47. Unplanned; naturally occurring
serene
deleterious
paradigm
spontaneous
48. All-powerful
imperious
derived
oxymoron
omnipotent
49. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
asylum
lucid
wily
50. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
embellish
whimsical
affable
proximity