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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
condemn
trepidation
impartial
affable
2. Awareness; insight
toxic
serene
perception
wily
3. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
oxymoron
incumbent
impinge
indifferent
4. Statement of high praise
mediocrity
imperious
panegyric
pervasive
5. General agreement
exculpate
consensus
omnipotent
apology
6. Without decoration; strict
nascent
ruse
transient
austere
7. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
wary
capricious
amenable
8. Severely critical or sarcastic
context
catalog (v.)
caustic
emigrate
9. Good will between friends
truncated
camaraderie
implication
apprehension
10. A tremendously skilled artist
dilettante
anthology
virtuoso
trivial
11. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
frank
candor
malice
disparity
12. Worn out through overuse; trite
sonorous
transient
hackneyed
alienated
13. Extremely careful and precise
syllogism
catalog (v.)
meticulous
anthropomorphism
14. Something out of place in time or sequence
plausible
transitory
misconception
anachronism
15. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
timorous
vindicated
obsolete
fastidious
16. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
aesthetic
spontaneous
asylum
archaic
17. Making gestures while speaking
obstinate
imperious
integrity
gesticulating
18. No longer in use; old-fashioned
assiduous
rational
theoretical
obsolete
19. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
insolent
disparity
imperious
diligent
20. Short-lived or temporary
contemptuous
transitory
arbiter
asylum
21. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
sonorous
rhetoric
replete
22. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
emigrate
sanction
malice
aesthetic
23. Express grief for; mourn
lament
asylum
compelling
inherent
24. Intense enthusiasm
mollify
timorous
ebullience
modest
25. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
medieval
wary
equivocate
26. A selected part of a passage or scene
excerpt
integrity
ostentatious
catalog (v.)
27. Easy-going; friendly
affable
rational
biased
panegyric
28. Trustworthiness; completeness
indolent
notorious
integrity
lucid
29. Having little substance or strength
amenable
transient
tenuous
contemporary
30. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
facetious
cordial
anthropomorphism
incorrigible
31. Lacking application or practical application
toxic
theoretical
lexicon
comprehensive
32. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
incumbent
idealize
pejorative
profound
33. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
medieval
biased
ambiguous
34. Secretive
clandestine
staid
alleviate
narrative
35. Treating in a condescending manner
timorous
inevitable
patronizing
tenuous
36. Combative; belligerent
cohesive
pugnacious
assertion
ambivalent
37. Highly respected
rational
slander
venerated
vindicated
38. Current - modern; from the same time
sanction
contemporary
enmity
alienated
39. Extremely dull
mediocrity
venerated
frenetic
ponderous
40. A judge who decides a disputed issue
serene
arbiter
comprehensive
solvent
41. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
futile
whimsical
metonymy
theoretical
42. Having a harmful effect; injurious
deleterious
perspective
slander
disparity
43. Sincerity; openness
melancholy
candor
obstinate
lucid
44. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
apposition
malleable
propitious
ponderous
45. A beginner
poignant
novice
pejorative
stoic
46. Describing a large amount of something
sanction
ample
convoluted
pernicious
47. Calm
serene
elusive
comprehensive
brusque
48. Kind and gentle
panegyric
trivial
benign
chiasmus
49. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
convoluted
venerated
mural
50. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
novel
dilettante
insipid
archetype