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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. Hatefully evil; abominable
virtuoso
flagrant
disingenuous
heinous
2. Condition of sticking together
equivocate
arbitrary
cohesive
incumbent
3. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
anthology
stoic
equanimity
convoluted
4. Feeling or showing little emotion
obscure
reprehensible
inconsequential
apathetic
5. Describing a showy or pretentious display
misconception
ostentatious
parody
whimsical
6. The act of suggesting or hinting
innate
implication
chiasmus
parallelism
7. Extremely dull
archetype
indolent
ponderous
frank
8. Treating in a condescending manner
spurious
patronizing
dogged
insipid
9. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
rhetoric
enlightening
harbinger
ebullience
10. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
subdue
spontaneous
disingenuous
brittle
11. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
hypothetical
obscure
novice
12. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
dogmatic
fluid
futile
obscure
13. Hard-working
assiduous
inveterate
rational
wily
14. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
brittle
disingenuous
brusque
propitious
15. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
anthropomorphism
prosaic
penitent
facile
16. To cause to be doubted
copious
perception
discredit
paramount
17. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
gratuitous
staid
apparatus
ambivalent
18. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
innovative
indolent
sanction
superficial
19. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
substantiated
arid
cordial
disparage
20. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
wary
enlightening
syllogism
slander
21. Introducing something new
innovative
apology
conception
conviction
22. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
malfeasance
paradigm
lucid
maverick
23. A crafty trick
ruse
discourse
hypothetical
lament
24. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
rhetoric
lucid
condemn
imperious
25. Made; concocted to deceive
ample
fabricated
futile
proximity
26. Courageous; fearless; bold
ambivalent
perspective
intrepid
impression
27. Easily flowing
fluid
cohesive
pejorative
harbinger
28. Easy-going; friendly
period
torpor
affable
florid
29. A beginner
amenable
novice
opulent
proximity
30. Highly respected
condescending
venerated
effusive
solvent
31. Not caring one way or the other
deleterious
compelling
indifferent
apology
32. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
indifferent
reprehensible
archaic
33. Open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
asylum
cogent
convoluted
34. Bound to happen; unavoidable
innate
subdue
alleviate
inevitable
35. Shrewd; clever
subdue
astute
fluid
inconsequential
36. To put up with; to survive a hardship
capricious
medieval
trivial
endure
37. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
ornate
flagrant
synecdoche
eloquence
38. Stubborn; inflexible
omnipotent
stoic
obdurate
abstract
39. Prejudiced
anthropomorphism
ample
astute
biased
40. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
apology
obscure
cogent
41. Copied or adapted from a source
inveterate
assimilation
derived
florid
42. Arrogant; vainly proud
mollify
omnipotent
lament
haughty
43. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
modest
serene
hypothetical
arbitrary
44. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
period
substantiated
austere
45. Unimaginative; dull
indolent
prosaic
sanction
apposition
46. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
camaraderie
chiasmus
gesticulating
wary
47. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
ruse
imperious
novice
48. Fear - apprehension
anachronism
trepidation
transient
catalog (v.)
49. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
discredit
apathetic
camaraderie
50. Submissive; like a servant
innovative
servile
medley
enlightening