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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Difficult to comprehend
dilettante
cryptic
compelling
ingrate
2. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
innate
propitious
ambivalent
compelling
3. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
perspective
mollify
idealize
4. Wrongdoing - misconduct
malfeasance
haughty
brittle
contemptuous
5. Rotten
putrid
incontrovertible
pervasive
insolent
6. Kind and gentle
benign
mollify
parody
effusive
7. Commendable; worthy of imitation
hypothetical
alienated
fastidious
exemplary
8. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
truncated
ruse
coup
realism
9. Unemotional; serious
hierarchy
staid
rhetoric
innovative
10. A group organized by rank
synecdoche
discourse
hierarchy
patronizing
11. Arrogant; vainly proud
diligent
syllogism
haughty
chiasmus
12. Sincerity; openness
candor
trepidation
imperious
insipid
13. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
suppressed
obsolete
consensus
impartial
14. Statement of high praise
apprehension
panegyric
inherent
brittle
15. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
innovative
ample
biased
16. Proper; marked by good taste
indolent
assiduous
decorous
incumbent
17. Shortened; cut off
equivocate
nocturnal
truncated
tenuous
18. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
endure
harbinger
syllogism
19. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
implication
rancorous
parody
disdain
20. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
disparage
copious
condescending
21. Highly respected
spontaneous
intrepid
sardonic
venerated
22. Made; concocted to deceive
servile
emigrate
fabricated
context
23. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
equanimity
facile
novice
anthropomorphism
24. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
quandary
misconception
conflagration
mural
25. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
wily
amenable
sardonic
abstract
26. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
exculpate
nocturnal
ostentatious
ominous
27. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
intrepid
dictatorial
stoic
spontaneous
28. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
maverick
paramount
disparity
29. Having no useful purpose; pointless
elusive
perspective
florid
futile
30. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
whimsical
archetype
hypocrisy
premonition
31. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
obstinate
conviction
derived
serene
32. Lacking energy
lucid
parallelism
impression
listless
33. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
archaic
hierarchy
vitality
34. To put up with; to survive a hardship
decorous
candor
endure
medley
35. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
deleterious
vitality
sanction
36. Logically connected
impinge
coherent
context
sanction
37. To avoid making a definite statement
hypothetical
equivocate
panegyric
mediocrity
38. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
candor
prudent
conflagration
39. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
copious
frank
brittle
eclectic
40. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
flagrant
objectivity
disparage
enlightening
41. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
metonymy
apposition
superfluous
idealize
42. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
dictatorial
arbiter
transient
harbinger
43. Possessed at birth; inborn
condescending
indolent
endure
innate
44. Persistence
lexicon
tenacity
transient
indolent
45. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
profound
parody
harbinger
incumbent
46. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
contemptuous
novel
mural
diligent
47. Well-meaning; generous
incorrigible
benevolent
slander
exculpate
48. Easy-going; friendly
caustic
gratuitous
affable
effusive
49. Intended to instruct
contemporary
spurious
didactic
ponderous
50. Unimportant
inconsequential
candor
novel
coherent