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AP English Vocab
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1. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
notorious
idealize
rational
ebullience
2. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
metonymy
frank
surreptitiously
ornate
3. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
deleterious
mediocrity
alleviate
4. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
embellish
pugnacious
brusque
5. Wrongdoing - misconduct
assiduous
plausible
stratagem
malfeasance
6. To cause to be doubted
venerated
solvent
discredit
florid
7. Strikingly new or unusual
benign
replete
insipid
novel
8. Responsive; agreeable
facile
integrity
mollify
amenable
9. Freed from blame
eloquence
propitious
obscure
vindicated
10. Describing a dry - rainless climate
pejorative
arid
austere
discourse
11. Circumstances of a situation; environment
rhetoric
context
inevitable
benevolent
12. Easily understood; clear
inherent
hackneyed
equanimity
lucid
13. Well-meaning; generous
slander
benevolent
clandestine
lament
14. Sadness; depression
paradigm
archaic
superfluous
melancholy
15. No longer in use; old-fashioned
chiasmus
obsolete
subdue
vitality
16. Kind and gentle
incontrovertible
benign
archetype
inherent
17. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
venerated
hypocrisy
period
mediocrity
18. Timid; fearful about the future
impede
timorous
mundane
obsolete
19. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
despotic
penitent
decorous
medieval
20. Coming into existence; emerging
discourse
disparity
profound
nascent
21. Not genuine
novel
hypothetical
vindicated
spurious
22. A collection of literary pieces
idealize
ruse
pugnacious
anthology
23. Poisonous
coherent
arid
theoretical
toxic
24. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
heinous
facile
subdue
acquired
25. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
laudatory
transient
incorrigible
misconception
26. Wildly excited or active
implication
frenetic
objectivity
trepidation
27. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
lament
equanimity
venerated
rhetoric
28. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
sardonic
apparatus
patronizing
alliance
29. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
transitory
lucid
hypocrisy
30. Intricate; complex
inconsequential
fluid
coherent
convoluted
31. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
meticulous
deleterious
replete
dilettante
32. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
arid
chiasmus
harbinger
33. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
spontaneous
dogmatic
theoretical
innate
34. Easy-going; friendly
incontrovertible
impinge
affable
context
35. To restrain; to hold back
malice
implication
subdue
insolent
36. To calm or soothe
mollify
dubious
cohesive
haughty
37. Awareness; insight
mundane
perception
sanction
incontrovertible
38. A widespread fire
intrepid
conflagration
anthropomorphism
subdue
39. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
factious
rancorous
maverick
disdain
40. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
ruse
astute
compelling
41. Submissive; like a servant
servile
apology
pervasive
quandary
42. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
quandary
medieval
acquired
heinous
43. A declaration or statement
hackneyed
conception
transient
assertion
44. Having little substance or strength
prudent
incumbent
perspective
tenuous
45. Describing a large amount of something
sanction
ample
idealize
derived
46. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
obsolete
anachronism
futile
47. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
rhetoric
propriety
anthropomorphism
suppressed
48. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
enlightening
catalog (v.)
obscure
panegyric
49. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
narrative
futile
conflagration
50. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
fastidious
copious
objectivity
paramount