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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Friendly; sincere
cordial
acquired
abstract
contemptuous
2. Current - modern; from the same time
inconsequential
contemporary
egregious
disparage
3. A tremendously skilled artist
eloquence
poignant
virtuoso
venerated
4. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
ingrate
torpor
stratagem
fastidious
5. Mutual hatred or ill-will
ornate
heinous
enmity
impede
6. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
timorous
hypocrisy
quandary
syllogism
7. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
toxic
assimilation
parody
pragmatic
8. A beginner
novice
sedentary
pragmatic
ponderous
9. Worn out through overuse; trite
alleviate
insolent
hackneyed
asylum
10. Highly respected
plausible
disparity
affable
venerated
11. Commendable; worthy of imitation
slander
meticulous
exemplary
hackneyed
12. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
gratuitous
patronizing
apposition
consensus
13. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
dogmatic
nocturnal
dogged
equanimity
14. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
incorrigible
sanction
omnipotent
anthology
15. Freed from blame
assimilation
vindicated
transitory
facetious
16. Lacking application or practical application
despotic
trepidation
impartial
theoretical
17. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
notorious
paradigm
patronizing
18. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
subdue
cryptic
stoic
19. Introducing something new
innovative
despotic
ingrate
obscure
20. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
fabricated
despotic
frenetic
arbitrary
21. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
medley
apprehension
laudatory
22. Producing a deep or full sound
maverick
sonorous
ominous
anthology
23. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
plausible
camaraderie
naive
maverick
24. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
anthology
brittle
obstinate
profound
25. Wrongdoing - misconduct
malfeasance
egregious
propitious
disingenuous
26. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
pervasive
parallelism
hackneyed
dictatorial
27. Sincerity; openness
replete
candor
austere
stratagem
28. Practical
servile
pragmatic
phenomenon
trivial
29. Not caring one way or the other
pugnacious
indifferent
comprehensive
plausible
30. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
proliferate
sedentary
obscure
synecdoche
31. Characterized by the telling of a story
eloquence
narrative
arid
ominous
32. Not able to be denied or disputed
vindicated
lament
incontrovertible
biased
33. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
ambiguous
hypothetical
poignant
profound
34. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
sardonic
anthropomorphism
implication
hypothetical
35. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
impartial
naive
contemporary
objectivity
36. Logically connected
dogmatic
coherent
pejorative
frank
37. To make an itemized list of
medley
plausible
catalog (v.)
conviction
38. An ungrateful person
servile
reclamation
ingrate
ruse
39. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
haughty
anachronism
futile
malleable
40. Statement of high praise
paramount
obdurate
sedentary
panegyric
41. Coming into existence; emerging
nascent
spurious
substantiated
virtuoso
42. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
spontaneous
solvent
poignant
genre
43. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
patronizing
haughty
dilettante
brittle
44. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
venerated
dogmatic
stratagem
florid
45. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
lexicon
facetious
quandary
discourse
46. Having a harmful effect; injurious
impartial
deleterious
paramount
capricious
47. Kind and gentle
benign
ingrate
contemporary
impartial
48. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
disparity
astute
cryptic
ruse
49. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
elusive
convoluted
asylum
disparage
50. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
apathetic
egregious
mural
hypocrisy