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AP English Vocab
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1. Without decoration; strict
incumbent
austere
lament
objectivity
2. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
embellish
endure
obstinate
period
3. Short-lived or temporary
exculpate
catalog (v.)
consensus
transitory
4. To calm or soothe
context
mollify
endure
obscure
5. Commendable; worthy of imitation
integrity
harbinger
discourse
exemplary
6. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
effusive
solvent
dilettante
contemporary
7. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
transient
dubious
decorous
8. Extremely careful and precise
condescending
meticulous
sanction
futile
9. Not able to be denied or disputed
incontrovertible
sanction
ominous
alienated
10. Made; concocted to deceive
fabricated
inconsequential
eloquence
ambiguous
11. All-powerful
superficial
vitality
omnipotent
sonorous
12. Extra; unnecessary
arbitrary
superfluous
abstract
incorrigible
13. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
flagrant
exculpate
permeated
14. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
listless
assertion
coup
15. A widespread fire
assimilation
flagrant
conflagration
consensus
16. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
malleable
genre
mundane
frank
17. Having little substance or strength
effusive
tenuous
parody
obstinate
18. A judge who decides a disputed issue
nascent
transitory
arbiter
apposition
19. Unimaginative; dull
conception
coup
prosaic
gratuitous
20. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dubious
perspective
equanimity
period
21. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
trepidation
fastidious
pejorative
florid
22. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
consensus
abstract
misconception
23. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
truncated
quandary
pervasive
exemplary
24. Defense of an idea
apology
plagiarism
oxymoron
equanimity
25. Appropriateness of behavior
convoluted
ample
asylum
propriety
26. Hinder; interfere with
abstract
impinge
incumbent
anthology
27. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
hypothetical
decorous
notorious
28. Commonplace; ordinary
torpor
replete
mundane
comprehensive
29. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
assiduous
context
sanction
impression
30. Severely critical or sarcastic
caustic
dubious
pernicious
eclectic
31. Poisonous
hypothetical
maverick
toxic
benevolent
32. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
benign
eloquence
nocturnal
mollify
33. To free from guilt or blame
solvent
opulent
disparity
exculpate
34. Treating in a condescending manner
putrid
implication
patronizing
solvent
35. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
obsolete
effusive
perception
acquired
36. Subdued; kept from being circulated
consensus
abstract
suppressed
obscure
37. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
obsolete
mural
syllogism
inevitable
38. Giving praise
ornate
asylum
laudatory
putrid
39. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
apprehension
alleviate
incumbent
eloquence
40. Of little substance or significance
excerpt
ambivalent
hackneyed
trivial
41. Wildly excited or active
ostentatious
benevolent
frenetic
comprehensive
42. A selected part of a passage or scene
excerpt
ambivalent
assimilation
lucid
43. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
integrity
obdurate
cryptic
rhetoric
44. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
obsolete
genre
malfeasance
sardonic
45. Well-meaning; generous
astute
tenuous
listless
benevolent
46. Possessed at birth; inborn
ominous
innate
ingrate
arid
47. Easily flowing
nocturnal
surreptitiously
pejorative
fluid
48. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
modest
superfluous
equanimity
oxymoron
49. Impulsive and unpredictable
ornate
enmity
chiasmus
capricious
50. Secretive
spontaneous
parallelism
clandestine
surreptitiously