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AP English Vocab
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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. Rotten
gesticulating
putrid
dubious
candor
2. A fixed or strong belief
eclectic
obscure
decorous
conviction
3. A widespread fire
candor
staid
conflagration
discredit
4. Mutual hatred or ill-will
spontaneous
egregious
enmity
wily
5. Not applied to actual objects
sanction
replete
abstract
eloquence
6. Not straightforward; crafty
parallelism
disingenuous
innovative
dilettante
7. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
condemn
perception
capricious
8. Anxiety or fear about the future
cryptic
synecdoche
insipid
apprehension
9. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
cohesive
biased
tenacity
10. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
substantiated
replete
rancorous
acquired
11. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
lexicon
theoretical
suppressed
brusque
12. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
mollify
frank
disingenuous
obstinate
13. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
contemptuous
astute
ambiguous
14. Possessed at birth; inborn
paramount
melancholy
innate
perspective
15. Extremely careful and precise
cohesive
meticulous
archetype
cogent
16. Enormous
prodigious
insipid
arbiter
disingenuous
17. Timid; fearful about the future
assimilation
proliferate
timorous
ambivalent
18. Conspicuously bad or offensive
condemn
derived
tenuous
egregious
19. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
pugnacious
stratagem
patronizing
convoluted
20. Sincerity; openness
coherent
narrative
nascent
candor
21. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
apposition
truncated
eloquence
parody
22. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
ruse
phenomenon
eclectic
proliferate
23. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
obsolete
egregious
obscure
conviction
24. Subdued; kept from being circulated
whimsical
substantiated
suppressed
insolent
25. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
factious
benign
lucid
hypocrisy
26. Good will between friends
hierarchy
virtuoso
camaraderie
incorrigible
27. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
ambiguous
superficial
putrid
inevitable
28. Introducing something new
transient
innovative
gratuitous
proximity
29. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
superfluous
sardonic
apparatus
transitory
30. Lazy
indolent
misconception
alienated
dictatorial
31. An unusual - observable event
biased
mundane
phenomenon
equivocate
32. Not migratory; settled
assiduous
sedentary
despotic
plagiarism
33. Done by secretive means
trivial
surreptitiously
egregious
conviction
34. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
prudent
opulent
equanimity
35. No longer in use; old-fashioned
camaraderie
haughty
archaic
obsolete
36. To make vicious statements about
metonymy
astute
vilify
conviction
37. Intense enthusiasm
prodigious
ebullience
sanction
hypocrisy
38. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
conviction
propitious
sonorous
39. To restrain; to hold back
mundane
brusque
listless
subdue
40. Easy-going; friendly
anthology
novel
affable
biased
41. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
meticulous
pejorative
omnipotent
dictatorial
42. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
vilify
hackneyed
despotic
43. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
ample
staid
ebullience
44. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
impinge
factious
subdue
enlightening
45. Favorable; promising
lament
apposition
inevitable
auspicious
46. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
phenomenon
genre
penitent
pejorative
47. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
patronizing
metonymy
suppressed
facile
48. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
impartial
torpor
parallelism
49. Practical
pragmatic
discourse
frenetic
catalog (v.)
50. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
camaraderie
malleable
alienated
fastidious