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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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1. Shrewd; clever
exculpate
cogent
coup
astute
2. Courageous; fearless; bold
intrepid
imperious
conflagration
frank
3. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
florid
factious
parody
4. Extreme ill-will or spite
timorous
ruse
malice
context
5. Proper; marked by good taste
austere
decorous
discourse
imperious
6. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
assiduous
idealize
malfeasance
elusive
7. Dispersed throughout
coherent
pervasive
inherent
implication
8. Sadness; depression
austere
abstract
melancholy
panegyric
9. Conspicuously bad or offensive
eloquence
exemplary
egregious
malleable
10. Large in scope or content
affable
patronizing
comprehensive
obdurate
11. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
hypothetical
ruse
excerpt
12. Intended to instruct
propriety
indolent
torpor
didactic
13. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
decorous
incontrovertible
eclectic
superfluous
14. Good will between friends
camaraderie
discredit
exemplary
emigrate
15. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
propitious
tenuous
misconception
16. Introducing something new
inevitable
conviction
innovative
malice
17. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
benevolent
paramount
metonymy
18. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
ruse
novice
propitious
19. Calm
timorous
mundane
anthropomorphism
serene
20. Lazy
indolent
virtuoso
malfeasance
insipid
21. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
emigrate
indifferent
permeated
22. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
elusive
ornate
arbitrary
plagiarism
23. Determined by impulse rather than reason
oxymoron
coherent
transitory
arbitrary
24. To absorb; to make similar
plausible
assimilation
spontaneous
whimsical
25. Friendly; sincere
assiduous
maverick
cordial
conflagration
26. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
mural
poignant
intuition
chiasmus
27. An apparent contradiction of terms
transient
sedentary
auspicious
oxymoron
28. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
synecdoche
medley
convoluted
alliance
29. Having little substance or strength
astute
tenuous
trepidation
putrid
30. Easily flowing
ebullience
malleable
pragmatic
fluid
31. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
candor
caustic
reclamation
32. Persistence
subdue
toxic
harbinger
tenacity
33. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
ample
venerated
stoic
34. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
superficial
penitent
eloquence
astute
35. Menacing; threatening
didactic
facetious
sedentary
ominous
36. Treating in a condescending manner
proximity
subdue
hypothetical
patronizing
37. Rotten
putrid
compelling
innovative
assertion
38. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
cryptic
melancholy
diligent
39. Open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
ebullience
innovative
sanction
40. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
panegyric
obstinate
cordial
transient
41. Causing great harm
novice
indifferent
pernicious
impinge
42. A crafty trick
ruse
alleviate
intuition
didactic
43. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
benevolent
ample
penitent
44. An unusual - observable event
dogged
discredit
ponderous
phenomenon
45. Trustworthiness; completeness
ambivalent
apposition
integrity
sanction
46. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
obdurate
venerated
parody
47. The act of suggesting or hinting
implication
servile
emigrate
genre
48. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
reclamation
affable
plagiarism
49. Intricate; complex
proliferate
stratagem
frank
convoluted
50. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
exculpate
metonymy
substantiated
staid