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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
conflagration
obstinate
sonorous
archetype
2. A tremendously skilled artist
vilify
virtuoso
ornate
laudatory
3. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
affable
convoluted
malfeasance
4. Not migratory; settled
maverick
sedentary
integrity
apparatus
5. Open to more than one interpretation
proximity
tenuous
objectivity
ambiguous
6. Friendly; sincere
perspective
cordial
benevolent
inevitable
7. Dispersed throughout
transitory
transient
hypocrisy
pervasive
8. Not applied to actual objects
premonition
frank
fluid
abstract
9. A crafty trick
ruse
permeated
assiduous
disparity
10. Enormous
melancholy
facile
prodigious
ponderous
11. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
mediocrity
profound
perception
synecdoche
12. A collection of literary pieces
lexicon
mollify
maverick
anthology
13. Not able to be denied or disputed
medley
wily
objectivity
incontrovertible
14. Having great depth or seriousness
solvent
lexicon
profound
embellish
15. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
parody
dogged
genre
16. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
intrepid
sonorous
misconception
opulent
17. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
aesthetic
sonorous
intuition
18. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
omnipotent
putrid
facile
misconception
19. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
fluid
ponderous
alienated
surreptitiously
20. Quarrelsome
dilettante
fluid
factious
oxymoron
21. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
perception
stoic
sardonic
rational
22. Prejudiced
meticulous
modest
contemporary
biased
23. The act of making something useful again
acquired
conflagration
fabricated
reclamation
24. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
rancorous
elusive
eloquence
inevitable
25. To calm or soothe
mollify
apprehension
sanction
replete
26. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
prosaic
conception
lexicon
27. To free from guilt or blame
transitory
putrid
exculpate
dictatorial
28. Not straightforward; crafty
reclamation
metonymy
disingenuous
conviction
29. Feeling hatred; scornful
contemptuous
comprehensive
hackneyed
chiasmus
30. Logically connected
compelling
coherent
trivial
arid
31. A judge who decides a disputed issue
arbiter
stratagem
coherent
camaraderie
32. To make an itemized list of
inveterate
brittle
factious
catalog (v.)
33. Worthy of blame
mundane
ambiguous
dogmatic
reprehensible
34. Condition of sticking together
contemptuous
catalog (v.)
medley
cohesive
35. Unimportant
disparity
inconsequential
auspicious
discourse
36. Coming into existence; emerging
oxymoron
condescending
nascent
tenuous
37. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
impede
acquired
coup
endure
38. Not genuine
florid
innovative
spurious
haughty
39. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
wary
elusive
maverick
40. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
discourse
malleable
context
disparity
41. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
eloquence
obscure
parallelism
plagiarism
42. Having a harmful effect; injurious
sardonic
misconception
paramount
deleterious
43. Exercising good judgment or common sense
whimsical
prudent
stratagem
mural
44. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
deleterious
equivocate
obstinate
substantiated
45. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
clandestine
archetype
archaic
46. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
sanction
premonition
proximity
anthropomorphism
47. Describing a large amount of something
ample
notorious
parallelism
frenetic
48. To give official authorization or approval
melancholy
sanction
malice
cryptic
49. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
pervasive
ambivalent
stoic
putrid
50. Courageous; fearless; bold
copious
intrepid
obdurate
contemptuous