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AP English Vocab
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1. Extra; unnecessary
modest
parody
arbitrary
superfluous
2. A widespread fire
incumbent
superfluous
inconsequential
conflagration
3. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
whimsical
auspicious
mollify
substantiated
4. Shrewd; clever
superficial
facetious
novice
astute
5. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
abstract
parallelism
malfeasance
6. The act of suggesting or hinting
dogmatic
transient
implication
facile
7. Unimaginative; dull
hypocrisy
arbiter
maverick
prosaic
8. Making gestures while speaking
sonorous
gesticulating
malleable
virtuoso
9. Kind and gentle
benign
candor
ingrate
torpor
10. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
putrid
suppressed
clandestine
11. Cunning
catalog (v.)
wily
incontrovertible
narrative
12. A collection of literary pieces
pernicious
hierarchy
anthology
surreptitiously
13. To avoid making a definite statement
apathetic
equivocate
facetious
impede
14. Arrogant; vainly proud
didactic
equivocate
haughty
inveterate
15. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
perception
diligent
paradigm
spontaneous
16. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
egregious
plagiarism
haughty
17. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
candor
propriety
lexicon
18. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
assimilation
nascent
harbinger
19. Causing great harm
inherent
pernicious
notorious
contemptuous
20. Open to more than one interpretation
melancholy
ambiguous
futile
insipid
21. Easily flowing
stoic
fluid
conviction
superfluous
22. Profoundly moving; touching
prudent
haughty
camaraderie
poignant
23. Friendly; sincere
cordial
pejorative
slander
rancorous
24. Convincing; reasonable
discourse
chiasmus
cogent
dubious
25. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
quandary
facile
apprehension
listless
26. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
pragmatic
equivocate
exemplary
27. Strikingly new or unusual
synecdoche
laudatory
novel
incontrovertible
28. Good will between friends
arid
penitent
camaraderie
candor
29. Playfully humorous
facetious
lucid
putrid
ornate
30. Favorable; promising
abstract
auspicious
wily
deleterious
31. Commonplace; ordinary
permeated
mundane
trivial
innate
32. Rotten
pejorative
context
embellish
putrid
33. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
catalog (v.)
plagiarism
factious
34. To make an itemized list of
haughty
harbinger
disingenuous
catalog (v.)
35. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
melancholy
venerated
cryptic
36. Logically connected
fabricated
coherent
innate
contemptuous
37. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
capricious
spurious
decorous
obstinate
38. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
modest
fluid
harbinger
consensus
39. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
modest
abstract
copious
eloquence
40. Mutual hatred or ill-will
gratuitous
enmity
lucid
poignant
41. To put up with; to survive a hardship
poignant
endure
clandestine
novel
42. Responsive; agreeable
inconsequential
indifferent
assimilation
amenable
43. Wildly excited or active
apathetic
phenomenon
theoretical
frenetic
44. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
pugnacious
obdurate
penitent
ruse
45. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
assiduous
equivocate
premonition
maverick
46. Quarrelsome
factious
disdain
implication
astute
47. Sincerity; openness
candor
brusque
tenuous
slander
48. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
elusive
imperious
futile
plagiarism
49. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
toxic
prosaic
poignant
inveterate
50. Dispersed throughout
mundane
pervasive
incorrigible
coup