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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. Lazy
excerpt
compelling
lament
indolent
2. Hatefully evil; abominable
austere
equivocate
heinous
prodigious
3. Condition of sticking together
mollify
cohesive
plausible
decorous
4. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
pejorative
vitality
malleable
pernicious
5. Made; concocted to deceive
malfeasance
profound
fabricated
harbinger
6. Lacking energy
obstinate
replete
toxic
listless
7. Highly respected
flagrant
incontrovertible
venerated
whimsical
8. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
paradigm
omnipotent
despotic
ornate
9. Hinder; interfere with
rhetoric
impinge
sonorous
superfluous
10. Extreme ill-will or spite
malice
coup
enlightening
dogged
11. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
malice
pervasive
serene
archaic
12. A group organized by rank
naive
imperious
hierarchy
alienated
13. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
sonorous
cordial
maverick
condemn
14. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
transient
disparage
synecdoche
inconsequential
15. To slow the progress of
sonorous
perspective
insipid
impede
16. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
oxymoron
vitality
servile
dogmatic
17. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
discredit
inherent
comprehensive
18. Friendly; sincere
cordial
ample
futile
realism
19. Insulting in manner or speech
futile
replete
insolent
mediocrity
20. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
timorous
medley
mediocrity
vindicated
21. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
anachronism
imperious
wily
idealize
22. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
tenacity
factious
embellish
23. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
contemporary
tenuous
enlightening
endure
24. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
excerpt
tenacity
enmity
25. Appropriateness of behavior
arbiter
truncated
discourse
propriety
26. All-powerful
transitory
reclamation
omnipotent
dictatorial
27. Incapable of being reformed
incorrigible
arbitrary
ruse
plagiarism
28. Describing a large amount of something
fastidious
notorious
putrid
ample
29. Bound to happen; unavoidable
compelling
anachronism
caustic
inevitable
30. Kind and gentle
flagrant
sedentary
narrative
benign
31. Done by secretive means
facetious
facile
surreptitiously
superficial
32. Intended to instruct
pragmatic
prudent
timorous
didactic
33. Good will between friends
camaraderie
period
endure
conviction
34. Enormous
pernicious
pervasive
nascent
prodigious
35. Arrogant; vainly proud
mundane
haughty
hypothetical
enmity
36. Worthy of blame
novice
omnipotent
transitory
reprehensible
37. Submissive; like a servant
abstract
whimsical
pernicious
servile
38. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
superficial
synecdoche
opulent
spurious
39. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
anachronism
superfluous
superficial
impartial
40. Mutual hatred or ill-will
venerated
tenuous
enmity
coherent
41. Not straightforward; crafty
maverick
period
disingenuous
intrepid
42. Easily understood; clear
camaraderie
cohesive
lucid
genre
43. A place of retreat or security
solvent
exculpate
contemporary
asylum
44. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
dogged
eclectic
nocturnal
propitious
45. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
intuition
tenacity
copious
transitory
46. Sadness; depression
serene
paramount
melancholy
misconception
47. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
disparity
indolent
impinge
incumbent
48. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
hackneyed
discredit
decorous
disdain
49. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
ponderous
insipid
superficial
harbinger
50. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
frank
metonymy
conception
disparity