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AP English Vocab
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1. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
austere
slander
consensus
torpor
2. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
plagiarism
objectivity
contemporary
abstract
3. Rudely abrupt
archetype
spurious
brusque
archaic
4. Calm
obsolete
ponderous
condemn
serene
5. Stubborn; inflexible
lament
sanction
gratuitous
obdurate
6. Equipment; a group of machines
insolent
implication
apparatus
ostentatious
7. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
alienated
sardonic
cordial
virtuoso
8. A widespread fire
incontrovertible
spurious
caustic
conflagration
9. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
exemplary
deleterious
florid
egregious
10. Cunning
plagiarism
archetype
stratagem
wily
11. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
egregious
ingrate
candor
12. A judge who decides a disputed issue
ruse
ponderous
propitious
arbiter
13. Not able to be denied or disputed
impinge
incontrovertible
factious
synecdoche
14. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
malice
dilettante
ominous
innovative
15. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
coherent
assiduous
alliance
16. Commendable; worthy of imitation
reclamation
propriety
exemplary
transient
17. To ease a pain or burden
equanimity
plausible
alleviate
obscure
18. Shrewd; clever
astute
profound
compelling
proximity
19. Worn out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
aesthetic
stoic
wary
20. Quarrelsome
factious
obsolete
tenacity
plagiarism
21. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
camaraderie
deleterious
quandary
22. Spread or flowing throughout
ingrate
permeated
coup
tenuous
23. Persistence
hypothetical
tenacity
archaic
archetype
24. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
clandestine
wary
obscure
25. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
ruse
incorrigible
cogent
period
26. An apparent contradiction of terms
malfeasance
oxymoron
servile
acquired
27. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
solvent
ruse
decorous
28. Wrongdoing - misconduct
rational
malice
malfeasance
inveterate
29. Good will between friends
disdain
camaraderie
sedentary
gesticulating
30. A place of retreat or security
conception
tenacity
facetious
asylum
31. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
brusque
lament
archetype
inveterate
32. Current - modern; from the same time
conviction
contemporary
proliferate
pejorative
33. Treating people as weak or inferior
gesticulating
condescending
prodigious
nascent
34. Able to pay one's debts
propitious
solvent
hackneyed
propriety
35. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
notorious
pejorative
abstract
36. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
obstinate
paramount
torpor
37. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
assimilation
obscure
mural
gesticulating
38. Lazy
inconsequential
indolent
dubious
brusque
39. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
nocturnal
pervasive
obdurate
derived
40. Of little substance or significance
dogmatic
trivial
facile
enmity
41. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
apposition
conflagration
trepidation
42. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
propriety
despotic
trepidation
nocturnal
43. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
clandestine
condemn
harbinger
44. General agreement
period
novice
consensus
paramount
45. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
superfluous
condemn
vindicated
propitious
46. Not straightforward; crafty
quandary
disingenuous
suppressed
lucid
47. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
impede
vilify
exemplary
48. On guard
exculpate
genre
arbitrary
wary
49. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
medieval
notorious
impression
50. Having great depth or seriousness
benevolent
theoretical
sedentary
profound