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AP English Vocab
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1. A fixed or strong belief
pragmatic
conviction
staid
pugnacious
2. Persistence
medieval
tenacity
truncated
hierarchy
3. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
mundane
hypothetical
ambiguous
decorous
4. To make an itemized list of
catalog (v.)
superfluous
enmity
biased
5. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
austere
diligent
realism
coherent
6. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
poignant
clandestine
plagiarism
cohesive
7. Causing great harm
ominous
servile
parody
pernicious
8. Describing a large amount of something
ample
disingenuous
stoic
surreptitiously
9. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
malleable
condemn
novel
flagrant
10. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
fabricated
discourse
narrative
equivocate
11. Extremely careful and precise
disparity
meticulous
apparatus
truncated
12. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
lexicon
apprehension
astute
13. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
indifferent
maverick
profound
inevitable
14. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
parallelism
notorious
trivial
cryptic
15. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
parallelism
innate
elusive
16. Hard-working
melancholy
assiduous
alleviate
vilify
17. Playfully humorous
facetious
anthology
egregious
modest
18. A declaration or statement
opulent
facetious
laudatory
assertion
19. Energy; power to survive
vitality
deleterious
mural
transient
20. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
nocturnal
metonymy
penitent
apathetic
21. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
haughty
exculpate
synecdoche
22. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
proliferate
eloquence
cordial
replete
23. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
arbitrary
mediocrity
lexicon
spontaneous
24. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
benign
impartial
decorous
imperious
25. To cause to be doubted
meticulous
discredit
trepidation
brittle
26. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
enmity
dictatorial
solvent
sanction
27. Treating in a condescending manner
patronizing
virtuoso
cordial
intuition
28. The act of suggesting or hinting
implication
nocturnal
hypothetical
vilify
29. Giving praise
stratagem
laudatory
effusive
proximity
30. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
auspicious
superfluous
replete
31. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
assertion
obscure
stratagem
32. Stubbornly persevering
apprehension
dogged
inevitable
theoretical
33. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
misconception
incorrigible
affable
mural
34. Closeness
ruse
sanction
enlightening
proximity
35. Open to more than one interpretation
nocturnal
ambiguous
arbiter
plausible
36. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
dictatorial
factious
pragmatic
37. Not able to be denied or disputed
impression
insolent
incontrovertible
venerated
38. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
aesthetic
conception
candor
intuition
39. To leave one country or region and settle in another
brusque
impinge
emigrate
insipid
40. Not caring one way or the other
equivocate
exemplary
auspicious
indifferent
41. Current - modern; from the same time
contemporary
incumbent
austere
anthropomorphism
42. Made; concocted to deceive
disparage
toxic
fabricated
gesticulating
43. Having no useful purpose; pointless
equivocate
futile
perception
paradigm
44. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
abstract
archaic
fluid
impinge
45. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
prosaic
impede
haughty
46. Commonplace; ordinary
inconsequential
spurious
lexicon
mundane
47. To give official authorization or approval
discredit
ample
subdue
sanction
48. A group organized by rank
innate
hierarchy
insolent
plagiarism
49. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
insipid
cogent
obstinate
inevitable
50. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
naive
rhetoric
penitent
effusive