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AP English Vocab
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1. Difficult to comprehend
enlightening
cryptic
toxic
perspective
2. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
pugnacious
enlightening
nocturnal
staid
3. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
cryptic
realism
arbiter
torpor
4. Intricate; complex
pragmatic
reprehensible
convoluted
assiduous
5. To grow or increase rapidly
contemporary
proliferate
putrid
paradigm
6. Not straightforward; crafty
surreptitiously
discredit
disingenuous
ambivalent
7. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
sedentary
dictatorial
cohesive
obsolete
8. A group organized by rank
hierarchy
ambiguous
haughty
excerpt
9. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
reprehensible
transitory
eloquence
10. The act of making something useful again
serene
truncated
reclamation
alienated
11. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
conviction
subdue
catalog (v.)
12. Impulsive and unpredictable
malice
whimsical
pejorative
capricious
13. To give official authorization or approval
notorious
vindicated
astute
sanction
14. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
parody
hypothetical
objectivity
nascent
15. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
egregious
frank
alleviate
solvent
16. Courageous; fearless; bold
obsolete
intrepid
theoretical
serene
17. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
intuition
pernicious
coherent
18. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
objectivity
lucid
superficial
plausible
19. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
tenacity
prodigious
synecdoche
decorous
20. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
intuition
dogmatic
medley
wily
21. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
mundane
deleterious
dilettante
surreptitiously
22. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
novice
brittle
intuition
facile
23. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
exculpate
perspective
astute
maverick
24. Lacking sophistication or experience
naive
hierarchy
penitent
superficial
25. Shortened; cut off
compelling
truncated
dogmatic
arbitrary
26. Having little substance or strength
biased
tenuous
ominous
ambiguous
27. Shrewd; clever
sonorous
ponderous
astute
servile
28. Unemotional; serious
permeated
vindicated
staid
naive
29. Condition of sticking together
venerated
cohesive
obdurate
insipid
30. A fixed or strong belief
derived
ambivalent
conviction
substantiated
31. Inborn; built-in
novice
inherent
fastidious
anthology
32. Insulting in manner or speech
panegyric
insolent
genre
toxic
33. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
factious
elusive
inconsequential
34. Intended to instruct
didactic
lament
phenomenon
affable
35. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
dictatorial
apposition
florid
hypocrisy
36. Practical
naive
pragmatic
emigrate
cryptic
37. Characterized by the telling of a story
perspective
embellish
narrative
trivial
38. An example or model
paradigm
impinge
wary
melancholy
39. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
eloquence
dubious
malice
incorrigible
40. A brilliantly executed plan
plausible
auspicious
sonorous
coup
41. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
prudent
laudatory
hypocrisy
profound
42. Proper; marked by good taste
notorious
decorous
cohesive
hypocrisy
43. Causing great harm
brusque
assertion
pernicious
innovative
44. A place of retreat or security
brusque
hierarchy
asylum
reclamation
45. Lacking energy
slander
fluid
listless
camaraderie
46. Favorable; promising
archetype
auspicious
acquired
arbiter
47. Incapable of being reformed
discourse
disingenuous
incorrigible
realism
48. Hinder; interfere with
inconsequential
omnipotent
impinge
propitious
49. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
facile
archaic
novice
condescending
50. Quarrelsome
contemptuous
mural
medieval
factious
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