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AP English Vocab
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1. Logically connected
candor
enlightening
pugnacious
coherent
2. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
lucid
despotic
ambivalent
apparatus
3. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
nocturnal
ominous
stratagem
4. To put up with; to survive a hardship
synecdoche
obsolete
endure
poignant
5. Combative; belligerent
catalog (v.)
pugnacious
vindicated
intrepid
6. Having little substance or strength
tenuous
lament
egregious
sonorous
7. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
vindicated
opulent
diligent
pejorative
8. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
modest
impartial
ebullience
acquired
9. Enormous
intrepid
prodigious
imperious
gesticulating
10. Shrewd; clever
facetious
astute
cordial
alliance
11. A fixed or strong belief
permeated
egregious
conviction
diligent
12. Worn out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
cordial
narrative
apparatus
13. Plentiful; having a large quantity
trivial
syllogism
copious
metonymy
14. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
pernicious
heinous
excerpt
malleable
15. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
assertion
frenetic
propitious
perception
16. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
discredit
intuition
quandary
replete
17. To make vicious statements about
contemporary
vilify
hypocrisy
modest
18. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
contemptuous
lexicon
nascent
19. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
elusive
camaraderie
malfeasance
rancorous
20. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
indolent
melancholy
biased
21. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
anachronism
exculpate
gratuitous
proliferate
22. Rudely abrupt
brusque
stoic
propitious
conviction
23. Having no useful purpose; pointless
anthology
futile
vilify
genre
24. Sincerity; openness
exemplary
assiduous
capricious
candor
25. Poisonous
naive
objectivity
aesthetic
toxic
26. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
trivial
novice
sanction
prudent
27. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
pugnacious
apposition
coherent
sanction
28. Convincing; reasonable
equanimity
nocturnal
cogent
prosaic
29. Rotten
rhetoric
elusive
putrid
enmity
30. Causing great harm
melancholy
pernicious
virtuoso
obstinate
31. Trustworthiness; completeness
emigrate
integrity
objectivity
comprehensive
32. To cause to be doubted
discredit
paradigm
rancorous
sanction
33. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
apposition
serene
incumbent
34. Made; concocted to deceive
alleviate
naive
candor
fabricated
35. Playfully humorous
facetious
rancorous
hypocrisy
asylum
36. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
enmity
cohesive
nocturnal
disparage
37. Large in scope or content
fastidious
stoic
comprehensive
vindicated
38. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
ample
pejorative
clandestine
objectivity
39. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
cogent
incumbent
slander
amenable
40. Not migratory; settled
ruse
auspicious
wary
sedentary
41. Express grief for; mourn
conviction
apathetic
patronizing
lament
42. Feeling hatred; scornful
contemptuous
apprehension
acquired
realism
43. To give official authorization or approval
harbinger
arbitrary
emigrate
sanction
44. Dispersed throughout
medieval
pervasive
cordial
whimsical
45. A declaration or statement
naive
obstinate
coherent
assertion
46. Treating people as weak or inferior
apposition
dogmatic
candor
condescending
47. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
transient
equanimity
spurious
surreptitiously
48. Uninteresting; unchallenging
obsolete
pernicious
incorrigible
insipid
49. Practical
inevitable
condemn
intrepid
pragmatic
50. Extremely careful and precise
eclectic
meticulous
incumbent
misconception