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AP English Vocab
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1. Characterized by the telling of a story
ruse
narrative
conviction
exemplary
2. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
apposition
medley
insipid
alliance
3. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
rancorous
mural
despotic
catalog (v.)
4. A beginner
inevitable
exculpate
enlightening
novice
5. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
hackneyed
quandary
didactic
paramount
6. Practical
facetious
propriety
archetype
pragmatic
7. Able to pay one's debts
derived
solvent
comprehensive
proliferate
8. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
diligent
harbinger
melancholy
condemn
9. Open to more than one interpretation
malleable
intrepid
chiasmus
ambiguous
10. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
elusive
misconception
ruse
wary
11. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
opulent
melancholy
metonymy
frenetic
12. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
brittle
propitious
eclectic
13. Secretive
clandestine
fabricated
obscure
novel
14. Point of view
enlightening
solvent
perspective
brusque
15. Coming into existence; emerging
mural
nascent
trepidation
hackneyed
16. A union of two or more groups
arbitrary
timorous
alliance
dilettante
17. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
virtuoso
medieval
spontaneous
18. Profoundly moving; touching
transient
obdurate
plagiarism
poignant
19. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
conflagration
disdain
impartial
haughty
20. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
florid
plausible
gesticulating
21. Arrogant; vainly proud
conviction
enmity
cryptic
haughty
22. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
fastidious
obstinate
disingenuous
notorious
23. Wrongdoing - misconduct
inconsequential
abstract
tenacity
malfeasance
24. Sadness; depression
truncated
novel
cordial
melancholy
25. An example or model
paradigm
dogged
inherent
fabricated
26. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
timorous
diligent
capricious
decorous
27. Freed from blame
vindicated
superficial
melancholy
dogmatic
28. Lazy
arid
medieval
oxymoron
indolent
29. To slow the progress of
malleable
disparity
nocturnal
impede
30. Feeling hatred; scornful
ambiguous
contemptuous
laudatory
tenuous
31. Timid; fearful about the future
ostentatious
caustic
timorous
embellish
32. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
stratagem
omnipotent
context
sanction
33. Mutual hatred or ill-will
permeated
hypocrisy
mundane
enmity
34. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
archetype
alienated
eloquence
imperious
35. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
lament
putrid
virtuoso
dilettante
36. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
fluid
hierarchy
fastidious
vilify
37. Easily flowing
opulent
fluid
catalog (v.)
cogent
38. Shrewd; clever
incontrovertible
whimsical
hypocrisy
astute
39. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
ornate
obdurate
whimsical
plagiarism
40. Commonplace; ordinary
lucid
diligent
mundane
apparatus
41. To put up with; to survive a hardship
objectivity
plagiarism
pragmatic
endure
42. Rudely abrupt
serene
servile
brusque
ostentatious
43. A widespread fire
conflagration
despotic
tenuous
virtuoso
44. Lacking sophistication or experience
naive
laudatory
discourse
intrepid
45. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
theoretical
apparatus
conviction
46. A judge who decides a disputed issue
panegyric
clandestine
arbiter
substantiated
47. A crafty trick
ruse
innovative
hypothetical
cogent
48. Describing a large amount of something
diligent
ample
enlightening
frenetic
49. Playfully humorous
decorous
misconception
facetious
ornate
50. Kind and gentle
benign
frenetic
propitious
ornate