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AP English Vocab
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
omnipotent
conviction
dilettante
2. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
realism
haughty
equivocate
astute
3. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
aesthetic
implication
affable
4. A crafty trick
pervasive
hypocrisy
laudatory
ruse
5. Severely critical or sarcastic
profound
caustic
arbitrary
cohesive
6. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
astute
hackneyed
elusive
7. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
profound
acquired
quandary
venerated
8. Highly respected
parody
venerated
modest
context
9. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
sedentary
replete
inherent
novel
10. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
dogmatic
hypocrisy
metonymy
incumbent
11. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
incorrigible
stoic
modest
indolent
12. Logically connected
gratuitous
decorous
coherent
surreptitiously
13. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
parallelism
assertion
eloquence
parody
14. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
profound
obstinate
apposition
oxymoron
15. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
maverick
sedentary
cogent
asylum
16. To absorb; to make similar
malleable
assimilation
caustic
anthropomorphism
17. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
quandary
disparage
permeated
inveterate
18. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
astute
plagiarism
dogged
equivocate
19. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
proximity
gesticulating
syllogism
florid
20. A tremendously skilled artist
disparity
laudatory
putrid
virtuoso
21. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
venerated
stoic
compelling
naive
22. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
copious
asylum
apposition
apparatus
23. Plentiful; having a large quantity
propriety
inconsequential
capricious
copious
24. To leave one country or region and settle in another
ample
profound
reclamation
emigrate
25. Arrogant; vainly proud
nascent
gratuitous
haughty
enlightening
26. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
suppressed
narrative
despotic
conflagration
27. An ungrateful person
archaic
flagrant
ingrate
apology
28. Hard-working
frenetic
dilettante
excerpt
assiduous
29. A selected part of a passage or scene
impression
excerpt
ingrate
alliance
30. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
candor
vilify
fluid
31. Not able to be denied or disputed
incontrovertible
medley
dogged
stoic
32. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
imperious
facile
quandary
arbitrary
33. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
parallelism
incontrovertible
enmity
34. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
candor
alienated
poignant
35. Submissive; like a servant
implication
assimilation
servile
premonition
36. All-powerful
omnipotent
arid
prodigious
catalog (v.)
37. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
stoic
gratuitous
suppressed
38. Made; concocted to deceive
fabricated
exemplary
medley
apathetic
39. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
notorious
mediocrity
archaic
ruse
40. A feeling about the future
premonition
catalog (v.)
cogent
novice
41. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
propitious
prosaic
intrepid
eclectic
42. Hatefully evil; abominable
apathetic
ample
incumbent
heinous
43. Causing great harm
fluid
propriety
whimsical
pernicious
44. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
disparity
trivial
diligent
poignant
45. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
novice
arbitrary
wary
46. A beginner
propitious
gratuitous
novice
condescending
47. Convincing; reasonable
dogged
cogent
apposition
candor
48. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
incorrigible
context
comprehensive
torpor
49. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
disdain
alienated
replete
disingenuous
50. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
synecdoche
compelling
alienated
poignant