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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Convincing; reasonable
toxic
trivial
cogent
pugnacious
2. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
diligent
rancorous
alienated
malice
3. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
ominous
austere
venerated
transient
4. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
tenacity
parody
realism
perspective
5. To free from guilt or blame
despotic
brittle
pejorative
exculpate
6. The act of suggesting or hinting
subdue
implication
proximity
brusque
7. To ease a pain or burden
naive
alleviate
tenacity
meticulous
8. Coming into existence; emerging
ambiguous
nascent
candor
obstinate
9. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
modest
listless
facile
plausible
10. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
facile
parallelism
cryptic
apposition
11. Arrogant; vainly proud
sanction
condescending
haughty
inveterate
12. A collection of literary pieces
patronizing
implication
anthology
indolent
13. Describing a large amount of something
ample
dictatorial
abstract
contemptuous
14. An ungrateful person
mural
ingrate
dubious
transient
15. Without decoration; strict
fabricated
austere
perception
candor
16. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
vitality
impartial
lucid
parallelism
17. Worthy of blame
egregious
auspicious
reprehensible
camaraderie
18. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
acquired
prudent
equanimity
19. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
parallelism
stratagem
eclectic
dubious
20. A crafty trick
synecdoche
intuition
ruse
excerpt
21. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
innate
candor
affable
impartial
22. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
objectivity
malice
novice
misconception
23. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
incorrigible
lament
slander
penitent
24. Worn out through overuse; trite
ebullience
discredit
hackneyed
alleviate
25. Calm
serene
sonorous
hackneyed
camaraderie
26. Menacing; threatening
obscure
arbitrary
sonorous
ominous
27. Made; concocted to deceive
objectivity
permeated
fabricated
mediocrity
28. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
derived
modest
archetype
conception
29. An example or model
lucid
compelling
timorous
paradigm
30. A union of two or more groups
alliance
eloquence
timorous
rhetoric
31. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
impression
arid
flagrant
32. Exercising good judgment or common sense
dogged
prudent
frenetic
trepidation
33. Fear - apprehension
stratagem
eloquence
trepidation
factious
34. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
ominous
quandary
propitious
medieval
35. Condition of sticking together
flagrant
abstract
cohesive
imperious
36. Dispersed throughout
discredit
metonymy
incumbent
pervasive
37. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
metonymy
consensus
servile
38. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
spontaneous
dogmatic
innate
39. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
parallelism
arbitrary
conflagration
effusive
40. Easily understood; clear
alliance
lucid
panegyric
nascent
41. To calm or soothe
comprehensive
proximity
discourse
mollify
42. Commendable; worthy of imitation
modest
poignant
exemplary
lexicon
43. A fixed or strong belief
astute
conviction
nocturnal
anthology
44. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
superficial
syllogism
patronizing
putrid
45. Treating people as weak or inferior
condescending
transient
emigrate
novice
46. Lacking sophistication or experience
facile
prosaic
malleable
naive
47. Poisonous
coherent
staid
inevitable
toxic
48. Inborn; built-in
consensus
malice
apprehension
inherent
49. Characterized by the telling of a story
wily
pejorative
narrative
intuition
50. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
disdain
astute
malfeasance
inevitable