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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. Extra; unnecessary
disingenuous
diligent
opulent
superfluous
2. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
phenomenon
didactic
hierarchy
3. Introducing something new
effusive
innovative
inherent
cryptic
4. Closeness
proximity
inevitable
ornate
fabricated
5. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
mediocrity
obstinate
quandary
inevitable
6. The ability to form or understand an idea
derived
conception
disingenuous
pervasive
7. Unimaginative; dull
insolent
prosaic
panegyric
decorous
8. Making gestures while speaking
gesticulating
context
pernicious
decorous
9. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
austere
comprehensive
pernicious
10. A tremendously skilled artist
surreptitiously
virtuoso
timorous
synecdoche
11. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
apposition
superfluous
eloquence
12. Hinder; interfere with
substantiated
impinge
capricious
embellish
13. Shrewd; clever
pejorative
astute
truncated
ominous
14. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
apology
gratuitous
imperious
aesthetic
15. Poisonous
obscure
dilettante
toxic
medieval
16. Intended to instruct
didactic
condescending
anthropomorphism
patronizing
17. Intricate; complex
convoluted
ostentatious
enmity
dilettante
18. All-powerful
lexicon
biased
omnipotent
inconsequential
19. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
transitory
rhetoric
tenacity
contemptuous
20. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mediocrity
torpor
mural
acquired
21. Feeling or showing little emotion
perception
sedentary
virtuoso
apathetic
22. Logically connected
laudatory
panegyric
coherent
rhetoric
23. Giving praise
laudatory
discourse
ornate
prodigious
24. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
coherent
sedentary
trivial
rancorous
25. Dispersed throughout
anthology
pervasive
medieval
cohesive
26. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
spontaneous
dogged
disparity
melancholy
27. To slow the progress of
lucid
impede
conception
inconsequential
28. Hatefully evil; abominable
arbiter
heinous
gratuitous
dogmatic
29. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
endure
inevitable
rational
30. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
propitious
sonorous
patronizing
31. Rotten
indolent
putrid
spurious
superficial
32. Treating people as weak or inferior
perception
clandestine
condescending
ponderous
33. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
servile
facile
nascent
perspective
34. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
archaic
comprehensive
intuition
brittle
35. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
whimsical
plagiarism
paramount
malice
36. Difficult to comprehend
condemn
cryptic
serene
harbinger
37. Subdued; kept from being circulated
surreptitiously
whimsical
suppressed
mollify
38. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
emigrate
opulent
disdain
obdurate
39. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
apposition
sonorous
anachronism
lucid
40. Feeling hatred; scornful
aesthetic
decorous
contemptuous
ominous
41. A union of two or more groups
condescending
rhetoric
conviction
alliance
42. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
ostentatious
inveterate
staid
43. To restrain; to hold back
virtuoso
subdue
malleable
embellish
44. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
ambivalent
medieval
truncated
impartial
45. Trustworthiness; completeness
cogent
quandary
integrity
ebullience
46. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
egregious
incumbent
theoretical
arbitrary
47. Extreme ill-will or spite
malice
harbinger
quandary
incorrigible
48. Fear - apprehension
apathetic
disparity
trepidation
parallelism
49. Easy-going; friendly
ambivalent
benign
enmity
affable
50. A judge who decides a disputed issue
arbiter
dogmatic
sonorous
syllogism