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AP English Vocab
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1. To make an itemized list of
malice
catalog (v.)
condemn
cohesive
2. Having a harmful effect; injurious
dubious
impartial
deleterious
servile
3. Able to pay one's debts
parallelism
abstract
effusive
solvent
4. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
prudent
trepidation
servile
embellish
5. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
sedentary
impede
impartial
whimsical
6. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
stoic
eloquence
condescending
7. Elaborately decorated
ornate
anachronism
notorious
incorrigible
8. Not genuine
spurious
cohesive
propriety
coup
9. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
apology
transitory
ambivalent
inherent
10. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
sonorous
truncated
nocturnal
metonymy
11. A beginner
trivial
affable
fluid
novice
12. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
pervasive
cogent
alienated
flagrant
13. Describing a dry - rainless climate
arid
hackneyed
excerpt
phenomenon
14. Poisonous
prudent
apprehension
conviction
toxic
15. The act of making something useful again
hierarchy
reclamation
apology
eloquence
16. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
malfeasance
obdurate
acquired
medley
17. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
whimsical
brittle
mediocrity
18. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
stoic
frank
whimsical
cordial
19. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
despotic
diligent
fabricated
20. A widespread fire
exemplary
realism
conflagration
frank
21. Something out of place in time or sequence
cordial
anachronism
benevolent
vilify
22. A declaration or statement
rancorous
assertion
paramount
profound
23. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
dilettante
anachronism
facile
syllogism
24. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
phenomenon
lucid
solvent
disparage
25. A selected part of a passage or scene
embellish
excerpt
spurious
metonymy
26. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
harbinger
replete
narrative
mediocrity
27. Good will between friends
futile
camaraderie
ingrate
indolent
28. Done by secretive means
equanimity
impede
surreptitiously
vitality
29. Conspicuously bad or offensive
narrative
surreptitiously
egregious
meticulous
30. On guard
idealize
integrity
wary
factious
31. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
maverick
hackneyed
catalog (v.)
32. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
equanimity
cohesive
impartial
ample
33. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
auspicious
truncated
apposition
34. Intended to instruct
ambiguous
anachronism
implication
didactic
35. To slow the progress of
caustic
compelling
theoretical
impede
36. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
ingrate
pernicious
vindicated
37. Awareness; insight
superfluous
indolent
vindicated
perception
38. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
haughty
integrity
slander
hypocrisy
39. Treating in a condescending manner
profound
assertion
disdain
patronizing
40. Made; concocted to deceive
fabricated
emigrate
substantiated
misconception
41. To consider perfect
idealize
surreptitiously
proliferate
panegyric
42. An example or model
incumbent
incorrigible
despotic
paradigm
43. Intense enthusiasm
imperious
asylum
ebullience
misconception
44. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
hypocrisy
archaic
embellish
florid
45. Stubbornly persevering
discourse
candor
dogged
spurious
46. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
rational
lament
meticulous
47. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
ample
objectivity
cogent
camaraderie
48. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
modest
diligent
malleable
hypocrisy
49. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
parallelism
heinous
benign
50. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
dogmatic
coherent
tenuous
contemptuous