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AP English Vocab
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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. Calm
serene
imperious
plagiarism
cordial
2. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
reprehensible
metonymy
arid
putrid
3. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
panegyric
superficial
inevitable
enlightening
4. Enormous
ponderous
prodigious
ornate
disparity
5. Well-meaning; generous
rhetoric
serene
benevolent
prudent
6. Insulting in manner or speech
novice
insolent
poignant
apparatus
7. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
proliferate
discredit
ostentatious
obscure
8. Secretive
vilify
elusive
clandestine
timorous
9. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
flagrant
parody
eclectic
10. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
insolent
enlightening
fabricated
camaraderie
11. Impulsive and unpredictable
syllogism
candor
capricious
synecdoche
12. A declaration or statement
assertion
inherent
subdue
perception
13. To free from guilt or blame
obstinate
exculpate
conflagration
oxymoron
14. Prejudiced
trivial
transient
biased
condescending
15. Defense of an idea
frank
genre
apology
obsolete
16. Treating people as weak or inferior
lexicon
condescending
parody
ample
17. Awareness; insight
hypocrisy
ambivalent
perception
laudatory
18. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
exculpate
malfeasance
sardonic
malleable
19. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
inevitable
affable
indolent
20. An apparent contradiction of terms
gratuitous
naive
oxymoron
ominous
21. Spread or flowing throughout
affable
discourse
contemporary
permeated
22. Rotten
putrid
prudent
synecdoche
apprehension
23. Causing great harm
pernicious
disparage
obscure
rational
24. To cause to be doubted
cryptic
ambiguous
parallelism
discredit
25. Trustworthiness; completeness
maverick
proximity
integrity
rancorous
26. To put up with; to survive a hardship
coup
intuition
endure
parody
27. Uninteresting; unchallenging
perception
spontaneous
insipid
disdain
28. Condition of sticking together
laudatory
cohesive
putrid
insipid
29. Playfully humorous
facetious
transient
austere
capricious
30. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
torpor
diligent
innate
penitent
31. Copied or adapted from a source
mollify
excerpt
hackneyed
derived
32. Describing a dry - rainless climate
equivocate
arid
misconception
acquired
33. Not migratory; settled
apprehension
sedentary
nocturnal
egregious
34. Profoundly moving; touching
modest
poignant
serene
insipid
35. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
objectivity
apology
equanimity
impede
36. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
obdurate
narrative
flagrant
innovative
37. Practical
ominous
pragmatic
abstract
prosaic
38. To ease a pain or burden
genre
apposition
alleviate
hypocrisy
39. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
florid
hypothetical
apology
medley
40. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
ostentatious
eloquence
virtuoso
theoretical
41. Hinder; interfere with
malfeasance
innovative
decorous
impinge
42. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
apathetic
synecdoche
amenable
sanction
43. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
trivial
cordial
hackneyed
44. Elaborately decorated
ruse
impede
ornate
torpor
45. Favorable; promising
ornate
auspicious
didactic
archaic
46. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
dilettante
amenable
novice
47. Bound to happen; unavoidable
insolent
assertion
factious
inevitable
48. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
equanimity
stratagem
parallelism
rational
49. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
medley
apposition
synecdoche
aesthetic
50. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
fluid
sonorous
austere