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AP English Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
Instructions:
  • 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






2. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used






3. A union of two or more groups






4. Closeness






5. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow






6. Imposed as a duty; obligatory






7. Feeling or showing little emotion






8. Describing a large amount of something






9. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct






10. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure






11. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual






12. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another






13. On guard






14. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive






15. A widespread fire






16. Done or achieved with little effort; easy






17. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased






18. Having a harmful effect; injurious






19. Easily broken when subjected to pressure






20. Friendly; sincere






21. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance






22. Causing great harm






23. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable






24. Treating people as weak or inferior






25. To slow the progress of






26. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring






27. Convincing; reasonable






28. Commonplace; ordinary






29. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness






30. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary






31. Determined by impulse rather than reason






32. Shortened; cut off






33. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned






34. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect






35. Anxiety or fear about the future






36. Dispersed throughout






37. Done by secretive means






38. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion






39. Lazy






40. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will






41. Quarrelsome






42. Rotten






43. Unemotional; serious






44. Enormous






45. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working






46. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please






47. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing






48. To free from guilt or blame






49. Unplanned; naturally occurring






50. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy