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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. Intended to instruct
truncated
ominous
whimsical
didactic
2. Rotten
putrid
eloquence
quandary
perspective
3. A collection of literary pieces
aesthetic
incumbent
inconsequential
anthology
4. To slow the progress of
servile
prosaic
trepidation
impede
5. A tremendously skilled artist
frank
convoluted
pejorative
virtuoso
6. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
astute
genre
embellish
haughty
7. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
metonymy
perspective
anthology
dubious
8. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
impression
substantiated
proliferate
nocturnal
9. Bound to happen; unavoidable
embellish
modest
inevitable
innovative
10. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
disdain
profound
endure
11. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
vitality
emigrate
assiduous
medieval
12. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
alliance
surreptitiously
lucid
pejorative
13. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
hypocrisy
ambivalent
alleviate
14. Persistence
candor
tenacity
contemporary
replete
15. Unimportant
obsolete
inconsequential
endure
candor
16. To restrain; to hold back
paradigm
poignant
insipid
subdue
17. Lazy
plagiarism
naive
sonorous
indolent
18. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
diligent
haughty
arid
reclamation
19. Subdued; kept from being circulated
synecdoche
proliferate
alliance
suppressed
20. Characterized by the telling of a story
incorrigible
maverick
narrative
fastidious
21. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
flagrant
intuition
notorious
dilettante
22. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
condemn
rhetoric
assertion
replete
23. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
misconception
parallelism
disparage
24. Wrongdoing - misconduct
proliferate
malfeasance
solvent
penitent
25. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
meticulous
arid
disdain
26. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
mollify
paramount
wily
inveterate
27. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
spurious
biased
pervasive
28. Hinder; interfere with
quandary
despotic
derived
impinge
29. Impulsive and unpredictable
proliferate
heinous
capricious
medieval
30. Exercising good judgment or common sense
frenetic
prudent
cogent
deleterious
31. Lacking application or practical application
tenacity
misconception
auspicious
theoretical
32. Combative; belligerent
syllogism
brittle
equanimity
pugnacious
33. Introducing something new
brusque
diligent
slander
innovative
34. Hard-working
contemporary
assiduous
acquired
ambiguous
35. To calm or soothe
sanction
malleable
sedentary
mollify
36. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
disparage
perspective
brittle
facile
37. Enormous
servile
nocturnal
prodigious
timorous
38. Having little substance or strength
synecdoche
omnipotent
tenuous
putrid
39. Intense enthusiasm
meticulous
ebullience
penitent
perspective
40. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
diligent
period
comprehensive
discourse
41. Worthy of blame
hackneyed
disingenuous
reprehensible
benign
42. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
permeated
perception
impartial
notorious
43. An example or model
sanction
plausible
abstract
paradigm
44. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
cogent
flagrant
medieval
plausible
45. Feeling or showing little emotion
maverick
tenacity
disparage
apathetic
46. Sincerity; openness
substantiated
discredit
disingenuous
candor
47. Treating in a condescending manner
malfeasance
patronizing
parallelism
integrity
48. No longer in use; old-fashioned
ambiguous
stratagem
novel
obsolete
49. Intricate; complex
convoluted
caustic
stratagem
inconsequential
50. Incapable of being reformed
incorrigible
enmity
permeated
lucid