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AP English Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces






2. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference






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






4. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned






5. Extremely dull






6. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone






7. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own






8. To give official authorization or approval






9. Easy-going; friendly






10. On guard






11. Unemotional; serious






12. Good will between friends






13. A beginner






14. To consider perfect






15. Sadness; depression






16. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious






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






18. Awareness; insight






19. To make vicious statements about






20. Stubbornly persevering






21. To grow or increase rapidly






22. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual






23. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge






24. Quarrelsome






25. The act of suggesting or hinting






26. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality






27. Feeling or showing little emotion






28. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole






29. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group






30. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty






31. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on






32. Easily flowing






33. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling






34. Cunning






35. A collection of literary pieces






36. Short-lived or temporary






37. A perfect example; an original pattern or model






38. Appropriateness of behavior






39. Intended to instruct






40. Easily understood; clear






41. A state of uncertainty or perplexity






42. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable






43. Having a harmful effect; injurious






44. To slow the progress of






45. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance






46. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence






47. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight






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






49. Dispersed throughout






50. Large in scope or content