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AP English Vocab
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english
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1. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
tenuous
modest
futile
ingrate
2. Inborn; built-in
condescending
inherent
apprehension
proliferate
3. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
apathetic
disparage
harbinger
catalog (v.)
4. Having no useful purpose; pointless
transitory
coherent
compelling
futile
5. A selected part of a passage or scene
amenable
excerpt
modest
conviction
6. Courageous; fearless; bold
hypocrisy
intrepid
quandary
rational
7. To free from guilt or blame
camaraderie
sanction
exculpate
ambiguous
8. A crafty trick
coherent
conception
gratuitous
ruse
9. Giving praise
pugnacious
laudatory
tenuous
archaic
10. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
deleterious
egregious
transient
rational
11. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
prudent
obstinate
vindicated
12. Prejudiced
alliance
biased
derived
whimsical
13. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
paradigm
sedentary
maverick
ambiguous
14. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
disparity
inveterate
opulent
innovative
15. To calm or soothe
lament
mollify
spurious
anthropomorphism
16. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
disingenuous
apathetic
camaraderie
pejorative
17. Responsive; agreeable
timorous
replete
contemptuous
amenable
18. Of little substance or significance
rational
trivial
sedentary
novel
19. Made; concocted to deceive
contemporary
replete
fabricated
proliferate
20. To give official authorization or approval
compelling
incontrovertible
amenable
sanction
21. Having a harmful effect; injurious
sardonic
deleterious
sonorous
nocturnal
22. An apparent contradiction of terms
trivial
oxymoron
dubious
innate
23. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
plagiarism
misconception
replete
eloquence
24. Treating people as weak or inferior
caustic
ample
condescending
lucid
25. A widespread fire
listless
copious
conflagration
melancholy
26. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
cryptic
transient
condemn
propitious
27. Menacing; threatening
panegyric
ominous
medieval
chiasmus
28. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
mundane
sonorous
torpor
context
29. Rudely abrupt
slander
paramount
brusque
assimilation
30. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
timorous
mural
pugnacious
auspicious
31. A tremendously skilled artist
synecdoche
virtuoso
putrid
venerated
32. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
ominous
flagrant
obstinate
torpor
33. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
mundane
apposition
novice
lexicon
34. Making gestures while speaking
gesticulating
modest
incumbent
prodigious
35. Not applied to actual objects
obscure
prosaic
maverick
abstract
36. Stubborn; inflexible
insolent
penitent
obdurate
prodigious
37. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
synecdoche
amenable
stoic
38. Stubbornly persevering
endure
slander
dogged
benevolent
39. Wildly excited or active
venerated
decorous
frenetic
assimilation
40. Done by secretive means
despotic
mediocrity
subdue
surreptitiously
41. Wrongdoing - misconduct
compelling
despotic
malfeasance
substantiated
42. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
transient
cogent
cordial
43. An ungrateful person
modest
ingrate
anthropomorphism
perception
44. Highly respected
vilify
exemplary
venerated
benign
45. A place of retreat or security
pernicious
asylum
hackneyed
assertion
46. Worn out through overuse; trite
malfeasance
melancholy
hackneyed
poignant
47. To ease a pain or burden
pugnacious
obscure
alleviate
propitious
48. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
patronizing
frenetic
fastidious
idealize
49. To grow or increase rapidly
archaic
proliferate
conception
abstract
50. Intense enthusiasm
ebullience
naive
hypothetical
metonymy