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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. Able to pay one's debts
solvent
amenable
surreptitiously
diligent
2. Courageous; fearless; bold
intrepid
phenomenon
aesthetic
prodigious
3. To slow the progress of
equanimity
novice
archetype
impede
4. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
reclamation
exemplary
conviction
penitent
5. Easily flowing
discredit
cordial
fluid
ostentatious
6. An example or model
abstract
paradigm
lexicon
quandary
7. Impulsive and unpredictable
dictatorial
period
innovative
capricious
8. Extra; unnecessary
intrepid
transitory
effusive
superfluous
9. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
virtuoso
narrative
rhetoric
paramount
10. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
emigrate
assimilation
assiduous
11. Mutual hatred or ill-will
exculpate
enmity
dogmatic
inevitable
12. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
sanction
facile
misconception
discourse
13. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
factious
endure
subdue
archetype
14. To cause to be doubted
phenomenon
facetious
torpor
discredit
15. Commendable; worthy of imitation
reprehensible
frenetic
exemplary
futile
16. No longer in use; old-fashioned
misconception
dubious
naive
obsolete
17. Awareness; insight
perception
enmity
vitality
copious
18. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
obscure
candor
elusive
19. Unemotional; serious
staid
apology
anthology
truncated
20. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
spontaneous
astute
narrative
plausible
21. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
egregious
spontaneous
equivocate
22. Defense of an idea
meticulous
equivocate
transitory
apology
23. Cunning
sanction
trepidation
wily
maverick
24. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
wily
effusive
eloquence
superficial
25. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
notorious
compelling
haughty
copious
26. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
diligent
effusive
nascent
impinge
27. Coming into existence; emerging
inveterate
innate
nascent
elusive
28. General agreement
conflagration
insipid
virtuoso
consensus
29. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
facile
astute
frank
prudent
30. Rudely abrupt
brusque
pugnacious
sanction
tenuous
31. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
suppressed
context
copious
32. Determined by impulse rather than reason
solvent
arbitrary
rational
idealize
33. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
subdue
period
ruse
34. Convincing; reasonable
catalog (v.)
sanction
cogent
brittle
35. To leave one country or region and settle in another
ostentatious
substantiated
alliance
emigrate
36. Causing great harm
impression
pernicious
dogmatic
stratagem
37. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
eclectic
slander
vindicated
38. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
ornate
permeated
equivocate
39. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
ostentatious
sanction
ambiguous
medieval
40. Shortened; cut off
listless
proliferate
truncated
idealize
41. Logically connected
mundane
coherent
insipid
misconception
42. Combative; belligerent
maverick
insolent
pugnacious
futile
43. A declaration or statement
assiduous
assertion
parallelism
ebullience
44. Point of view
perspective
inherent
ample
sardonic
45. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
austere
spontaneous
incumbent
46. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
impinge
haughty
theoretical
47. Describing a showy or pretentious display
hypothetical
chiasmus
ostentatious
pragmatic
48. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
florid
mediocrity
disdain
toxic
49. Freed from blame
vindicated
slander
ingrate
deleterious
50. Feeling or showing little emotion
heinous
disparage
apathetic
medieval