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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. To restrain; to hold back
ingrate
frank
subdue
perception
2. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
asylum
metaphor
rancorous
repetition
3. Strikingly new or unusual
gesticulating
spurious
malfeasance
novel
4. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
anadiplosis
tricolon
interrogative sentence
metonymy
5. A question whose answer is assumed - this is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and is a significant tool in the study of rhetoric
sanction
rhetorical question
misconception
diction
6. Sadness; depression
venerated
cohesive
melancholy
haughty
7. Impulsive and unpredictable
ethos
gesticulating
disparity
capricious
8. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
irony
rapport
enlightening
panegyric
9. Practical
pragmatic
oxymoron
meticulous
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
10. Point of view
perspective
obdurate
paradox
conviction
11. Contempt - scorn
hackneyed
candor
capricious
disdain
12. A crafty trick
enlightening
definition
ruse
denotation
13. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
object
anastrophe
zeugma
simile
14. Certain to happen - unavoidable
infinitive
equivocate
inevitable
pugnacious
15. Stubborn; inflexible
ample
exemplary
hypothetical
obdurate
16. Unable to be reformed
red herring
false dilemma
incorrigible
brittle
17. Not able to be denied or disputed
incontrovertible
ominous
cryptic
prudent
18. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
alleviate
satire
facile
period
19. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
logos
period
frenetic
hyperbole
20. Not genuine
asyndeton
ingrate
spurious
superficial
21. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
prosaic
apprehension
anadiplosis
capricious
22. A failure of logical reasoning
imperious
narration
superfluous
fallacy
23. Lacking application or practical application
syllogism
apology
proximity
theoretical
24. Equipment; a group of machines
haughty
ethos
prompt
apparatus
25. Good will between friends
camaraderie
etymology
clarity
frank
26. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
polysyndeton
nocturnal
pervasive
oxymoron
27. Persistence
innovative
tenacity
subject
wary
28. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
whimsical
meticulous
eclectic
fabricated
29. Closeness
emigrate
proximity
novice
wily
30. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
impartial
propitious
medley
proximity
31. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
replete
denotation
gesticulating
convoluted
32. The act of suggesting or hinting
implication
ad hominem
endure
medieval
33. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
etymology
parallelism
excerpt
compare/contrast
34. Open to more than one interpretation
metonymy
facile
fluid
ambiguous
35. Also known as an either/or fallacy; the suggestion is made in the argument that the problem or debate only has two solutions; can also be called the fallacy of the excluded middle
false dilemma
medieval
intrepid
disdain
36. No longer in use; old-fashioned
obsolete
modest
trepidation
astute
37. An independent clause followed by all sorts of debris - usually dependent clauses
vitality
loose sentence
wily
paramount
38. Rudely abrupt
deductive
brusque
allusion
patronizing
39. Done by secretive means
exclamatory sentence
copious
surreptitiously
hackneyed
40. To give special attention to something - to stress
zeugma
emphasize
etymology
condescending
41. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
inductive
metonymy
exclamatory sentence
cordial
42. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal
sedentary
epanalepsis
anaphora
pugnacious
43. Not straightforward; crafty
nocturnal
timorous
predicate nominative
disingenuous
44. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence
predicate
poisoning the well
convoluted
rhetorical question
45. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
division/classification
incontrovertible
object
tenacity
46. Wrongdoing - misconduct
phrase
malfeasance
argumentation
substantiated
47. Highly respected
proliferate
denotation
narrative
venerated
48. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
novice
caustic
compound sentence
49. A statement using 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike objects
analogy
understatement
simile
subject
50. Courageous; fearless
rapport
timorous
intrepid
prompt