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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A tremendously skilled artist
rancorous
personification
nascent
virtuoso
2. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
vilify
apposition
theme
austere
3. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
rancorous
insipid
implication
stoic
4. 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
narrative
discredit
participle
rhetorical question
5. To calm or soothe
disdain
mollify
tenacity
denotation
6. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
eloquence
compare/contrast
facetious
transitory
7. Persistence
integrity
plagiarism
tenacity
incumbent
8. Commonplace; ordinary
rhetorical triangle
oxymoron
compound-complex sentence
mundane
9. Quarrelsome; unruly
catalog
fractious
diligent
endure
10. Rudely abrupt
brusque
simile
melancholy
obscure
11. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
hypothetical
denotation
predicate nominative
12. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
impinge
parallelism
euphemism
13. A failure of logical reasoning
asyndeton
fallacy
arid
elusive
14. Dispersed throughout
clandestine
meticulous
brusque
pervasive
15. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
transient
conception
mundane
16. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
synthesis
appositive
predicate
equanimity
17. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
synecdoche
oxymoron
deductive
propriety
18. Describing a showy or pretentious display
disdain
capricious
melancholy
ostentatious
19. Hard-working
assiduous
haughty
asyndeton
alleviate
20. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
anachronism
modest
eclectic
rancorous
21. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
arid
exculpate
mediocrity
equivocate
22. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
conflagration
repetition
independent clause
condemn
23. Not straightforward; crafty
impartial
logos
disingenuous
emotional words
24. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
rhetorical triangle
begging the question
stratagem
didactic
25. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
etymology
arbiter
analogy
reclamation
26. An apparent contradiction of terms
appositive
ambiguous
oxymoron
intuition
27. To make an itemized list of
mural
euphemism
parentheticals
catalog
28. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
imperious
pejorative
sanction
pathos
29. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
reprehensible
vitality
description
amenable
30. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
non sequitur
rancorous
alienated
arbitrary
31. Not applied to actual objects
trivial
paramount
red herring
abstract
32. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
replete
denotation
ambiguity
33. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
insolent
antithesis
indolent
intuition
34. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
hierarchy
complex sentence
object
conception
35. Relatively unknown
ornate
cause/effect
ambiguous
obscure
36. Unemotional; serious
oxymoron
hypothetical
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
staid
37. Point of view
perspective
gerund
embellish
candor
38. This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another
coup
asyndeton
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
brittle
39. To free from guilt or blame
ellipsis
exculpate
trivial
replete
40. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
eloquence
pejorative
polysyndeton
rancorous
41. To restrain; to hold back
emigrate
subdue
pathos
vilify
42. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
benign
mural
apathetic
acquired
43. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
propriety
disdain
sanction
mollify
44. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
predicate
suppressed
phrase
45. Shortened; cut off
malleable
mural
compare/contrast
truncated
46. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
complex sentence
stoic
logos
anastrophe
47. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
division/classification
periodic sentence
appositive
hackneyed
48. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
inconsequential
nascent
apostrophe
paradox
49. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
wary
apostrophe
discourse
dogmatic
50. Friendly; sincere
malice
cordial
red herring
distractor