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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone






2. Stubborn; inflexible






3. Extremely careful and precise






4. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward






5. Impulsive and unpredictable






6. Having no useful purpose; pointless






7. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation






8. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone






9. A state of uncertainty or perplexity






10. Done by secretive means






11. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth






12. Poisonous






13. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim






14. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive






15. Unimportant






16. The act of suggesting or hinting






17. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things






18. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power






19. Existing only as an assumption or speculation






20. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance






21. Not able to be denied or disputed






22. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain






23. The particular words an author uses in an essay






24. Giving human attributes to non-human things






25. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity






26. Commonplace; ordinary






27. A perfect example; an original pattern or model






28. A feeling about the future






29. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear






30. A declaration or statement






31. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure






32. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth






33. Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't necessarily logical but that are nevertheless striking - original - and 'true'; often departs from the literal meaning






34. Difficult to comprehend






35. Feeling or showing little emotion






36. The study of the origin of words and their historical uses






37. Arrogant; vainly proud






38. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it






39. To make an itemized list of






40. A collection of literary pieces






41. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable






42. To free from guilt or blame






43. A brilliantly executed plan






44. Lazy






45. Causing great harm






46. Menacing; threatening






47. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing






48. Describing a showy or pretentious display






49. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence






50. Describing a large amount of something