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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Timid; fearful about the future
rhetorical question
timorous
logos
plagiarism
2. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
propitious
notorious
superfluous
inveterate
3. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
excerpt
exclamatory sentence
slander
frank
4. The moods/associations/implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning
trivial
affable
novice
connotation
5. Friendly; sincere
benign
cordial
context
nascent
6. Giving human attributes to non-human things
personification
phenomenon
enmity
serene
7. Not caring one way or the other
ostentatious
irony
indifferent
appositive
8. A beginner
anastrophe
propitious
novice
torpor
9. Extremely careful and precise
impinge
modest
meticulous
nocturnal
10. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
mundane
venerated
dubious
11. Sadness; depression
active voice
melancholy
putrid
double-bind
12. Energy; power to survive
plagiarism
exemplary
vitality
rhetorical question
13. Making gestures while speaking
description
distractor
gesticulating
passive voice
14. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
euphemism
harbinger
eclectic
15. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
replete
caustic
eloquence
hypocrisy
16. A form of logical argumentation that uses claims or premises - where the author assumes that you will accept the claims as true and that you will then deduce the correct conclusion from the accepted premises at the outset
condemn
deductive
conviction
ruse
17. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
narration
arbiter
archaic
predicate
18. An argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false
obscure
argument from ignorance
rhetorical question
novel
19. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
syllogism
eclectic
enlightening
chiasmus
20. The ability to form or understand an idea
camaraderie
gratuitous
cohesive
conception
21. Appeal based on logic or reason
subject
logos
mundane
irony
22. Determined by impulse rather than reason
bandwagon
arbitrary
genre
thesis
23. The act of suggesting or hinting
rhetorical question
replete
parody
implication
24. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
implication
slander
distractor
vitality
25. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
metonymy
meticulous
inductive
26. Lacking sophistication
embellish
rational
inconsequential
naive
27. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
novice
stem
period
compound sentence
28. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
malleable
ornate
pervasive
listless
29. Express grief for; mourn
lament
exculpate
virtuoso
modest
30. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
participle
capricious
wary
interrogative sentence
31. Commendable; worthy of imitation
fastidious
straw man
sanction
exemplary
32. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
listless
endure
alliteration
prosaic
33. Awareness; insight
irony
tone
subordinate conjunction
perception
34. Profoundly moving; touching
poignant
fallacy
elusive
division/classification
35. An example or model
apathetic
paradigm
independent clause
chiasmus
36. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
arbiter
ellipsis
cohesive
hyperbole
37. Intended to instruct
ethos
figurative language
didactic
toxic
38. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
metonymy
dictatorial
infinitive
39. An apparent contradiction of terms
perspective
etymology
florid
oxymoron
40. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
premonition
assimilation
effusive
compelling
41. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
deductive
medley
double-bind
quandary
42. Appeal based on the character of the speaker
apparatus
ethos
deductive
sedentary
43. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
quandary
rapport
pathos
44. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
anthropomorphism
red herring
modest
alliance
45. A person or character is introduced with language that suggests that he is not at all reliable before the listener/reader knows anything about him
period
poisoning the well
exemplary
aphorism
46. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
logos
predicate adjective
harbinger
tenuous
47. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
repetition
vilify
benevolent
48. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
synecdoche
emigrate
zeugma
infinitive
49. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
ornate
paramount
satire
50. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
insolent
emotional words
disparage
slippery slope (also called domino theory)