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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Combative; belligerent
astute
subdue
apathetic
pugnacious
2. Treating in a condescending manner
pervasive
patronizing
lament
ellipsis
3. Rotten
cordial
sanction
putrid
incorrigible
4. Worthy of blame
omnipotent
simile
reprehensible
prodigious
5. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
servile
prosaic
realism
6. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
panegyric
anaphora
apprehension
7. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
ad hominem
phenomenon
analogy
transitory
8. Prejudiced
pugnacious
biased
sonorous
logos
9. Certain to happen - unavoidable
innovative
absolutes
inevitable
rhetorical shift
10. A union of two or more groups
rhetoric
oxymoron
alliance
phenomenon
11. Sadness; depression
melancholy
dogmatic
meticulous
trepidation
12. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
parentheticals
brittle
solvent
poisoning the well
13. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
torpor
dilettante
assertion
sedentary
14. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
hierarchy
dialect
cogent
15. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
oxymoron
chiasmus
ethos
cohesive
16. 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
rhetorical triangle
period
mundane
17. An ungrateful person
ingrate
candor
catalog
pugnacious
18. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
truncated
biased
appositive
19. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
poignant
mundane
rational
permeated
20. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dilettante
dubious
derived
synecdoche
21. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
repetition
oxymoron
anthology
surreptitiously
22. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
syntax
cryptic
pun
convoluted
23. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
definition
substantiated
brittle
distractor
24. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
disparity
reprehensible
embellish
pathos
25. A story
innovative
narrative
red herring
despotic
26. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
non sequitur
premonition
impression
tricolon
27. Kind and gentle
stoic
chiasmus
vilify
benign
28. Spread or flowing throughout
venerated
superficial
permeated
apposition
29. Treating people as weak or inferior
propriety
indifferent
condescending
context
30. Profoundly moving; touching
simple sentence
analogy
transient
poignant
31. Substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver with an agreeable or less offensive expression or to make it less troublesome for the speaker
astute
transient
euphemism
impartial
32. Causing great harm
dictatorial
penitent
pernicious
ethos
33. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
ambiguous
syllogism
slander
clandestine
34. Defense of an idea
trepidation
synthesis
apology
reprehensible
35. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
ostentatious
satire
logos
ingrate
36. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
exemplification
sardonic
archaic
37. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
embellish
connotation
torpor
38. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
onomatopoeia
opulent
indifferent
point of view
39. Calm
serene
prodigious
pugnacious
fractious
40. Circumstances of a situation; environment
whimsical
context
ethos
putrid
41. A minor figure of speech in which the name of one thing is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
metonymy
cryptic
ponderous
servile
42. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
pejorative
compelling
maverick
chiasmus
43. Uncertainty; apprehension
hyperbole
trepidation
rancorous
ample
44. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
dogmatic
superficial
personification
denotation
45. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
exculpate
torpor
phenomenon
46. A feeling about the future
hypocrisy
benign
premonition
cryptic
47. An independent clause followed by all sorts of debris - usually dependent clauses
loose sentence
despotic
haughty
lexicon
48. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
arid
tenacity
prompt
ambiguity
49. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
rhetorical question
heinous
dependent clause
lament
50. Lacking sophistication
juxtaposition
asylum
despotic
naive