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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Appropriateness of behavior
disdain
thesis
propriety
notorious
2. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
oxymoron
staid
enmity
3. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
egregious
ethos
reclamation
double-bind
4. 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
anadiplosis
pejorative
superficial
nascent
5. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
emotional words
gerund
emphasize
metonymy
6. A place of retreat or security
assertion
predicate nominative
fluid
asylum
7. Shrewd; clever
malapropism
periodic sentence
astute
prudent
8. A question
harbinger
malapropism
disdain
interrogative sentence
9. To leave one country or region and settle in another
aphorism
imperative sentence
poisoning the well
emigrate
10. The ability to form or understand an idea
compelling
alienated
conception
ad hominem
11. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
oxymoron
malapropism
ambiguous
aphorism
12. Menacing; threatening
ominous
impression
austere
biased
13. To calm or soothe
impartial
parallelism
excerpt
mollify
14. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
dialect
plausible
facile
ethos
15. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
maverick
facile
archetype
fractious
16. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
trepidation
period
transitory
mural
17. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
perspective
virtuoso
fabricated
effusive
18. To put up with; to survive a hardship
nascent
pathos
zeugma
endure
19. General agreement
consensus
toxic
simple sentence
transitory
20. Inborn; built-in
prosaic
inherent
medieval
benign
21. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
imagery
disparage
theoretical
brittle
22. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
paradigm
fractious
process analysis
synecdoche
23. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
participle
logos
sardonic
diligent
24. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
apology
intrepid
intuition
notorious
25. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
synthesis
syllogism
caustic
aesthetic
26. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
asylum
ominous
frank
27. An appeal to reason; one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle
arbiter
logos
facile
insolent
28. Rudely abrupt
ebullience
brusque
disingenuous
incorrigible
29. Plentiful; having a large quantity
gratuitous
contemporary
copious
spurious
30. Statement of high praise
anadiplosis
panegyric
predicate
sanction
31. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
cordial
apposition
virtuoso
idealize
32. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
chiasmus
parentheticals
conflagration
logos
33. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
rhetoric
substantiated
satire
34. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
cogent
pernicious
apprehension
misconception
35. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
hypocrisy
subordinate conjunction
transitory
36. A failure of logical reasoning
definition
fallacy
profound
pernicious
37. Secretive
clandestine
realism
derived
candor
38. Current - modern; from the same time
amenable
cordial
connotation
contemporary
39. Another fallacy - this is also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for 'after this - therefore because of this') - and it falls under the general umbrella of a causality fallacy or false cause
hyperbole
sedentary
dictatorial
cause and effect
40. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
ad hominem
fluid
nocturnal
paradox
41. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
ethos
active voice
process analysis
declarative sentence
42. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
periodic sentence
rational
contemporary
decorous
43. Short-lived or temporary
frenetic
transitory
intuition
compelling
44. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
division/classification
epistrophe
malapropism
pragmatic
45. Favorable; promising
ellipsis
caustic
impinge
auspicious
46. Sadness; depression
premise
laudatory
melancholy
hackneyed
47. A widespread fire
conflagration
lexicon
rapport
quandary
48. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
meticulous
syntax
thesis
notorious
49. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
wary
arbitrary
complex sentence
servile
50. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
pun
misconception
understatement
prodigious