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AP English Language And Composition Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Proper; marked by good taste






2. A perfect example; an original pattern or model






3. Wildly excited or active






4. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure






5. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb






6. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow






7. Timid; fearful about the future






8. The act of making something useful again






9. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect






10. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance






11. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices






12. To make an itemized list of






13. Extra; unnecessary






14. Unimportant






15. A basic statement or an assertion; the most common type of sentence






16. A feeling about the future






17. Rotten






18. Anxiety or fear about the future






19. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence






20. Practical






21. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic






22. Laziness; inactivity; dullness






23. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone






24. Menacing; threatening






25. Open to more than one interpretation






26. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people






27. Submissive; like a servant






28. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary






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






30. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor






31. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses






32. Imposed as a duty; obligatory






33. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge






34. Making gestures while speaking






35. An ungrateful person






36. A combination of a compound and a complex sentence






37. Something out of place in time or sequence






38. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence






39. Two words that together create a sense of opposition






40. Express grief for; mourn






41. Unimaginative; dull






42. All-powerful






43. Two events where one event brings about or caused the other; the first event is the cause - the second is the effect; it explains why something happens or is likely to happen






44. To leave one country or region and settle in another






45. Describing a category or artistic endeavor






46. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)






47. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )






48. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing






49. Supported with proof or evidence; verified






50. Not applied to actual objects