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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. The formal term for the verb that conveys the meaning or carries the action of the sentence
malleable
rapport
humor
predicate
2. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
truncated
prodigious
fallacy
embellish
3. Determined by impulse rather than reason
arbitrary
hypocrisy
ethos
malapropism
4. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
decorous
zeugma
elusive
equanimity
5. Plentiful; having a large quantity
venerated
despotic
copious
participle
6. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
fallacy
incorrigible
ambiguity
abstract
7. Uncertainty; apprehension
fastidious
surreptitiously
obscure
trepidation
8. The basic message or meaning conveyed through elements of character and conflict; appears often in literature and is paralleled in nonfiction prose by an argument's thesis
theme
parody
embellish
mediocrity
9. Intended to instruct
eclectic
process analysis
didactic
plagiarism
10. Appeal based on logic or reason
logos
effusive
frenetic
spurious
11. A command
laudatory
subject
imperative sentence
melancholy
12. Extreme ill-will or spite
inconsequential
assimilation
malice
apology
13. Describing a category or artistic endeavor
oxymoron
genre
assertion
ambiguity
14. A beginner
premonition
novice
nascent
truncated
15. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
paramount
comprehensive
apparatus
16. Easy-going; friendly
synthesis
modest
compelling
affable
17. A minor figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
dilettante
innate
perspective
synecdoche
18. Copied or adapted from a source
pathos
rancorous
derived
false dilemma
19. Describing a large amount of something
arid
ample
trivial
alliteration
20. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
arid
bandwagon
emphasize
alliteration
21. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
wily
theoretical
parallelism
pejorative
22. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
ominous
stoic
hierarchy
nocturnal
23. A union of two or more groups
ample
alliance
realism
theme
24. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
narration
poignant
innate
imperious
25. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
serene
allusion
logos
chiasmus
26. Uninteresting; unchallenging
quandary
apology
insipid
cause and effect
27. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
alleviate
brittle
dubious
compelling
28. A verb ending in 'ing' that serves as a noun
oxymoron
ingrate
gerund
insipid
29. Possessed from birth; inborn
condescending
innate
implication
obdurate
30. Shrewd; clever
astute
impede
contemptuous
staid
31. Worthy of blame
reprehensible
premise
asylum
deductive
32. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
ominous
ad hominem
conception
division/classification
33. To make an itemized list of
repetition
absolutes
catalog
syntax
34. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
simile
imagery
egregious
poignant
35. Describing a showy or pretentious display
plagiarism
ostentatious
passive voice
apostrophe
36. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
loose sentence
aesthetic
tenacity
compound-complex sentence
37. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
absolutes
benign
integrity
insolent
38. Not applied to actual objects
mediocrity
distractor
abstract
propitious
39. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth
syllogism
participle
pervasive
phrase
40. Easily understood; clear
rhetorical shift
lucid
ponderous
putrid
41. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
red herring
impression
assiduous
sedentary
42. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
synecdoche
comprehensive
subordinate conjunction
43. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
austere
fabricated
synthesis
panegyric
44. Contempt - scorn
syllogism
disingenuous
intrepid
disdain
45. A regional speech pattern; the way people talk in different parts of the world
parentheticals
alliance
apology
dialect
46. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
sardonic
opulent
dependent clause
interrogative sentence
47. 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
frank
inherent
deductive
antithesis
48. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
loose sentence
compare/contrast
coup
denotation
49. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
personification
oxymoron
contemporary
50. Mutual hatred or ill-will
phenomenon
enmity
non sequitur
timorous