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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Freed from blame
condemn
vindicated
context
prodigious
2. Strikingly new or unusual
austere
begging the question
novel
epistrophe
3. The act of suggesting or hinting
torpor
apprehension
anastrophe
implication
4. Quarrelsome; unruly
pun
fractious
disdain
phrase
5. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
tenacity
whimsical
narrative
double-bind
6. Also known as loaded words - these can demonstrate a writer's intense feelings or emotions; they display an author's voice
medley
rhetorical question
emotional words
dependent clause
7. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
integrity
cordial
imagery
syntax
8. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
fastidious
obscure
maverick
disparage
9. Dividing a subject into categories and analyzing the characteristics of each category
division/classification
syntax
ponderous
narrative
10. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
argumentation
subject
conviction
11. Statement of high praise
panegyric
compelling
medley
wily
12. The process of forming reasons - justifying beliefs - and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others
argumentation
figurative language
obdurate
exculpate
13. Calm
serene
context
epistrophe
emigrate
14. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
disparity
anaphora
prodigious
parody
15. Arrogant; vainly proud
alliteration
euphemism
paradigm
haughty
16. To conceal or make indistinct
passive voice
perspective
obscure
anthology
17. Unemotional; serious
staid
inevitable
spontaneous
rhetorical triangle
18. Trustworthiness; completeness
point of view
ad hominem
perception
integrity
19. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
inherent
apparatus
distractor
20. Of little importance or significance
interrogative sentence
trivial
indifferent
disparage
21. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
compelling
ambiguity
paramount
parody
22. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
simile
contemptuous
absolutes
aesthetic
23. Large in scope or content
diligent
fallacy
comprehensive
deleterious
24. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
stoic
medley
apostrophe
25. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
decorous
torpor
phrase
bandwagon
26. Not applied to actual objects
etymology
effusive
disparage
abstract
27. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
ellipsis
wary
anthology
28. 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
poisoning the well
indolent
ad hominem
appositive
29. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
medley
slander
analogy
maverick
30. Having no useful purpose; pointless
medieval
deleterious
futile
allusion
31. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
melancholy
premonition
imperative sentence
harbinger
32. Wrongdoing - misconduct
wily
naive
description
malfeasance
33. Combative; belligerent
trepidation
obscure
eclectic
pugnacious
34. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
object
malleable
gerund
metonymy
35. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
enmity
metaphor
paramount
fallacy
36. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
predicate nominative
staid
inductive
37. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
conflagration
disparity
frenetic
aesthetic
38. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
rancorous
nocturnal
facile
narration
39. 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
exemplification
staid
euphemism
poignant
40. 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
rhetoric
false dilemma
ambiguity
metonymy
41. Three dots that indicate words have been left out of a quotation; they also can be used to create suspense
metonymy
ellipsis
connotation
sedentary
42. Commendable; worthy of imitation
intrepid
fluid
exemplary
benign
43. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
rhetorical triangle
intuition
emphasize
stoic
44. Cunning
incontrovertible
emigrate
discredit
wily
45. A command
imperative sentence
opulent
egregious
inconsequential
46. Appeal based on emotion
jargon
pathos
lexicon
division/classification
47. Subdued; kept from being circulated
predicate
incontrovertible
polysyndeton
suppressed
48. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
ambiguous
obscure
stratagem
embellish
49. Profoundly moving; touching
poignant
deleterious
euphemism
etymology
50. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
embellish
bandwagon
disdain
brusque