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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
oxymoron
stoic
pernicious
2. Easily understood; clear
impression
discredit
lucid
eloquence
3. To give special attention to something - to stress
emphasize
description
derived
hackneyed
4. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
pernicious
emigrate
timorous
malapropism
5. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
epistrophe
figurative language
pejorative
thesis
6. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
understatement
transient
cordial
ethos
7. Rudely abrupt
slander
malleable
asylum
brusque
8. A crafty trick
venerated
rhetoric
ruse
sanction
9. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
alienated
irony
understatement
10. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
object
eclectic
hackneyed
emotional words
11. Extremely careful and precise
simple sentence
eloquence
meticulous
lexicon
12. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
division/classification
oxymoron
anthology
rational
13. An example or model
paradigm
fastidious
permeated
hackneyed
14. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
didactic
eclectic
etymology
substantiated
15. A major figure of speech in rhetorical analysis that seeks to create a mental discontinuity - which then forces the reader to pause and seek clarity
obdurate
simile
paradox
apostrophe
16. The act of making something useful again
simile
inherent
reclamation
endure
17. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
anastrophe
nascent
apathetic
18. A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground
disingenuous
absolutes
etymology
thesis
19. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
inveterate
independent clause
spurious
indolent
20. Intended to instruct
arbitrary
didactic
ominous
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
21. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
impinge
flagrant
quandary
reprehensible
22. An apparent contradiction of terms
loose sentence
paradox
oxymoron
derived
23. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
chiasmus
euphemism
phenomenon
intrepid
24. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
maverick
malfeasance
tenacity
aphorism
25. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
insolent
assimilation
inveterate
dogmatic
26. A feeling about the future
lexicon
premonition
incumbent
amenable
27. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
dogged
infinitive
bandwagon
irony
28. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
infinitive
embellish
etymology
medley
29. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
pragmatic
irony
frank
gratuitous
30. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
pervasive
anthropomorphism
irony
disparity
31. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
prudent
oxymoron
personification
torpor
32. Menacing; threatening
ostentatious
ominous
simple sentence
alliance
33. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
compare/contrast
whimsical
cogent
pathos
34. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
sanction
epistrophe
impartial
ebullience
35. Timid; fearful about the future
polysyndeton
malleable
subject
timorous
36. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
syntax
genre
naive
listless
37. Favorable; promising
suppressed
compound sentence
auspicious
pernicious
38. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
prudent
dogmatic
connotation
mediocrity
39. Causing great harm
pernicious
compound sentence
patronizing
paradox
40. Hard-working
wily
description
apathetic
assiduous
41. To leave one country or region and settle in another
cause/effect
emigrate
emotional words
whimsical
42. Showing by example
egregious
exemplification
facile
lexicon
43. Open to more than one interpretation
paradigm
ambiguous
frenetic
apparatus
44. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
apathetic
incumbent
synthesis
exculpate
45. Good will between friends
arbitrary
acquired
camaraderie
anthropomorphism
46. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
alleviate
argument from ignorance
parody
imagery
47. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
cryptic
condemn
epistrophe
archetype
48. The formal statement of the meaning of a word or phrase
appositive
repetition
meticulous
definition
49. Courageous; fearless
acquired
intrepid
biased
egregious
50. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
dogmatic
harbinger
realism
premise