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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Easily understood; clear
vilify
lucid
compare/contrast
pugnacious
2. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
pathos
superfluous
predicate adjective
3. Producing a deep or full sound
dictatorial
sonorous
ambivalent
incontrovertible
4. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
polysyndeton
endure
mural
clandestine
5. Sadness; depression
ruse
medieval
elusive
melancholy
6. Possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
sonorous
fastidious
phenomenon
dubious
7. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
paramount
rancorous
acquired
paradox
8. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
tenuous
imperative sentence
ethos
eloquence
9. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
surreptitiously
misconception
prosaic
malapropism
10. This is an ABBA syntactical structure rather than the more common parallel ABAB structure
emotional words
chiasmus
asyndeton
quandary
11. A place of retreat or security
analogy
asylum
syllogism
trivial
12. General agreement
nascent
consensus
indifferent
sonorous
13. Not genuine
apology
inveterate
spurious
narrative
14. Imaginative language that compares one thing to another in ways that aren't necessarily logical but that are nevertheless striking - original - and 'true'; often departs from the literal meaning
vindicated
propitious
exclamatory sentence
figurative language
15. Inborn; built-in
nascent
humor
cause and effect
inherent
16. Unemotional; serious
ellipsis
staid
arbitrary
argumentation
17. Worn out through overuse; trite
malfeasance
premonition
hackneyed
emphasize
18. Stubborn; inflexible
ellipsis
point of view
obdurate
modest
19. To consider perfect
metonymy
subordinate conjunction
logos
idealize
20. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
parody
penitent
synecdoche
egregious
21. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
period
diligent
conviction
sardonic
22. Treating people as weak or inferior
division/classification
prosaic
condescending
simile
23. Open to more than one interpretation
ambivalent
chiasmus
imperative sentence
ambiguous
24. Describing a large amount of something
facetious
ample
capricious
mundane
25. To ease a pain or burden
realism
alleviate
malice
repetition
26. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
inveterate
pugnacious
27. Appeal based on logic or reason
impression
hackneyed
narrative
logos
28. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; difference
plausible
disparity
irony
venerated
29. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
effusive
oxymoron
parentheticals
florid
30. Conspicuously bad or offensive
contemporary
argument from ignorance
prosaic
egregious
31. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb
mural
exemplification
phrase
active voice
32. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
oxymoron
synecdoche
pernicious
hackneyed
33. Circumstances of a situation; environment
context
sardonic
obdurate
deleterious
34. A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth
putrid
dilettante
aphorism
superficial
35. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dubious
interrogative sentence
personification
ominous
36. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
prodigious
narrative
hypocrisy
denotation
37. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
personification
maverick
derived
complex sentence
38. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
division/classification
biased
fabricated
transient
39. Enormous
apposition
imagery
prodigious
ruse
40. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
chiasmus
anadiplosis
brittle
cohesive
41. An observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim
logos
toxic
imperative sentence
antithesis
42. Extra; unnecessary
incumbent
active voice
alliteration
superfluous
43. This clause contains a noun and a verb but is set up with a subordinate conjunction - which makes the clause an incomplete thought
theme
benign
diction
dependent clause
44. The study of the rules of grammar that define the formation of sentences
syntax
rhetorical triangle
truncated
reprehensible
45. Abundantly supplied: filled to capacity
alliance
wary
replete
ebullience
46. A widespread fire
dogmatic
conflagration
opulent
exculpate
47. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
serene
egregious
synthesis
prompt
48. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
analogy
fabricated
impartial
predicate adjective
49. Proper; marked by good taste
disparity
distractor
decorous
sanction
50. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
enmity
ponderous
simile
double-bind