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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
aphorism
understatement
thesis
equanimity
2. A question
active voice
interrogative sentence
predicate adjective
sanction
3. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
timorous
deleterious
haughty
tricolon
4. The writer's statement of purpose; the focal intent of the essay
thesis
ebullience
venerated
polysyndeton
5. 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
compound-complex sentence
novel
tenacity
theme
6. Circumstances of a situation; environment
cohesive
diligent
context
austere
7. Extremely dull
prudent
dictatorial
ponderous
false analogy
8. To absorb; to make similar
intrepid
emigrate
inevitable
assimilation
9. Making gestures while speaking
discourse
gesticulating
auspicious
venerated
10. To unite or synthesize a variety of sources to achieve a common end
profound
biased
predicate nominative
synthesis
11. Lazy
indolent
equivocate
medley
archaic
12. Extremely careful and precise
apology
meticulous
theoretical
integrity
13. Rudely abrupt
ruse
intrepid
brusque
stratagem
14. Able to pay one's debts
stem
exemplification
solvent
copious
15. Open to more than one interpretation
misconception
ambiguous
subject
sanction
16. Freed from blame
acquired
allusion
anastrophe
vindicated
17. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
anastrophe
ambiguous
satire
chiasmus
18. A sentence structure that is a combination of a dependent clause and an independent clause
superfluous
complex sentence
misconception
reclamation
19. Making one idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite
ad hominem
phenomenon
fabricated
juxtaposition
20. A conjunction that makes an independent clause into a dependent clause
subordinate conjunction
jargon
nascent
modest
21. Bitingly sarcastic or witty
apposition
caustic
periodic sentence
non sequitur
22. The particular words an author uses in an essay
sedentary
diction
convoluted
predicate
23. Telling a story; a specific way of telling a story
proximity
implication
solvent
narration
24. Trustworthiness; completeness
omnipotent
simple sentence
fallacy
integrity
25. 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
spontaneous
poisoning the well
nascent
hypothetical
26. Mutual hatred or ill-will
anthropomorphism
biased
enmity
hyperbole
27. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
jargon
oxymoron
poignant
alienated
28. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
ambiguity
medieval
truncated
incorrigible
29. A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people
jargon
rhetorical shift
pragmatic
cogent
30. Strikingly new or unusual
dogged
disparage
coherent
novel
31. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
dialect
copious
paradox
syllogism
32. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
connotation
paramount
deductive
incumbent
33. Describing a showy or pretentious display
ostentatious
quandary
incumbent
pragmatic
34. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
metaphor
obscure
narrative
medley
35. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
false analogy
alliteration
dubious
emigrate
36. The deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses
asyndeton
malfeasance
simile
dubious
37. Having no useful purpose; pointless
despotic
futile
etymology
predicate adjective
38. Favorable; promising
auspicious
condescending
diligent
inconsequential
39. The formal statement of the meaning of a word or phrase
transient
decorous
definition
melancholy
40. To leave one country or region and settle in another
premonition
equivocate
emigrate
virtuoso
41. Arrogant; vainly proud
exemplary
rhetorical triangle
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
haughty
42. Proper; marked by good taste
ostentatious
decorous
anthropomorphism
cordial
43. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
intuition
toxic
lucid
denotation
44. Intense enthusiasm
impartial
false analogy
ebullience
modest
45. An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy)
novice
ad hominem
rhetorical triangle
brusque
46. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
denotation
syllogism
metaphor
parentheticals
47. Quarrelsome; unruly
oxymoron
fractious
affable
arbitrary
48. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
assertion
inevitable
bandwagon
49. Convincing; reasonable
non sequitur
cogent
compound-complex sentence
ambiguous
50. Not able to be denied or disputed
melancholy
incontrovertible
nocturnal
incumbent