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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. 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
apposition
subject
mural
euphemism
2. In the multiple-choice section - this is the question you are asked to complete with the given possible answers
spurious
stem
malapropism
paradox
3. Of chief concern or importance
tricolon
paramount
fabricated
hierarchy
4. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
fabricated
diligent
chiasmus
torpor
5. Author - audience - purpose
sanction
indifferent
rhetorical triangle
paradox
6. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
distractor
inherent
predicate adjective
equanimity
7. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
predicate
begging the question
sardonic
maverick
8. All-powerful
conflagration
simile
omnipotent
connotation
9. Shortened; cut off
truncated
syllogism
poisoning the well
process analysis
10. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
patronizing
disdain
humor
tricolon
11. Commendable; worthy of imitation
anadiplosis
denotation
ethos
exemplary
12. Having no useful purpose; pointless
intuition
malleable
futile
nascent
13. Plentiful; having a large quantity
permeated
period
incumbent
copious
14. On guard
wary
vilify
didactic
non sequitur
15. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
apostrophe
transitory
replete
16. Having great depth or seriousness
complex sentence
trivial
pejorative
profound
17. Three dots that indicate words have been left out of a quotation; they also can be used to create suspense
servile
mundane
non sequitur
ellipsis
18. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
wily
subject
double-bind
ornate
19. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
catalog
florid
metaphor
subordinate conjunction
20. To ease a pain or burden
condescending
cause and effect
alleviate
begging the question
21. The formal term for the noun that is the basic focus of the sentence; it is who or what is doing the action in the sentence
tricolon
begging the question
subject
distractor
22. Rotten
period
putrid
amenable
perspective
23. Kind and gentle
hyperbole
serene
benign
ad hominem
24. Coming into existence; emerging
nascent
superficial
implication
sanction
25. Not able to be denied or disputed
incontrovertible
simile
comprehensive
integrity
26. Appropriateness of behavior
obscure
trivial
propriety
cogent
27. An apparent contradiction of terms
anthology
rational
oxymoron
implication
28. Unemotional; serious
integrity
facile
staid
novice
29. Relatively unknown
anastrophe
obscure
toxic
red herring
30. Sincerity; openness
enlightening
candor
derived
apparatus
31. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
exemplification
prompt
irony
32. A sentence structure made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
compound sentence
harbinger
malapropism
endure
33. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
harbinger
disingenuous
synecdoche
34. The opposite of connotation; quite literally the dictionary meaning of a word
amenable
incorrigible
simple sentence
denotation
35. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
figurative language
stoic
rhetorical question
ruse
36. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
inevitable
emotional words
absolutes
harbinger
37. Calm
endure
sedentary
serene
tenacity
38. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
inevitable
discourse
malleable
impression
39. To restrain; to hold back
subdue
bandwagon
camaraderie
condescending
40. Mutual hatred or ill-will
emigrate
cause and effect
intrepid
enmity
41. 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
ruse
opulent
diligent
theme
42. Of little importance or significance
discourse
trivial
nocturnal
copious
43. Courageous; fearless
assimilation
coherent
embellish
intrepid
44. Feeling or showing little emotion
prosaic
apathetic
stoic
malapropism
45. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
obstinate
alliance
transient
46. A brilliantly executed plan
emigrate
despotic
active voice
coup
47. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
alienated
wily
sonorous
48. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
notorious
capricious
quandary
fallacy
49. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; it must have a noun and a verb (subject and predicate)
wily
independent clause
allusion
sanction
50. An exaggeration - fairly common in nonfiction prose arguments - that bolsters an argument
dilettante
hyperbole
oxymoron
slander