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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
frenetic
impinge
dictatorial
subject
2. Not genuine
alleviate
fallacy
parentheticals
spurious
3. An unusual - observable event
fastidious
simile
frenetic
phenomenon
4. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
conviction
condemn
parentheticals
5. Worn out through overuse; trite
anthropomorphism
hackneyed
cogent
chiasmus
6. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
simile
diligent
impede
ethos
7. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
apparatus
inductive
fabricated
florid
8. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
penitent
irony
impartial
stem
9. This occurs when a person engaging in an argument defines his opponent's position when the opponent is not present and defines it in a manner that is easy to attack
disparage
decorous
definition
straw man
10. Submissive; like a servant
obsolete
servile
subject
syntax
11. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
dilettante
tricolon
premise
12. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb
active voice
copious
biased
gratuitous
13. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
facetious
anastrophe
maverick
subordinate conjunction
14. To restrain; to hold back
humor
spontaneous
benign
subdue
15. A verbal (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed
premonition
patronizing
perspective
participle
16. Closeness
oxymoron
proximity
fabricated
opulent
17. Uncertainty; apprehension
putrid
equivocate
assiduous
trepidation
18. Developed or learned; not naturally occurring
assiduous
malapropism
equanimity
acquired
19. Lazy
euphemism
indolent
begging the question
vitality
20. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
biased
quandary
non sequitur
disingenuous
21. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
despotic
infinitive
mundane
22. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
suppressed
lucid
lexicon
chiasmus
23. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
slippery slope (also called domino theory)
metonymy
sanction
apostrophe
24. Extreme ill-will or spite
fastidious
quandary
malice
false dilemma
25. A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of the clause begins the next clause - creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way
derived
point of view
abstract
anadiplosis
26. The moods/associations/implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning
eloquence
enlightening
connotation
vitality
27. Also called a noun phrase - this modifies the noun next to it
zeugma
reclamation
appositive
narrative
28. This argument occurs when the speaker states a claim that includes a word or phrase that needs to be defined before the argument can proceed
begging the question
distractor
cause/effect
integrity
29. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
superfluous
cryptic
ornate
hypothetical
30. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
rhetorical shift
premonition
plagiarism
ostentatious
31. A situation of conflict from which there is no escape; an irresolvable dilemma
disingenuous
cogent
double-bind
heinous
32. Copied or adapted from a source
ethos
derived
narrative
objectivity
33. To conceal or make indistinct
obscure
conflagration
condemn
auspicious
34. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
syntax
metonymy
cohesive
putrid
35. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
ornate
syllogism
active voice
parentheticals
36. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth
candor
syllogism
ethos
epanalepsis
37. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
cogent
onomatopoeia
narrative
paradox
38. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
process analysis
aphorism
impartial
dogged
39. Dispersed throughout
superficial
emotional words
pervasive
incontrovertible
40. Enormous
false dilemma
paradox
prodigious
excerpt
41. Uninteresting; unchallenging
pathos
nocturnal
trepidation
insipid
42. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
parentheticals
harbinger
ostentatious
lament
43. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
diligent
stem
hypothetical
surreptitiously
44. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
lucid
parody
irony
despotic
45. Favorable; promising
alliteration
intrepid
auspicious
oxymoron
46. Well-meaning; generous
proliferate
benevolent
servile
trivial
47. Relatively unknown
compound-complex sentence
logos
obscure
double-bind
48. Easily flowing
fluid
apposition
chiasmus
rancorous
49. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
exclamatory sentence
venerated
hierarchy
50. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
fastidious
contemporary
syllogism
chiasmus