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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
coup
discourse
rapport
analogy
2. A group organized by rank
definition
sanction
mundane
hierarchy
3. To give official authorization or approval
wily
idealize
endure
sanction
4. Having no useful purpose; pointless
rhetoric
futile
serene
oxymoron
5. Wrongdoing - misconduct
malfeasance
prompt
anastrophe
ruse
6. Hatefully evil; abominable
inveterate
genre
heinous
etymology
7. A noun or pronoun that uses a linking verb to unite - describe - or rename the noun in the subject of the sentence
predicate nominative
suppressed
obsolete
mundane
8. Extremely careful and precise
idealize
oxymoron
meticulous
interrogative sentence
9. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
candor
subordinate conjunction
object
ad hominem
10. Extreme ill-will or spite
malice
excerpt
ethos
clandestine
11. A widespread fire
predicate nominative
tenuous
conflagration
florid
12. Another fallacy - this is also known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for 'after this - therefore because of this') - and it falls under the general umbrella of a causality fallacy or false cause
cause and effect
passive voice
dogmatic
emphasize
13. The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
active voice
equanimity
alliteration
gerund
14. Bitingly sarcastic or witty
gratuitous
caustic
obscure
derived
15. A command
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
imperative sentence
tone
staid
16. Circumstances of a situation; environment
absolutes
context
subordinate conjunction
lament
17. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
fluid
apostrophe
hierarchy
simple sentence
18. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
propitious
reclamation
process analysis
insipid
19. The ability to form or understand an idea
transient
slander
mediocrity
conception
20. The moods/associations/implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning
connotation
harbinger
vilify
asylum
21. Hinder; interfere with
impinge
indifferent
auspicious
malapropism
22. The study of the origin of words and their historical uses
distractor
etymology
inherent
begging the question
23. The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage; not clear
substantiated
mediocrity
ambiguity
subject
24. A failure of logical reasoning
subordinate conjunction
solvent
fallacy
connotation
25. Closeness
spontaneous
eloquence
ample
proximity
26. Feeling or showing little emotion
eclectic
apathetic
contemptuous
sardonic
27. Rotten
hyperbole
abstract
prudent
putrid
28. Characterized by the telling of a story
excerpt
sanction
narrative
subordinate conjunction
29. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
argument from ignorance
ruse
rancorous
30. Poisonous
insolent
imperative sentence
toxic
paramount
31. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
comprehensive
slander
coup
enlightening
32. In its basic form - this is a three-part argument construction in which two premises lead to a truth
propitious
fastidious
independent clause
syllogism
33. Practical
copious
impinge
pragmatic
ornate
34. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
non sequitur
torpor
passive voice
zeugma
35. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
tenuous
copious
imagery
notorious
36. This creates exaggeration by showing restraint; it is the opposite of hyperbole
deductive
understatement
inevitable
vitality
37. To avoid making a definite statement
obdurate
substantiated
equivocate
phenomenon
38. Current - modern; from the same time
contemporary
apathetic
mollify
infinitive
39. Phrases - sentences - and words inside parentheses ( )
apparatus
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
parentheticals
logos
40. Possessed from birth; inborn
astute
bandwagon
plausible
innate
41. A grouping of words that define or clarity; a group of words that is not a sentence because there is no verb
denotation
clandestine
innate
phrase
42. To ease a pain or burden
nascent
inveterate
alleviate
simple sentence
43. A failure of logical reasoning
inveterate
oxymoron
fallacy
zeugma
44. An argument using an inappropriate metaphor
hackneyed
perception
metaphor
false analogy
45. Rhetorical strategy that uses sensory details to portray a person - place - or thing
asylum
description
polysyndeton
arbitrary
46. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
sardonic
periodic sentence
anadiplosis
dilettante
47. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
anaphora
coup
enmity
pathos
48. Intended to instruct
wily
truncated
ponderous
didactic
49. A play on words; in an argument - this usually calls humorous attention to a particular point
logos
pun
implication
toxic
50. Energy; power to survive
equivocate
exclamatory sentence
irony
vitality