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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
stem
maverick
opulent
alliance
2. A sentence with several dependent clauses that precede the independent clause
enmity
periodic sentence
medieval
object
3. Playfully humorous
superficial
superfluous
facetious
naive
4. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
dubious
torpor
assertion
apprehension
5. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
irony
profound
mundane
polysyndeton
6. Like chiasmus - this figure repeats the opening word or phrase at the end of the sentence to emphasize a statement or idea - but it is not an ABBA reversal
epanalepsis
coherent
anthropomorphism
juxtaposition
7. An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence
florid
predicate adjective
novice
anaphora
8. Inborn; built-in
facetious
inherent
absolutes
syllogism
9. The use of consecutive coordinating conjunctions even when they are not needed
clandestine
process analysis
disparity
polysyndeton
10. Elaborately decorated
fastidious
cause and effect
clarity
ornate
11. Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure - weak
epanalepsis
rhetorical shift
proximity
tenuous
12. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
obsolete
ostentatious
disparity
rhetorical shift
13. Not caring one way or the other
ad hominem
apprehension
meticulous
indifferent
14. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
consensus
dictatorial
staid
oxymoron
15. Submissive; like a servant
distractor
servile
obscure
benevolent
16. To avoid making a definite statement
equivocate
onomatopoeia
deleterious
putrid
17. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
prosaic
denotation
harbinger
impartial
18. Unplanned; naturally occurring
disdain
imperative sentence
spontaneous
cryptic
19. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
coherent
metonymy
superfluous
paradox
20. Impulsive and unpredictable
repetition
catalog
capricious
lucid
21. Open to more than one interpretation
putrid
ambiguous
point of view
participle
22. Worn out through overuse; trite
hackneyed
bandwagon
emphasize
stoic
23. Rotten
rhetorical shift
allusion
definition
putrid
24. An apparent contradiction of terms
oxymoron
rancorous
pervasive
propriety
25. Cunning
conception
bandwagon
narrative
wily
26. The ability to form or understand an idea
inductive
theoretical
conception
stratagem
27. Any time one of the five senses (visual - auditory - tactile - olfactory - gustatory) is evoked by what you have read - you have encountered this
fabricated
dogmatic
loose sentence
imagery
28. A minor figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action associated with it
maverick
understatement
straw man
onomatopoeia
29. A sentence with three equally distinct and equally long parts
tricolon
analogy
ruse
disingenuous
30. Hard-working
imperious
naive
assiduous
ambiguity
31. Persistence
malleable
transitory
tenacity
emigrate
32. Well-meaning; generous
simile
cause and effect
novel
benevolent
33. Highly respected
connotation
venerated
aesthetic
fallacy
34. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
assimilation
catalog
solvent
35. On guard
ominous
wary
disparity
tenuous
36. Treating in a condescending manner
dialect
benign
patronizing
consensus
37. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
affable
plagiarism
personification
denotation
38. Contempt - scorn
ambiguous
subordinate conjunction
apostrophe
disdain
39. Two words that create a sense of opposition; a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side-by-side
ad hominem
oxymoron
permeated
auspicious
40. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
ambivalent
distractor
servile
conception
41. Current - modern; from the same time
oxymoron
contemporary
ambivalent
archetype
42. A form of deductive reasoning; a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
deleterious
enlightening
realism
43. To calm or soothe
prodigious
mollify
synecdoche
condemn
44. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
lexicon
alliance
intuition
figurative language
45. The opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb
active voice
humor
gesticulating
imperative sentence
46. A crucial figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word 'like -' or 'as -' or 'than' in order to better perceive its importance
toxic
etymology
modest
simile
47. Point of view
perspective
acquired
diction
aphorism
48. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
cause and effect
metaphor
tenuous
compelling
49. A basic statement or an assertion; the most common type of sentence
ostentatious
excerpt
periodic sentence
declarative sentence
50. Describing a showy or pretentious display
irony
fastidious
ostentatious
trepidation