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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. To restrain; to hold back
simple sentence
astute
loose sentence
subdue
2. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
allusion
fluid
dictatorial
3. A fixed or strong belief
impinge
conviction
malleable
nascent
4. The opposite of active voice; in this voice - something happens to someone
passive voice
mural
dilettante
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
5. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
coup
penitent
facile
6. Unimportant
inconsequential
prosaic
anastrophe
replete
7. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
effusive
parallelism
apposition
reprehensible
8. Giving praise
rhetorical question
permeated
laudatory
virtuoso
9. A declaration or statement
irony
simile
predicate nominative
assertion
10. 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
obscure
paramount
simile
reprehensible
11. Inborn; built-in
implication
candor
inherent
contemporary
12. Practical
condemn
enlightening
pragmatic
alienated
13. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
plagiarism
hypocrisy
diligent
novice
14. Courageous; fearless
profound
apposition
intrepid
torpor
15. Current - modern; from the same time
periodic sentence
phenomenon
contemporary
pejorative
16. Something out of place in time or sequence
contemporary
emotional words
parody
anachronism
17. Menacing; threatening
definition
premonition
ominous
passive voice
18. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
theoretical
alliance
acquired
disdain
19. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
periodic sentence
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
consensus
begging the question
20. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
definition
bandwagon
denotation
predicate adjective
21. Two words that together create a sense of opposition
oxymoron
pathos
enmity
propriety
22. Easily understood; clear
independent clause
facile
lucid
diligent
23. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
malapropism
logos
coherent
bandwagon
24. An ungrateful person
ellipsis
humor
parentheticals
ingrate
25. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
apparatus
condemn
archaic
subject
26. Prayer-like - this is a direct address to someone who is not present - to a deity or muse - or to some other power
absolutes
apostrophe
archaic
ambivalent
27. Profoundly moving; touching
poignant
nascent
object
malfeasance
28. A widespread fire
archaic
condescending
fluid
conflagration
29. Favorable; promising
tone
tricolon
synthesis
auspicious
30. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
subordinate conjunction
ingrate
paradigm
31. Of or occurring in the night
nocturnal
ruse
medieval
solvent
32. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines - prose sentences - clauses - or paragraphs
periodic sentence
pejorative
anaphora
misconception
33. Hatefully evil; abominable
vitality
subdue
heinous
argument from ignorance
34. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
antithesis
interrogative sentence
discredit
35. Secretive
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
clandestine
periodic sentence
appositive
36. Friendly; sincere
assimilation
excerpt
cordial
hackneyed
37. To use a safer or nicer word for something others find inappropriate or unappealing
euphemism
poisoning the well
prompt
satire
38. Describing a dry - rainless climate
alliance
ambivalent
arid
hyperbole
39. Highly respected
false dilemma
permeated
ornate
venerated
40. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
irony
allusion
ingrate
logos
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
compare/contrast
effusive
clandestine
theme
42. This literally means 'it does not follow'; this is an argument by misdirection and is logically irrelevant
discredit
surreptitiously
pugnacious
non sequitur
43. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
epistrophe
impede
diligent
subordinate conjunction
44. Quarrelsome; unruly
aphorism
rational
fractious
synecdoche
45. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
intrepid
coup
definition
plagiarism
46. One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle; basically an appeal to credibility
false dilemma
irony
effusive
ethos
47. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
equivocate
frank
passive voice
jargon
48. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
proliferate
compare/contrast
clarity
propriety
49. Worthy of blame
impinge
parody
benign
reprehensible
50. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
implication
ebullience
notorious
jargon