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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Menacing; threatening
perspective
ominous
tenacity
implication
2. Not migratory; settled
paradigm
harbinger
sedentary
intrepid
3. All-powerful
incumbent
benign
impede
omnipotent
4. Made; concocted to deceive
tenacity
fabricated
object
polysyndeton
5. A pattern of speech or language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition
parallel syntax (or parallelism)
tenuous
interrogative sentence
wary
6. Having a harmful effect; injurious
subject
deleterious
abstract
tone
7. Wildly excited or active
archetype
arbiter
acquired
frenetic
8. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
omnipotent
archaic
indolent
despotic
9. Statement of high praise
panegyric
eclectic
notorious
coherent
10. A union of two or more groups
point of view
alliance
metonymy
pugnacious
11. To absorb; to make similar
paradox
objectivity
assimilation
malapropism
12. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
camaraderie
anthology
biased
13. Commendable; worthy of imitation
novel
meticulous
obdurate
exemplary
14. Elaborately decorated
apparatus
ornate
oxymoron
imperious
15. A descriptive chronology of the stages in the development of a process
hierarchy
paramount
process analysis
prodigious
16. In essay questions - this has two definitions: the correct one and the common one; the correct one is that this is the paragraph or language that defines the essay task (doesn't include the passage itself); the common definition of this is one you wi
discourse
prompt
phenomenon
ominous
17. Energy; power to survive
contemporary
vitality
syllogism
loose sentence
18. A form of logical argumentation that requires the use of examples
inductive
ponderous
epistrophe
distractor
19. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
polysyndeton
red herring
notorious
fallacy
20. General agreement
substantiated
intrepid
alliteration
consensus
21. 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
theme
sanction
subdue
sanction
22. Clearness in thought or expression
obsolete
euphemism
clarity
flagrant
23. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
enlightening
camaraderie
proliferate
apostrophe
24. Rotten
disparity
putrid
cause/effect
imperious
25. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
emotional words
ambivalent
dependent clause
logos
26. Describing a large amount of something
ample
camaraderie
impede
abstract
27. Unemotional; serious
conflagration
thesis
staid
diligent
28. A statement or a proposition that seems senseless or self-contradictory - but in reality - it may be true
gerund
paradox
affable
stem
29. A figure of speech in which what is unknown is compared to something that is known in order to better gauge its importance
metaphor
endure
tricolon
rancorous
30. A term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas
analogy
replete
subject
derived
31. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
impression
cogent
proliferate
32. Characterized by the telling of a story
listless
narrative
tricolon
patronizing
33. The particular words an author uses in an essay
onomatopoeia
malice
diction
tenacity
34. The use of language to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs
syllogism
description
toxic
irony
35. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
rhetorical shift
sardonic
metonymy
intuition
36. Courageous; fearless
superfluous
intrepid
parody
phrase
37. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
ambiguous
diligent
realism
virtuoso
38. Intense enthusiasm
clarity
ebullience
candor
penitent
39. Also called vox populi - this argument is the 'everyone's doing it' fallacy
trepidation
substantiated
oxymoron
bandwagon
40. The moods/associations/implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning
hierarchy
connotation
propriety
exemplary
41. A relationship that individuals build
epistrophe
plagiarism
rapport
torpor
42. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
ambiguity
contemptuous
antithesis
despotic
43. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
exemplification
endure
misconception
equanimity
44. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
declarative sentence
truncated
mediocrity
disdain
45. Unable to be reformed
incorrigible
trivial
ruse
fluid
46. Not straightforward; crafty
laudatory
denotation
disingenuous
hypocrisy
47. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
compound-complex sentence
florid
eclectic
patronizing
48. Another word for a claim; a statement of truth - at least to the person making the argument
mediocrity
pathos
indolent
premise
49. A minor device - this is the ending of a series of lines - phrases - clauses - or sentences with the same word or words
apposition
paramount
indifferent
epistrophe
50. Extreme ill-will or spite
malice
premise
melancholy
frenetic