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AP English Language And Composition Vocab
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1. Extreme ill-will or spite
idealize
cause and effect
pugnacious
malice
2. Possessed from birth; inborn
exemplary
prodigious
premise
innate
3. Unimportant
discredit
incumbent
predicate
inconsequential
4. Conspicuously bad or offensive
description
egregious
rhetoric
stem
5. Dispersed throughout
pervasive
vilify
perspective
idealize
6. This occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction - syntax - or both
innovative
premise
rhetorical shift
impede
7. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
tenuous
slander
penitent
dogmatic
8. Not caring one way or the other
imperative sentence
serene
obstinate
indifferent
9. Describing a dry - rainless climate
irony
arid
narration
disingenuous
10. Defense of an idea
flagrant
apology
interrogative sentence
trepidation
11. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
intuition
emotional words
parody
juxtaposition
12. Appeal based on emotion
misconception
pathos
gesticulating
personification
13. A brilliantly executed plan
sanction
wary
coup
integrity
14. Not straightforward; crafty
deleterious
premise
oxymoron
disingenuous
15. The manner in which a writer expresses his/her attitude toward the subject and audience; mainly expressed through diction - syntax - and POV
maverick
timorous
ingrate
tone
16. The reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry
paradox
disdain
inductive
anastrophe
17. Current - modern; from the same time
polysyndeton
passive voice
eclectic
contemporary
18. Worthy of blame
insolent
ornate
incontrovertible
reprehensible
19. To ease a pain or burden
oxymoron
alleviate
profound
apprehension
20. A wonderful form of word play in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another that sounds similar
malapropism
fractious
compelling
cordial
21. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
epistrophe
hypothetical
pragmatic
22. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
egregious
absolutes
sedentary
23. 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
enmity
alliance
consensus
24. Express grief for; mourn
mediocrity
rhetorical triangle
apostrophe
lament
25. Of little importance or significance
gesticulating
prosaic
trivial
rhetoric
26. Rotten
predicate
propitious
appositive
putrid
27. The literal meaning of a word; the dictionary definition
satire
denotation
appositive
gerund
28. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
begging the question
ad hominem
spontaneous
29. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
obstinate
frenetic
connotation
30. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
premonition
impression
plagiarism
rhetorical shift
31. Elaborately decorated
alleviate
trepidation
ornate
novice
32. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
chiasmus
inductive
realism
33. Extremely careful and precise
interrogative sentence
poignant
compound-complex sentence
meticulous
34. Hatefully evil; abominable
penitent
ornate
irony
heinous
35. Worn out through overuse; trite
fallacy
hackneyed
ethos
archaic
36. The use of irony - sarcasm - ridicule - and humor in exposing or denouncing vice or folly
ornate
non sequitur
satire
object
37. Commonplace; ordinary
pathos
mundane
staid
dogged
38. A noun toward which thought - feeling - or action is directed
deleterious
incontrovertible
rhetorical triangle
object
39. Causing great harm
biased
obscure
premonition
pernicious
40. To give special attention to something - to stress
archetype
stoic
elusive
emphasize
41. Statement of high praise
dialect
panegyric
thesis
cause and effect
42. A crafty trick
theoretical
staid
obscure
ruse
43. The process of identifying similarities and differences between things
compare/contrast
toxic
hypothetical
obscure
44. Well-meaning; generous
process analysis
benevolent
synecdoche
pragmatic
45. A declaration or statement
nascent
assertion
alliteration
hyperbole
46. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
spontaneous
eloquence
enlightening
ambivalent
47. The use of words to express something other than and often the opposite of the literal meaning
irony
lexicon
propriety
ornate
48. Circumstances of a situation; environment
impinge
context
assimilation
transitory
49. Intricate; complex
profound
disparity
arbitrary
convoluted
50. Proper; marked by good taste
ethos
denotation
decorous
synecdoche