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AP English Vocab
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1. Arrogant; vainly proud
haughty
lexicon
harbinger
anachronism
2. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
pragmatic
hackneyed
implication
syllogism
3. Easily flowing
virtuoso
fluid
flagrant
pervasive
4. Subdued; kept from being circulated
superfluous
suppressed
arbitrary
haughty
5. Lazy
imperious
trivial
mollify
indolent
6. Plentiful; having a large quantity
reclamation
dilettante
didactic
copious
7. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
factious
obsolete
facetious
8. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
apparatus
brittle
perspective
9. Convincing; reasonable
parallelism
impinge
derived
cogent
10. Treating in a condescending manner
insipid
catalog (v.)
superficial
patronizing
11. Point of view
perspective
florid
impression
astute
12. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
synecdoche
florid
biased
integrity
13. To make an itemized list of
ominous
whimsical
effusive
catalog (v.)
14. Submissive; like a servant
reclamation
disingenuous
servile
pervasive
15. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
apposition
hypothetical
assiduous
16. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
timorous
melancholy
perspective
medley
17. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
pernicious
slander
intrepid
apposition
18. A union of two or more groups
alliance
excerpt
putrid
coup
19. Without decoration; strict
sanction
austere
sonorous
poignant
20. Coming into existence; emerging
anachronism
nascent
ambivalent
meticulous
21. Express grief for; mourn
mollify
dubious
lament
coup
22. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
innovative
obstinate
sedentary
innate
23. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
apprehension
conviction
despotic
brusque
24. Extreme ill-will or spite
didactic
sardonic
transitory
malice
25. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
mural
facile
rancorous
26. Bound to happen; unavoidable
inevitable
hackneyed
assertion
perception
27. Favorable; promising
sanction
prosaic
auspicious
ostentatious
28. To free from guilt or blame
whimsical
exculpate
putrid
notorious
29. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
intrepid
gratuitous
wily
pugnacious
30. Not migratory; settled
whimsical
conception
sedentary
propitious
31. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
excerpt
reclamation
embellish
chiasmus
32. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
sanction
torpor
serene
incontrovertible
33. Of little substance or significance
conviction
rancorous
trivial
indolent
34. Extremely dull
ponderous
chiasmus
equanimity
inconsequential
35. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
futile
alliance
inveterate
idealize
36. Not caring one way or the other
lucid
indifferent
proximity
sardonic
37. Characterized by the telling of a story
assertion
medley
pejorative
narrative
38. Combative; belligerent
futile
dogmatic
comprehensive
pugnacious
39. Lacking energy
listless
servile
alienated
theoretical
40. Worn out through overuse; trite
compelling
hackneyed
torpor
emigrate
41. Prejudiced
tenuous
archaic
biased
nascent
42. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
acquired
ambivalent
pragmatic
transient
43. Conspicuously bad or offensive
trivial
fabricated
egregious
alienated
44. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
disdain
wary
vitality
45. Not applied to actual objects
listless
context
apposition
abstract
46. To consider perfect
trepidation
objectivity
idealize
dictatorial
47. Persistence
meticulous
discourse
tenacity
insipid
48. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
cryptic
compelling
ominous
exemplary
49. Lacking application or practical application
mural
theoretical
endure
ample
50. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
parallelism
trepidation
frank
alleviate