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AP English Vocab
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
integrity
florid
anthology
whimsical
2. Arrogant; vainly proud
condescending
eclectic
haughty
apposition
3. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disdain
brusque
disparage
tenacity
4. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
intrepid
dubious
catalog (v.)
frank
5. Lacking energy
listless
didactic
superfluous
apology
6. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
anthropomorphism
sonorous
arid
incumbent
7. Wrongdoing - misconduct
malice
ambiguous
malfeasance
dilettante
8. Hatefully evil; abominable
virtuoso
insolent
heinous
gesticulating
9. All-powerful
innovative
omnipotent
genre
archaic
10. Large in scope or content
medieval
pugnacious
cryptic
comprehensive
11. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
proliferate
embellish
vilify
12. Describing a showy or pretentious display
reclamation
ostentatious
prosaic
transitory
13. Express grief for; mourn
contemptuous
lament
ambivalent
toxic
14. Mutual hatred or ill-will
mollify
enmity
sonorous
benign
15. Of chief concern or importance
paramount
malleable
asylum
apathetic
16. To avoid making a definite statement
sanction
embellish
surreptitiously
equivocate
17. Not able to be denied or disputed
ebullience
incontrovertible
auspicious
hierarchy
18. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
anthology
hypothetical
propriety
19. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
apposition
plausible
despotic
cryptic
20. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
apprehension
intuition
inveterate
21. Commonplace; ordinary
discourse
medieval
mundane
sedentary
22. Extreme ill-will or spite
insipid
brusque
intuition
malice
23. Poisonous
pervasive
tenuous
toxic
timorous
24. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
deleterious
candor
facile
genre
25. Stubbornly persevering
melancholy
anthropomorphism
dogged
incorrigible
26. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
discourse
rhetoric
comprehensive
disparity
27. To ease a pain or burden
ample
prodigious
alleviate
fastidious
28. No longer in use; old-fashioned
obsolete
putrid
pernicious
wily
29. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inconsequential
brittle
inveterate
plausible
30. Commendable; worthy of imitation
exemplary
truncated
lucid
disingenuous
31. To consider perfect
embellish
idealize
apposition
trepidation
32. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
novel
spurious
brusque
33. Easily flowing
mundane
benevolent
fluid
eclectic
34. Secretive
hypocrisy
clandestine
perception
surreptitiously
35. To calm or soothe
comprehensive
obsolete
mollify
capricious
36. To absorb; to make similar
dogged
prosaic
slander
assimilation
37. Persistence
cohesive
camaraderie
exemplary
tenacity
38. Making gestures while speaking
derived
staid
gesticulating
imperious
39. Dispersed throughout
abstract
obdurate
impression
pervasive
40. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
disparity
dilettante
camaraderie
implication
41. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
egregious
exculpate
dogmatic
synecdoche
42. A place of retreat or security
naive
asylum
cryptic
hypocrisy
43. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
proliferate
mural
penitent
implication
44. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
listless
reclamation
ambiguous
enlightening
45. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
replete
dogged
futile
coup
46. Incapable of being reformed
contemptuous
incorrigible
nascent
inconsequential
47. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
quandary
assimilation
excerpt
propitious
48. To leave one country or region and settle in another
torpor
ponderous
emigrate
prosaic
49. Point of view
enmity
endure
perspective
embellish
50. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
staid
pervasive
modest