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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
propriety
brittle
permeated
disparage
2. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
apprehension
transient
obstinate
3. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
lucid
anachronism
frank
pervasive
4. To ease a pain or burden
intuition
alleviate
ornate
arbiter
5. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
spurious
diligent
hypocrisy
malleable
6. Calm
staid
impartial
serene
conflagration
7. The act of making something useful again
cohesive
superfluous
reclamation
penitent
8. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
obdurate
condemn
intrepid
premonition
9. Well-meaning; generous
ponderous
benevolent
paradigm
coup
10. Coming into existence; emerging
convoluted
torpor
period
nascent
11. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
exemplary
ambiguous
apparatus
12. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
conflagration
omnipotent
plausible
13. To grow or increase rapidly
ominous
archetype
embellish
proliferate
14. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
incontrovertible
coup
quandary
chiasmus
15. To slow the progress of
impede
vitality
oxymoron
sonorous
16. An apparent contradiction of terms
hackneyed
oxymoron
reprehensible
amenable
17. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
suppressed
maverick
candor
wary
18. Worthy of blame
arid
reprehensible
poignant
propriety
19. Profoundly moving; touching
harbinger
plausible
permeated
poignant
20. Statement of high praise
comprehensive
conviction
arbiter
panegyric
21. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
profound
wary
biased
22. Playfully humorous
premonition
surreptitiously
facetious
emigrate
23. Logically connected
coherent
ominous
indolent
elusive
24. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
egregious
cohesive
fastidious
cryptic
25. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
fluid
sanction
rancorous
impinge
26. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
eloquence
biased
intrepid
substantiated
27. Quarrelsome
stratagem
factious
novice
assiduous
28. Cunning
fluid
synecdoche
wily
apology
29. Extreme ill-will or spite
anthropomorphism
parody
malice
intrepid
30. Without decoration; strict
copious
pervasive
conviction
austere
31. To free from guilt or blame
mollify
exculpate
implication
staid
32. Sadness; depression
implication
melancholy
tenacity
brusque
33. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
subdue
conception
disparity
paramount
34. Awareness; insight
emigrate
perception
substantiated
abstract
35. The ability to form or understand an idea
disparage
conception
superfluous
hypocrisy
36. Making gestures while speaking
incontrovertible
gesticulating
prodigious
auspicious
37. Having no useful purpose; pointless
factious
acquired
incontrovertible
futile
38. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
condemn
period
coherent
superficial
39. Incapable of being reformed
equanimity
deleterious
incorrigible
substantiated
40. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
novice
mundane
rhetoric
medieval
41. Producing a deep or full sound
inherent
conception
affable
sonorous
42. Plentiful; having a large quantity
innate
suppressed
tenacity
copious
43. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
reprehensible
mural
vitality
hypocrisy
44. Exercising good judgment or common sense
apposition
parallelism
prudent
exemplary
45. A widespread fire
syllogism
eloquence
conflagration
subdue
46. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
assiduous
sanction
condescending
47. Stubborn; inflexible
anthropomorphism
obdurate
ornate
arbiter
48. General agreement
equivocate
pernicious
consensus
rational
49. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
ominous
anthropomorphism
innovative
dogged
50. Extremely careful and precise
meticulous
anthology
enlightening
hypothetical