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AP English Vocab
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1. Plentiful; having a large quantity
intrepid
enmity
asylum
copious
2. Large in scope or content
condescending
comprehensive
anthropomorphism
harbinger
3. The act of suggesting or hinting
hierarchy
implication
inherent
panegyric
4. Having great depth or seriousness
panegyric
substantiated
permeated
profound
5. All-powerful
profound
factious
omnipotent
timorous
6. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
patronizing
listless
slander
realism
7. Menacing; threatening
perception
ominous
incumbent
malfeasance
8. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
implication
integrity
period
ambivalent
9. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
ornate
brusque
factious
superficial
10. Hatefully evil; abominable
rational
brittle
inconsequential
heinous
11. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
brusque
putrid
ostentatious
gratuitous
12. Quarrelsome
comprehensive
factious
apology
abstract
13. A group organized by rank
mundane
mollify
imperious
hierarchy
14. Fear - apprehension
perception
trepidation
facetious
fabricated
15. Current - modern; from the same time
heinous
vilify
contemporary
notorious
16. An apparent contradiction of terms
nascent
obstinate
substantiated
oxymoron
17. The act of making something useful again
reclamation
conception
slander
anthropomorphism
18. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
synecdoche
candor
anthropomorphism
anthology
19. To calm or soothe
capricious
obscure
mollify
parody
20. Done by secretive means
patronizing
obdurate
omnipotent
surreptitiously
21. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
paramount
incumbent
subdue
consensus
22. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
mollify
replete
vitality
23. Determined by impulse rather than reason
alliance
hierarchy
flagrant
arbitrary
24. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
mediocrity
profound
stoic
impression
25. Secretive
alliance
mural
decorous
clandestine
26. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
context
objectivity
substantiated
27. Easily flowing
fluid
anthology
enmity
pugnacious
28. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
proliferate
exculpate
genre
inveterate
29. To give official authorization or approval
serene
premonition
torpor
sanction
30. Elaborately decorated
impinge
tenuous
sanction
ornate
31. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
deleterious
dogmatic
incorrigible
notorious
32. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
disparity
eloquence
rational
elusive
33. Severely critical or sarcastic
meticulous
dilettante
cogent
caustic
34. Feeling hatred; scornful
reprehensible
venerated
medley
contemptuous
35. Kind and gentle
cordial
prosaic
insolent
benign
36. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
ambiguous
sanction
realism
tenuous
37. Lacking sophistication or experience
naive
surreptitiously
reclamation
malice
38. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
subdue
fastidious
brittle
apprehension
39. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
dictatorial
innovative
assertion
ruse
40. A crafty trick
dogged
ruse
abstract
ambivalent
41. Possessed at birth; inborn
catalog (v.)
frank
innate
perception
42. To leave one country or region and settle in another
narrative
didactic
coup
emigrate
43. A beginner
flagrant
novice
capricious
spurious
44. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
sanction
compelling
poignant
sonorous
45. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
ambiguous
modest
ornate
excerpt
46. Wrongdoing - misconduct
arid
exculpate
malfeasance
alleviate
47. Well-meaning; generous
benevolent
penitent
obsolete
disdain
48. Rudely abrupt
staid
lament
intrepid
brusque
49. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
assiduous
intrepid
mural
lexicon
50. Condition of sticking together
maverick
aesthetic
sanction
cohesive