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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
brittle
opulent
fabricated
malleable
2. Prejudiced
biased
permeated
stoic
panegyric
3. Difficult to comprehend
dictatorial
cryptic
reclamation
spurious
4. Condition of sticking together
dogmatic
cohesive
toxic
sanction
5. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
spontaneous
impression
impede
novice
6. Stubborn; inflexible
incontrovertible
pernicious
obdurate
frenetic
7. Sincerity; openness
trepidation
candor
sedentary
medieval
8. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
inevitable
ample
stratagem
9. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
alliance
integrity
contemporary
10. Favorable; promising
eloquence
auspicious
novel
anachronism
11. Causing great harm
pernicious
anthropomorphism
malfeasance
nascent
12. Having no useful purpose; pointless
indifferent
futile
exculpate
anthology
13. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
replete
ingrate
substantiated
inevitable
14. An example or model
paradigm
lucid
serene
obdurate
15. An ungrateful person
emigrate
ominous
sanction
ingrate
16. Current - modern; from the same time
obscure
contemporary
oxymoron
medley
17. To cause to be doubted
disingenuous
clandestine
discredit
spurious
18. Making gestures while speaking
gesticulating
implication
despotic
transitory
19. Worthy of blame
hackneyed
reprehensible
fastidious
cordial
20. Open to more than one interpretation
meticulous
ponderous
ambiguous
panegyric
21. A selected part of a passage or scene
condemn
gesticulating
ornate
excerpt
22. Lacking sophistication or experience
obsolete
reprehensible
naive
nocturnal
23. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
acquired
benevolent
medley
wily
24. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
ambivalent
rational
effusive
torpor
25. A union of two or more groups
exculpate
naive
alliance
indolent
26. Describing a large amount of something
ample
astute
malfeasance
medieval
27. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
proximity
ponderous
torpor
objectivity
28. To make vicious statements about
metonymy
incontrovertible
sonorous
vilify
29. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
embellish
benign
permeated
alliance
30. To put up with; to survive a hardship
impinge
mural
endure
plagiarism
31. A crafty trick
ruse
anthology
consensus
virtuoso
32. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
assimilation
dubious
incontrovertible
surreptitiously
33. Feeling hatred; scornful
discourse
contemptuous
derived
poignant
34. A place of retreat or security
eloquence
endure
asylum
haughty
35. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
medley
ambivalent
naive
biased
36. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
transient
mundane
condemn
proliferate
37. Severely critical or sarcastic
compelling
tenacity
ominous
caustic
38. Defense of an idea
apology
austere
amenable
substantiated
39. The ability to form or understand an idea
realism
conception
paramount
conflagration
40. Playfully humorous
spontaneous
facetious
arbiter
enlightening
41. Extreme ill-will or spite
malice
archaic
assimilation
naive
42. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
equivocate
disparity
medieval
malice
43. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
asylum
gratuitous
alliance
44. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
paramount
asylum
laudatory
45. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
vilify
archetype
hypocrisy
benign
46. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
exemplary
ample
opulent
context
47. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
penitent
perspective
alienated
48. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
dogmatic
substantiated
perspective
fluid
49. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
intuition
chiasmus
modest
stratagem
50. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
egregious
compelling
ponderous
incumbent