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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
disdain
rhetoric
astute
nocturnal
2. Hinder; interfere with
candor
sardonic
impinge
maverick
3. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
sedentary
convoluted
virtuoso
4. Feeling hatred; scornful
paradigm
misconception
disingenuous
contemptuous
5. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
premonition
period
eloquence
rancorous
6. Unplanned; naturally occurring
spontaneous
ambiguous
consensus
prosaic
7. Calm
serene
contemporary
slander
camaraderie
8. Not able to be denied or disputed
quandary
embellish
opulent
incontrovertible
9. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
synecdoche
ingrate
futile
stratagem
10. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
oxymoron
anthology
dubious
camaraderie
11. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
haughty
frank
frenetic
12. Uninteresting; unchallenging
ruse
insipid
rational
slander
13. Spread or flowing throughout
diligent
novel
modest
permeated
14. Rudely abrupt
obdurate
exemplary
brusque
torpor
15. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
parody
embellish
medieval
disdain
16. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
hackneyed
tenacity
incorrigible
17. A beginner
surreptitiously
novice
facetious
nascent
18. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
flagrant
listless
brittle
idealize
19. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
indolent
pernicious
nocturnal
fastidious
20. Sadness; depression
malleable
assertion
futile
melancholy
21. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
pragmatic
ominous
metonymy
archetype
22. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
assiduous
propitious
exculpate
metonymy
23. A union of two or more groups
alliance
eclectic
frenetic
tenuous
24. Lacking sophistication or experience
genre
naive
cordial
mediocrity
25. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
embellish
assimilation
slander
dogmatic
26. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
auspicious
pejorative
apathetic
hypothetical
27. Circumstances of a situation; environment
tenuous
hierarchy
context
panegyric
28. Secretive
clandestine
prudent
disingenuous
hackneyed
29. A collection of literary pieces
ingrate
hypocrisy
anthology
perspective
30. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
condescending
chiasmus
permeated
florid
31. Not migratory; settled
implication
toxic
eclectic
sedentary
32. Fear - apprehension
mollify
superficial
prosaic
trepidation
33. Point of view
egregious
perspective
prodigious
wily
34. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
ornate
substantiated
discredit
35. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
eclectic
heinous
assimilation
incontrovertible
36. To restrain; to hold back
transient
facile
subdue
stratagem
37. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
ample
obstinate
disparage
38. Lacking energy
spurious
slander
idealize
listless
39. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
vindicated
venerated
dilettante
hypocrisy
40. Worthy of blame
superficial
reprehensible
obscure
facile
41. Prejudiced
biased
lucid
intuition
tenacity
42. Hatefully evil; abominable
heinous
synecdoche
clandestine
florid
43. Subdued; kept from being circulated
incumbent
tenuous
replete
suppressed
44. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
obstinate
oxymoron
innovative
45. A feeling about the future
premonition
embellish
clandestine
copious
46. Sincerity; openness
hierarchy
syllogism
candor
comprehensive
47. To absorb; to make similar
implication
tenacity
assimilation
transitory
48. Treating in a condescending manner
frank
patronizing
conviction
paramount
49. Having great depth or seriousness
nocturnal
inveterate
solvent
profound
50. Short-lived or temporary
modest
transitory
paradigm
phenomenon