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AP English Vocab
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1. Unemotional; serious
genre
staid
notorious
incumbent
2. Energy; power to survive
timorous
proximity
omnipotent
vitality
3. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
coherent
serene
apparatus
4. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger
futile
cordial
anthology
5. Dispersed throughout
intrepid
pervasive
integrity
stratagem
6. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
replete
medieval
apposition
brittle
7. Persistence
sanction
frank
haughty
tenacity
8. A judge who decides a disputed issue
premonition
arbiter
oxymoron
mural
9. Treating in a condescending manner
embellish
patronizing
plausible
dictatorial
10. Point of view
superfluous
objectivity
hierarchy
perspective
11. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
fluid
inveterate
obsolete
impression
12. Determined by impulse rather than reason
coherent
apparatus
arbitrary
wary
13. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
vilify
insolent
condemn
disdain
14. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
dogmatic
copious
context
15. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
apposition
objectivity
wily
acquired
16. Incapable of being reformed
ambivalent
dilettante
cordial
incorrigible
17. On guard
opulent
malice
wary
paradigm
18. Calm
serene
proliferate
syllogism
genre
19. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
impression
equanimity
plausible
indolent
20. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
ingrate
apology
clandestine
21. Favorable; promising
pernicious
ambiguous
auspicious
futile
22. Prejudiced
disparage
biased
maverick
fluid
23. Awareness; insight
perception
plagiarism
truncated
alienated
24. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
virtuoso
diligent
naive
novice
25. Exercising good judgment or common sense
eloquence
prudent
intuition
amenable
26. The act of suggesting or hinting
alliance
rancorous
implication
staid
27. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
contemporary
parody
pernicious
parallelism
28. Insulting in manner or speech
lucid
tenacity
insolent
tenuous
29. A declaration or statement
innate
conviction
assertion
melancholy
30. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
diligent
timorous
pugnacious
31. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
exemplary
haughty
parody
affable
32. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
inevitable
lexicon
novel
stratagem
33. Lacking application or practical application
gesticulating
anthropomorphism
dictatorial
theoretical
34. Giving praise
implication
laudatory
dogmatic
sanction
35. Express grief for; mourn
acquired
stoic
lament
obdurate
36. Submissive; like a servant
disparage
servile
fluid
inherent
37. Having little substance or strength
superficial
impartial
pragmatic
tenuous
38. Spread or flowing throughout
despotic
permeated
perspective
pragmatic
39. Cunning
wily
deleterious
effusive
chiasmus
40. Playfully humorous
pernicious
theoretical
facetious
camaraderie
41. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
paradigm
contemporary
oxymoron
42. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
discredit
didactic
transient
narrative
43. Feeling or showing little emotion
gesticulating
elusive
apathetic
maverick
44. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
mundane
abstract
stratagem
melancholy
45. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
archaic
subdue
metonymy
46. Describing a dry - rainless climate
astute
genre
exemplary
arid
47. To consider perfect
brusque
idealize
stoic
assertion
48. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
clandestine
aesthetic
imperious
comprehensive
49. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
hackneyed
exculpate
discourse
quandary
50. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
plagiarism
alienated
conviction
impede