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AP English Vocab
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1. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
compelling
impartial
nocturnal
eclectic
2. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
archetype
exculpate
copious
impartial
3. A fixed or strong belief
discredit
conviction
dictatorial
incumbent
4. Lacking application or practical application
sanction
theoretical
assimilation
subdue
5. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
conviction
narrative
obscure
intuition
6. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
plagiarism
quandary
disdain
malleable
7. Coming into existence; emerging
coup
suppressed
nascent
emigrate
8. Without decoration; strict
factious
austere
malfeasance
assertion
9. To cause to be doubted
frenetic
discredit
affable
narrative
10. Hard-working
obsolete
imperious
assiduous
profound
11. To make vicious statements about
vilify
rancorous
mediocrity
egregious
12. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
chiasmus
parody
plausible
timorous
13. Elaborately decorated
surreptitiously
ornate
incumbent
implication
14. Submissive; like a servant
mundane
apparatus
servile
reprehensible
15. Having no useful purpose; pointless
prosaic
cogent
assiduous
futile
16. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
abstract
obstinate
stratagem
opulent
17. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
meticulous
discourse
impartial
staid
18. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
diligent
hypocrisy
proliferate
didactic
19. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
sedentary
superfluous
replete
omnipotent
20. Describing a large amount of something
narrative
ample
pugnacious
tenuous
21. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
parody
anachronism
fastidious
22. Highly respected
pernicious
venerated
auspicious
decorous
23. An apparent contradiction of terms
prodigious
fabricated
ambivalent
oxymoron
24. Dispersed throughout
condemn
hackneyed
pervasive
sanction
25. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
decorous
brittle
facetious
26. To avoid making a definite statement
anthropomorphism
equivocate
pejorative
apprehension
27. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
lexicon
mediocrity
gratuitous
sardonic
28. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
idealize
anachronism
parallelism
fastidious
29. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
apparatus
syllogism
anthropomorphism
idealize
30. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
propriety
obscure
conception
ebullience
31. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
fabricated
modest
obstinate
cohesive
32. Treating in a condescending manner
patronizing
perception
proximity
trepidation
33. Hatefully evil; abominable
imperious
heinous
trepidation
conception
34. Persistence
disingenuous
tenacity
metonymy
condescending
35. Something out of place in time or sequence
eloquence
comprehensive
anachronism
theoretical
36. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
brittle
prodigious
candor
37. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
rational
alienated
cordial
38. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
paramount
obdurate
impede
superficial
39. Inborn; built-in
disparage
inherent
assertion
spurious
40. Producing a deep or full sound
truncated
coup
poignant
sonorous
41. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
spurious
notorious
disdain
obstinate
42. Not applied to actual objects
brittle
misconception
pugnacious
abstract
43. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
apathetic
spontaneous
plagiarism
archaic
44. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
misconception
prudent
copious
dictatorial
45. Practical
pragmatic
ostentatious
obstinate
assimilation
46. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
rational
anthropomorphism
context
timorous
47. A group organized by rank
metonymy
abstract
hackneyed
hierarchy
48. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
conflagration
lexicon
insipid
disparity
49. Spread or flowing throughout
auspicious
rhetoric
modest
permeated
50. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
sedentary
genre
hypothetical
whimsical