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AP English Vocab
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1. Hinder; interfere with
impinge
phenomenon
impression
arbitrary
2. Not able to be denied or disputed
mundane
maverick
incontrovertible
abstract
3. Made; concocted to deceive
affable
integrity
fabricated
obdurate
4. Not straightforward; crafty
parody
gratuitous
catalog (v.)
disingenuous
5. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
benevolent
brittle
context
6. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
impartial
comprehensive
apology
solvent
7. Unimportant
caustic
apprehension
clandestine
inconsequential
8. Dispersed throughout
sardonic
novel
coherent
pervasive
9. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
alliance
stoic
meticulous
coherent
10. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
novel
equanimity
spurious
medley
11. Cunning
affable
wily
stratagem
discredit
12. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
context
futile
flagrant
profound
13. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
novel
substantiated
torpor
14. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will
conviction
ample
rancorous
patronizing
15. Giving praise
assiduous
laudatory
implication
trivial
16. Sadness; depression
pervasive
frank
austere
melancholy
17. Worthy of blame
paramount
reprehensible
malleable
astute
18. Friendly; sincere
cordial
pejorative
facetious
arbitrary
19. Intended to instruct
sedentary
conviction
didactic
decorous
20. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
ingrate
putrid
naive
21. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
amenable
indifferent
archaic
acquired
22. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
assiduous
brittle
prodigious
coherent
23. Closeness
proximity
anthology
obsolete
impede
24. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
maverick
coup
sonorous
mollify
25. Submissive; like a servant
eclectic
servile
rhetoric
cordial
26. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
frank
vitality
effusive
arbitrary
27. Having a harmful effect; injurious
dubious
deleterious
obdurate
listless
28. Appropriateness of behavior
sanction
obdurate
propriety
pernicious
29. A collection of literary pieces
inconsequential
anthology
deleterious
parody
30. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
convoluted
heinous
alleviate
31. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
facetious
facile
trepidation
32. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
panegyric
consensus
assimilation
33. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
sanction
context
impartial
synecdoche
34. Characterized by the telling of a story
pejorative
compelling
narrative
proliferate
35. The act of making something useful again
coup
reclamation
superfluous
poignant
36. An ungrateful person
ingrate
dogmatic
opulent
incontrovertible
37. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
catalog (v.)
patronizing
modest
syllogism
38. Subdued; kept from being circulated
dilettante
fabricated
pugnacious
suppressed
39. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
opulent
rhetoric
endure
40. Easily flowing
permeated
indifferent
assimilation
fluid
41. Impulsive and unpredictable
clandestine
apposition
emigrate
capricious
42. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
stoic
putrid
discourse
transitory
43. Current - modern; from the same time
reclamation
contemporary
indolent
phenomenon
44. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
reprehensible
naive
amenable
45. General agreement
plausible
consensus
contemptuous
derived
46. Shrewd; clever
period
astute
anachronism
lucid
47. An example or model
ostentatious
paradigm
melancholy
pragmatic
48. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
tenuous
perspective
convoluted
fastidious
49. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
impression
quandary
indifferent
50. Of little substance or significance
medieval
harbinger
effusive
trivial