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AP English Vocab
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english
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1. Done by secretive means
impinge
surreptitiously
hypothetical
despotic
2. A selected part of a passage or scene
medley
fluid
facetious
excerpt
3. A widespread fire
impression
conflagration
anthology
prudent
4. No longer in use; old-fashioned
solvent
spontaneous
context
obsolete
5. Point of view
perspective
conception
torpor
tenacity
6. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
disparity
catalog (v.)
impartial
embellish
7. Stubborn; inflexible
sanction
obdurate
chiasmus
premonition
8. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
archaic
indolent
despotic
derived
9. To make an itemized list of
transient
compelling
rhetoric
catalog (v.)
10. Practical
opulent
disingenuous
pragmatic
superficial
11. Severely critical or sarcastic
hypocrisy
caustic
theoretical
ruse
12. Mutual hatred or ill-will
facile
enmity
medley
venerated
13. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
fabricated
contemporary
anthropomorphism
apposition
14. To free from guilt or blame
disingenuous
malleable
exculpate
prosaic
15. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
hierarchy
nocturnal
pernicious
insipid
16. Defense of an idea
exemplary
apology
theoretical
stratagem
17. Commendable; worthy of imitation
oxymoron
exemplary
reprehensible
inherent
18. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
conflagration
equanimity
impression
alienated
19. A feeling about the future
gesticulating
reprehensible
theoretical
premonition
20. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
caustic
apathetic
insolent
dilettante
21. Prejudiced
biased
innovative
brittle
vilify
22. Intense enthusiasm
spurious
indifferent
ebullience
permeated
23. Condition of sticking together
insolent
astute
frenetic
cohesive
24. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
gesticulating
torpor
genre
notorious
25. A tremendously skilled artist
cohesive
assiduous
virtuoso
austere
26. The act of suggesting or hinting
panegyric
apathetic
superfluous
implication
27. A judge who decides a disputed issue
innovative
disdain
putrid
arbiter
28. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
toxic
sanction
benevolent
anachronism
29. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
tenuous
plagiarism
pernicious
perception
30. Not caring one way or the other
ponderous
ostentatious
indifferent
impede
31. Shrewd; clever
astute
apposition
slander
hierarchy
32. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
slander
realism
prosaic
33. On guard
putrid
wary
apposition
vindicated
34. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
caustic
novel
virtuoso
35. Arrogant; vainly proud
haughty
cryptic
ample
pugnacious
36. Large in scope or content
penitent
mollify
comprehensive
patronizing
37. Of chief concern or importance
naive
paramount
whimsical
panegyric
38. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
assertion
biased
slander
39. Sadness; depression
imperious
melancholy
amenable
hierarchy
40. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
lexicon
quandary
florid
assertion
41. Unplanned; naturally occurring
stratagem
spontaneous
copious
abstract
42. A crafty trick
benign
ruse
condescending
trivial
43. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
caustic
apposition
rhetoric
factious
44. A beginner
spurious
solvent
novice
fastidious
45. To restrain; to hold back
didactic
trepidation
transient
subdue
46. Fear - apprehension
trepidation
frenetic
permeated
narrative
47. Lazy
objectivity
indolent
acquired
mollify
48. Closeness
mediocrity
trivial
impartial
proximity
49. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
synecdoche
plagiarism
medieval
sanction
50. Friendly; sincere
cordial
vitality
copious
opulent