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AP English Vocab
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Inborn; built-in
virtuoso
inherent
novel
decorous
2. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
fabricated
inveterate
coup
rational
3. Not straightforward; crafty
astute
disingenuous
notorious
assimilation
4. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
vilify
rancorous
sedentary
compelling
5. Dispersed throughout
poignant
pervasive
diligent
sanction
6. Coming into existence; emerging
trivial
nascent
condemn
proximity
7. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
benevolent
hypothetical
disingenuous
8. Prejudiced
apposition
biased
incorrigible
novel
9. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
coup
astute
venerated
10. Severely critical or sarcastic
alleviate
impinge
caustic
cordial
11. Poisonous
toxic
patronizing
propitious
suppressed
12. Friendly; sincere
superficial
cordial
impinge
dubious
13. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
omnipotent
vilify
archaic
14. Making gestures while speaking
gesticulating
hackneyed
anachronism
conflagration
15. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
archaic
copious
fluid
whimsical
16. To consider perfect
idealize
benevolent
phenomenon
period
17. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
sanction
mural
consensus
propitious
18. Intended to instruct
didactic
wary
frank
dilettante
19. Rotten
inevitable
gesticulating
putrid
obscure
20. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
despotic
transient
indolent
modest
21. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
embellish
integrity
oxymoron
enlightening
22. Having little substance or strength
tenuous
contemptuous
eclectic
brittle
23. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
synecdoche
quandary
factious
sanction
24. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
wily
endure
replete
brittle
25. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
ambivalent
propitious
austere
dictatorial
26. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
parody
derived
flagrant
27. Extremely dull
dogmatic
inevitable
integrity
ponderous
28. Shrewd; clever
pejorative
integrity
astute
melancholy
29. Equipment; a group of machines
ornate
conflagration
impinge
apparatus
30. Stubborn; inflexible
genre
paradigm
obdurate
incontrovertible
31. Energy; power to survive
vitality
paradigm
propitious
mollify
32. Easily flowing
archetype
fluid
affable
alleviate
33. Easy-going; friendly
decorous
laudatory
solvent
affable
34. A union of two or more groups
contemporary
notorious
alliance
proliferate
35. Trustworthiness; completeness
deleterious
excerpt
ingrate
integrity
36. Able to pay one's debts
solvent
auspicious
malice
naive
37. Spread or flowing throughout
insipid
ample
permeated
condemn
38. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
malfeasance
rhetoric
notorious
sardonic
39. Profoundly moving; touching
genre
excerpt
cordial
poignant
40. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
enmity
period
comprehensive
reprehensible
41. Something out of place in time or sequence
superfluous
naive
insipid
anachronism
42. Closeness
perspective
apparatus
intuition
proximity
43. Extremely careful and precise
trivial
indifferent
meticulous
auspicious
44. Exercising good judgment or common sense
rational
insolent
inconsequential
prudent
45. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
indolent
disingenuous
gesticulating
46. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
elusive
pragmatic
dubious
assiduous
47. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
anachronism
insolent
asylum
hypothetical
48. Fear - apprehension
trepidation
archetype
vilify
prodigious
49. A collection of literary pieces
realism
anthology
auspicious
dilettante
50. A widespread fire
conflagration
camaraderie
apposition
eclectic