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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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1. Unimaginative; dull
acquired
prosaic
pejorative
laudatory
2. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
implication
apathetic
capricious
3. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
archetype
deleterious
quandary
torpor
4. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
torpor
anachronism
discourse
5. Arrogant; vainly proud
frenetic
archetype
haughty
nocturnal
6. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
catalog (v.)
pugnacious
novice
7. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
reclamation
implication
mediocrity
synecdoche
8. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
candor
deleterious
astute
9. Circumstances of a situation; environment
syllogism
transient
context
surreptitiously
10. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
mediocrity
mollify
facetious
medley
11. Intense enthusiasm
opulent
oxymoron
decorous
ebullience
12. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
condescending
contemptuous
maverick
emigrate
13. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
narrative
trivial
pervasive
dictatorial
14. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
transitory
disparity
obscure
acquired
15. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
rhetoric
condemn
deleterious
camaraderie
16. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
panegyric
flagrant
nocturnal
inevitable
17. A group organized by rank
sonorous
replete
spontaneous
hierarchy
18. Worthy of blame
condescending
ebullience
biased
reprehensible
19. Shortened; cut off
truncated
lament
gesticulating
emigrate
20. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
embellish
lucid
wary
exculpate
21. Fear - apprehension
poignant
trepidation
hackneyed
perspective
22. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
benign
novice
disdain
23. Equipment; a group of machines
conviction
indifferent
apparatus
fabricated
24. General agreement
panegyric
pragmatic
implication
consensus
25. Proper; marked by good taste
substantiated
venerated
egregious
decorous
26. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
whimsical
genre
embellish
brusque
27. Secretive
oxymoron
insolent
clandestine
paramount
28. A perfect example; an original pattern or model
flagrant
austere
malleable
archetype
29. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
assimilation
medieval
discourse
hypocrisy
30. Submissive; like a servant
servile
mundane
opulent
cogent
31. Describing a large amount of something
amenable
disparage
novice
ample
32. Hinder; interfere with
venerated
impinge
egregious
acquired
33. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
contemporary
facile
elusive
34. Lacking sophistication or experience
pugnacious
affable
naive
staid
35. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
indifferent
affable
slander
36. To consider perfect
idealize
enmity
chiasmus
hypocrisy
37. Closeness
proximity
malleable
ponderous
timorous
38. Characterized by the telling of a story
stoic
toxic
impartial
narrative
39. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
disingenuous
pejorative
metonymy
lament
40. To cause to be doubted
medley
discredit
assertion
conflagration
41. Logically connected
misconception
surreptitiously
novice
coherent
42. Large in scope or content
comprehensive
coup
nascent
alienated
43. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
period
apprehension
realism
chiasmus
44. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
slander
inherent
obstinate
45. Wrongdoing - misconduct
malfeasance
haughty
amenable
affable
46. Not applied to actual objects
factious
hypocrisy
arid
abstract
47. Energy; power to survive
vitality
factious
elusive
mural
48. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
aesthetic
impinge
tenacity
49. To slow the progress of
hypothetical
comprehensive
frenetic
impede
50. Quarrelsome
ebullience
patronizing
factious
inevitable