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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. Having little substance or strength
pugnacious
excerpt
tenuous
misconception
2. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
whimsical
factious
impartial
modest
3. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
propitious
tenuous
period
trivial
4. Of little substance or significance
abstract
nocturnal
aesthetic
trivial
5. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
acquired
contemporary
fastidious
6. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
opulent
superficial
nascent
hackneyed
7. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
elusive
benevolent
florid
medieval
8. Treating in a condescending manner
gesticulating
servile
opulent
patronizing
9. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
assiduous
impinge
novice
impression
10. Point of view
frank
perspective
austere
effusive
11. A fixed or strong belief
melancholy
objectivity
conviction
abstract
12. To absorb; to make similar
substantiated
perspective
assimilation
spontaneous
13. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
propitious
dogmatic
innate
slander
14. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
ample
vitality
lucid
maverick
15. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
naive
imperious
inveterate
hierarchy
16. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
maverick
slander
catalog (v.)
17. Describing a large amount of something
embellish
ample
florid
perception
18. Intense enthusiasm
apposition
ebullience
cohesive
trepidation
19. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
contemporary
dilettante
torpor
nocturnal
20. Elaborately decorated
spurious
paramount
ornate
alienated
21. Unimportant
sanction
whimsical
inconsequential
disparage
22. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
capricious
sanction
replete
medieval
23. Easily understood; clear
lucid
wary
anachronism
superfluous
24. A selected part of a passage or scene
compelling
facile
mundane
excerpt
25. Defense of an idea
brusque
oxymoron
apology
impartial
26. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
hypocrisy
narrative
ponderous
gratuitous
27. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
inevitable
mural
hypocrisy
imperious
28. Lacking sophistication or experience
torpor
naive
quandary
innovative
29. Enormous
flagrant
prodigious
equanimity
quandary
30. Hard-working
period
assiduous
contemptuous
novice
31. Stubborn; inflexible
sedentary
obdurate
equivocate
prudent
32. Commendable; worthy of imitation
abstract
arbitrary
indifferent
exemplary
33. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
tenuous
vilify
hierarchy
hypothetical
34. To make an itemized list of
aesthetic
factious
catalog (v.)
listless
35. Having great depth or seriousness
profound
dubious
biased
stoic
36. Wildly excited or active
brittle
eloquence
poignant
frenetic
37. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
ambiguous
arbiter
assiduous
38. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
disparage
brittle
pragmatic
anachronism
39. Open to more than one interpretation
surreptitiously
transient
ominous
ambiguous
40. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
pernicious
obstinate
spurious
sanction
41. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
obsolete
asylum
modest
novice
42. Made; concocted to deceive
subdue
pervasive
fabricated
proliferate
43. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
impression
acquired
obsolete
serene
44. Easy-going; friendly
factious
affable
objectivity
intuition
45. Impulsive and unpredictable
period
capricious
superfluous
vilify
46. Bound to happen; unavoidable
cogent
mollify
inevitable
surreptitiously
47. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
heinous
sedentary
incumbent
effusive
48. Arrogant; vainly proud
novice
haughty
innovative
integrity
49. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
servile
solvent
sanction
medley
50. Lacking energy
listless
ample
apposition
fastidious