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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. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
rancorous
misconception
trivial
endure
2. Producing a deep or full sound
modest
nascent
sonorous
penitent
3. Conspicuously bad or offensive
egregious
modest
elusive
innate
4. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
gratuitous
endure
assertion
synecdoche
5. To free from guilt or blame
eclectic
exculpate
incorrigible
convoluted
6. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
asylum
incontrovertible
incumbent
impartial
7. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
discourse
asylum
stoic
enlightening
8. No longer in use; old-fashioned
anachronism
obsolete
misconception
plausible
9. Intended to instruct
biased
didactic
asylum
futile
10. Hatefully evil; abominable
rational
assiduous
permeated
heinous
11. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
implication
indifferent
endure
impression
12. A collection of literary pieces
brittle
anthology
notorious
opulent
13. Cunning
wily
inherent
alienated
ostentatious
14. Uninteresting; unchallenging
emigrate
maverick
wary
insipid
15. Describing a showy or pretentious display
perspective
ostentatious
oxymoron
deleterious
16. A fixed or strong belief
wily
sedentary
ambivalent
conviction
17. Profoundly moving; touching
archaic
theoretical
poignant
dogged
18. Calm
torpor
serene
fluid
hypocrisy
19. A crafty trick
ambiguous
sedentary
ruse
contemporary
20. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
subdue
ominous
idealize
21. Not straightforward; crafty
disingenuous
catalog (v.)
innate
obsolete
22. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
slander
apparatus
syllogism
misconception
23. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
inveterate
torpor
malfeasance
nascent
24. Made; concocted to deceive
superfluous
anthology
fabricated
austere
25. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
indifferent
apprehension
quandary
26. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
obstinate
slander
permeated
sardonic
27. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
medieval
parody
superficial
28. Introducing something new
prodigious
proximity
innovative
paradigm
29. Not able to be denied or disputed
anthology
impinge
incontrovertible
integrity
30. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
mediocrity
facile
brittle
contemporary
31. Trustworthiness; completeness
integrity
lucid
servile
facile
32. Easily flowing
phenomenon
permeated
hackneyed
fluid
33. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
brittle
synecdoche
eloquence
nocturnal
34. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
theoretical
consensus
impartial
harbinger
35. To make vicious statements about
tenacity
cordial
catalog (v.)
vilify
36. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
obsolete
sardonic
serene
despotic
37. To make an itemized list of
impinge
catalog (v.)
plagiarism
reclamation
38. Commendable; worthy of imitation
lucid
laudatory
exemplary
alleviate
39. A feeling about the future
premonition
listless
arbiter
discourse
40. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
meticulous
arid
intuition
41. Not migratory; settled
arid
compelling
modest
sedentary
42. Making gestures while speaking
hypothetical
intuition
despotic
gesticulating
43. Friendly; sincere
laudatory
capricious
dogged
cordial
44. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
florid
despotic
arbiter
pugnacious
45. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
stratagem
aesthetic
perspective
pejorative
46. Extremely careful and precise
perspective
meticulous
equivocate
contemptuous
47. To absorb; to make similar
enmity
disingenuous
assimilation
pernicious
48. To consider perfect
cordial
realism
ingrate
idealize
49. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
compelling
fabricated
incontrovertible
50. Dispersed throughout
conflagration
pervasive
lexicon
penitent