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AP English Vocab
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1. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
inveterate
disparage
insolent
proliferate
2. Persistence
oxymoron
impede
tenacity
cogent
3. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
naive
impinge
malleable
archaic
4. Not applied to actual objects
pugnacious
decorous
abstract
archetype
5. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
stratagem
mediocrity
acquired
mural
6. To put up with; to survive a hardship
slander
superfluous
exemplary
endure
7. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
stoic
mediocrity
gratuitous
tenacity
8. Copied or adapted from a source
acquired
quandary
derived
pernicious
9. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
quandary
omnipotent
period
florid
10. Uninteresting; unchallenging
inconsequential
insipid
brittle
mollify
11. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
amenable
misconception
intuition
imperious
12. A group organized by rank
hierarchy
putrid
discourse
exemplary
13. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
dogmatic
permeated
disparity
rancorous
14. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
dogmatic
brittle
enmity
embellish
15. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
propriety
quandary
surreptitiously
futile
16. Hatefully evil; abominable
assimilation
biased
pernicious
heinous
17. A feeling about the future
premonition
spontaneous
proximity
trivial
18. Describing a large amount of something
mediocrity
ample
apprehension
omnipotent
19. Wildly excited or active
inherent
caustic
frenetic
benign
20. Highly respected
servile
venerated
imperious
opulent
21. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
synecdoche
harbinger
rational
proximity
22. To leave one country or region and settle in another
eloquence
period
emigrate
melancholy
23. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
conflagration
affable
despotic
benign
24. To restrain; to hold back
frank
endure
subdue
parallelism
25. A judge who decides a disputed issue
sardonic
arbiter
replete
pernicious
26. Done by secretive means
pervasive
surreptitiously
permeated
maverick
27. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
medley
inveterate
genre
slander
28. The act of suggesting or hinting
candor
venerated
virtuoso
implication
29. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
embellish
malleable
plausible
inherent
30. A place of retreat or security
perspective
asylum
ruse
transient
31. Commonplace; ordinary
propitious
astute
mundane
naive
32. Unimportant
permeated
anthropomorphism
aesthetic
inconsequential
33. Convincing; reasonable
capricious
cogent
novice
modest
34. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
obscure
sedentary
auspicious
35. Lacking application or practical application
narrative
arbitrary
enmity
theoretical
36. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
stoic
anthology
didactic
37. Energy; power to survive
laudatory
anthropomorphism
vitality
replete
38. Unimaginative; dull
substantiated
cordial
arid
prosaic
39. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
dubious
arbitrary
decorous
clandestine
40. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
ostentatious
hypocrisy
impression
objectivity
41. Impulsive and unpredictable
factious
prodigious
tenacity
capricious
42. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
superficial
incontrovertible
apprehension
benign
43. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
capricious
malfeasance
disdain
44. Rudely abrupt
metonymy
brusque
ornate
ebullience
45. Difficult to comprehend
cryptic
profound
sonorous
incontrovertible
46. Treating people as weak or inferior
condescending
ruse
sanction
reclamation
47. A brilliantly executed plan
didactic
coup
idealize
sedentary
48. Able to pay one's debts
virtuoso
solvent
mural
propriety
49. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
camaraderie
ebullience
idealize
50. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
ornate
heinous
syllogism
synecdoche