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AP English Vocab
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1. A union of two or more groups
alliance
melancholy
staid
oxymoron
2. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
impinge
proximity
mundane
parallelism
3. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
embellish
inveterate
incontrovertible
effusive
4. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
idealize
insolent
mural
anthology
5. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
trepidation
sardonic
parallelism
tenacity
6. Producing a deep or full sound
plausible
facetious
apology
sonorous
7. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
effusive
apathetic
endure
equanimity
8. Sincerity; openness
candor
factious
eloquence
virtuoso
9. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
asylum
acquired
conflagration
10. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
ample
conception
lexicon
11. Extreme ill-will or spite
obsolete
haughty
biased
malice
12. Combative; belligerent
apprehension
pugnacious
prosaic
cogent
13. Intricate; complex
indolent
convoluted
toxic
cogent
14. No longer in use; old-fashioned
insipid
obsolete
transitory
incontrovertible
15. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
arid
spurious
plagiarism
incumbent
16. Having great depth or seriousness
diligent
dubious
profound
copious
17. Possessed at birth; inborn
haughty
innate
factious
apparatus
18. Strikingly new or unusual
novel
apposition
nocturnal
period
19. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
comprehensive
impede
suppressed
aesthetic
20. Conspicuously bad or offensive
integrity
austere
egregious
factious
21. Spread or flowing throughout
opulent
rational
sardonic
permeated
22. Current - modern; from the same time
brittle
harbinger
contemporary
ominous
23. Done by secretive means
innovative
surreptitiously
diligent
factious
24. Highly respected
notorious
ornate
venerated
implication
25. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
penitent
emigrate
toxic
propitious
26. A declaration or statement
superficial
obstinate
assertion
profound
27. Feeling or showing little emotion
frenetic
apathetic
prudent
penitent
28. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
clandestine
slander
permeated
29. Shortened; cut off
florid
idealize
premonition
truncated
30. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
opulent
obdurate
enlightening
impartial
31. Not migratory; settled
hackneyed
wary
sedentary
transient
32. Something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
pernicious
sardonic
futile
harbinger
33. To make vicious statements about
comprehensive
affable
vilify
theoretical
34. Copied or adapted from a source
apprehension
derived
brusque
factious
35. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
hypothetical
caustic
gratuitous
disparity
36. Sadness; depression
melancholy
sonorous
phenomenon
flagrant
37. Insulting in manner or speech
insolent
fastidious
mollify
medieval
38. Subdued; kept from being circulated
trepidation
transitory
malleable
suppressed
39. Logically connected
factious
ingrate
coherent
integrity
40. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
profound
realism
notorious
chiasmus
41. Describing a dry - rainless climate
benign
archaic
arid
asylum
42. Short-lived or temporary
transitory
disdain
dubious
flagrant
43. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole
discourse
conviction
synecdoche
dogmatic
44. General agreement
frank
consensus
sedentary
patronizing
45. A tremendously skilled artist
paramount
vilify
ambiguous
virtuoso
46. Appropriateness of behavior
cogent
omnipotent
obdurate
propriety
47. To cause to be doubted
prudent
compelling
discredit
gratuitous
48. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
mural
substantiated
enmity
mediocrity
49. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
contemporary
eloquence
proliferate
obstinate
50. Trustworthiness; completeness
tenuous
ambivalent
integrity
metonymy
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