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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Persistence
cohesive
intuition
wily
tenacity
2. A declaration or statement
assertion
pervasive
lexicon
mediocrity
3. Stubborn; inflexible
effusive
exculpate
trivial
obdurate
4. Wrongdoing - misconduct
nocturnal
cohesive
hierarchy
malfeasance
5. Unimaginative; dull
prosaic
brittle
copious
opulent
6. A collection of literary pieces
insolent
ruse
anthology
malice
7. Unimportant
inconsequential
syllogism
idealize
caustic
8. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
obdurate
truncated
transitory
9. To leave one country or region and settle in another
emigrate
pragmatic
innovative
melancholy
10. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
parody
eloquence
anachronism
disingenuous
11. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
embellish
tenuous
discredit
12. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
excerpt
metonymy
pragmatic
didactic
13. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
disingenuous
medley
exculpate
aesthetic
14. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
disparage
sonorous
anthology
phenomenon
15. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
vitality
nocturnal
impede
notorious
16. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
copious
vindicated
ambiguous
17. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
conviction
ingrate
eloquence
dubious
18. Poisonous
toxic
conviction
spontaneous
novel
19. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
penitent
asylum
meticulous
20. Large in scope or content
reprehensible
comprehensive
haughty
arid
21. Enormous
serene
prodigious
incumbent
profound
22. Intense enthusiasm
parody
subdue
ebullience
ingrate
23. Combative; belligerent
pugnacious
insipid
heinous
penitent
24. Statement of high praise
conviction
panegyric
nascent
surreptitiously
25. A selected part of a passage or scene
chiasmus
excerpt
mundane
heinous
26. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
pejorative
objectivity
serene
profound
27. To slow the progress of
ample
egregious
impede
enmity
28. To put up with; to survive a hardship
endure
replete
ingrate
derived
29. Not caring one way or the other
whimsical
indifferent
paramount
anthropomorphism
30. Plentiful; having a large quantity
innovative
ambivalent
copious
innate
31. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
embellish
pernicious
malleable
32. Rudely abrupt
dogged
permeated
hypothetical
brusque
33. An example or model
impinge
paradigm
apposition
apology
34. Not migratory; settled
ostentatious
listless
assertion
sedentary
35. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
embellish
notorious
innate
obscure
36. Secretive
clandestine
surreptitiously
genre
slander
37. Having a harmful effect; injurious
exemplary
deleterious
panegyric
premonition
38. Having little substance or strength
arid
trivial
tenuous
despotic
39. Feeling or showing little emotion
apathetic
impinge
rational
implication
40. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
apposition
eloquence
exemplary
mediocrity
41. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
realism
indolent
prudent
pragmatic
42. Intended to instruct
didactic
candor
pugnacious
egregious
43. A place of retreat or security
asylum
candor
frank
paradigm
44. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
inconsequential
conviction
transitory
45. Done by secretive means
condemn
alliance
paramount
surreptitiously
46. Impulsive and unpredictable
naive
capricious
disparity
asylum
47. Dispersed throughout
abstract
obdurate
pervasive
impartial
48. To make vicious statements about
vilify
tenuous
plausible
ambivalent
49. Commonplace; ordinary
sedentary
mundane
conception
proximity
50. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
stoic
camaraderie
medley
mural