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AP English Vocab
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1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
indolent
imperious
assimilation
brittle
2. Menacing; threatening
deleterious
premonition
ominous
oxymoron
3. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
sardonic
rhetoric
malfeasance
impartial
4. Sadness; depression
melancholy
spurious
didactic
apposition
5. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
apathetic
enmity
emigrate
6. To make an itemized list of
catalog (v.)
heinous
derived
vilify
7. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
fastidious
proximity
penitent
ambivalent
8. Extra; unnecessary
impede
incontrovertible
superfluous
prosaic
9. A feeling about the future
premonition
disdain
heinous
trepidation
10. An example or model
coherent
paradigm
cryptic
benevolent
11. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
wily
dubious
harbinger
medieval
12. Coming into existence; emerging
novice
pugnacious
penitent
nascent
13. The act of making something useful again
lexicon
decorous
excerpt
reclamation
14. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
incumbent
notorious
stoic
15. Stubbornly persevering
dogged
venerated
futile
omnipotent
16. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
impression
quandary
ostentatious
implication
17. A selected part of a passage or scene
futile
rancorous
excerpt
disparage
18. Impulsive and unpredictable
impression
dictatorial
trepidation
capricious
19. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
spontaneous
permeated
misconception
laudatory
20. To give official authorization or approval
parody
perception
sanction
cryptic
21. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
malice
arbitrary
parallelism
facetious
22. Rudely abrupt
rancorous
brusque
propitious
pernicious
23. Anxiety or fear about the future
ostentatious
staid
apprehension
parallelism
24. Shortened; cut off
cohesive
truncated
ruse
astute
25. A group organized by rank
effusive
heinous
hierarchy
exemplary
26. Describing a dry - rainless climate
tenacity
arid
hierarchy
frank
27. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
brittle
lexicon
egregious
assertion
28. Lacking application or practical application
theoretical
cogent
conviction
lexicon
29. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
metonymy
obdurate
archetype
30. Uninteresting; unchallenging
plagiarism
insipid
parody
endure
31. A declaration or statement
pragmatic
rational
assertion
quandary
32. Making gestures while speaking
inevitable
gesticulating
conflagration
virtuoso
33. On guard
insolent
indolent
wary
novel
34. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
archaic
omnipotent
consensus
flagrant
35. Unemotional; serious
prudent
austere
eloquence
staid
36. Easily flowing
fluid
lexicon
flagrant
servile
37. Trustworthiness; completeness
dogged
integrity
subdue
disparage
38. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
vindicated
anthropomorphism
dogmatic
aesthetic
39. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
novice
medieval
camaraderie
40. Hatefully evil; abominable
spurious
clandestine
heinous
pugnacious
41. Extreme ill-will or spite
archetype
malice
frank
metonymy
42. To free from guilt or blame
eclectic
exculpate
spontaneous
objectivity
43. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
integrity
impartial
obscure
opulent
44. An ungrateful person
cryptic
impartial
ingrate
meticulous
45. A collection of literary pieces
camaraderie
lucid
anthology
staid
46. Severely critical or sarcastic
lexicon
listless
clandestine
caustic
47. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
paramount
haughty
context
48. Extremely dull
conviction
ponderous
futile
discourse
49. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
stoic
innovative
discourse
realism
50. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
apposition
obscure
paramount
factious