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AP English Vocab
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1. Not migratory; settled
sedentary
perception
genre
prodigious
2. Energy; power to survive
wily
facetious
parody
vitality
3. Describing a large amount of something
ample
innate
brittle
phenomenon
4. A brilliantly executed plan
coup
oxymoron
sanction
mural
5. Conspicuously bad or offensive
heinous
egregious
hypothetical
assiduous
6. Open to more than one interpretation
pejorative
replete
ambiguous
ornate
7. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
impression
insolent
ambivalent
8. Responsive; agreeable
assertion
amenable
coup
fluid
9. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
equanimity
ruse
diligent
conviction
10. Proper; marked by good taste
suppressed
aesthetic
equanimity
decorous
11. To consider perfect
alleviate
idealize
patronizing
melancholy
12. Express grief for; mourn
subdue
maverick
propriety
lament
13. Arrogant; vainly proud
servile
haughty
sardonic
diligent
14. Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
effusive
novice
fastidious
pragmatic
15. Prejudiced
biased
ingrate
arbitrary
assertion
16. A tremendously skilled artist
prudent
aesthetic
trivial
virtuoso
17. Highly respected
auspicious
panegyric
venerated
mediocrity
18. Quiet or humble in manner or appearance
assimilation
derived
modest
period
19. To cause to be doubted
discredit
enlightening
apprehension
perspective
20. Favorable; promising
auspicious
archetype
innate
pervasive
21. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
syllogism
vindicated
meticulous
patronizing
22. Not straightforward; crafty
penitent
sonorous
acquired
disingenuous
23. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
disdain
aesthetic
suppressed
poignant
24. Of little substance or significance
trivial
arbiter
meticulous
perception
25. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
equivocate
florid
realism
subdue
26. Stubbornly persevering
contemporary
dogged
copious
pragmatic
27. Intense enthusiasm
paradigm
wily
ebullience
alienated
28. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used
parallelism
apposition
factious
endure
29. Commendable; worthy of imitation
omnipotent
dogged
transient
exemplary
30. Causing great harm
exculpate
camaraderie
pernicious
ruse
31. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
torpor
prosaic
disdain
parody
32. Wrongdoing - misconduct
flagrant
compelling
malfeasance
intuition
33. Short-lived or temporary
impartial
insipid
transitory
vitality
34. Unemotional; serious
prosaic
staid
sonorous
lexicon
35. A selected part of a passage or scene
convoluted
sardonic
slander
excerpt
36. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
sanction
synecdoche
genre
superficial
37. Exercising good judgment or common sense
assimilation
prudent
whimsical
convoluted
38. Profoundly moving; touching
poignant
pragmatic
haughty
facile
39. Having no useful purpose; pointless
slander
compelling
melancholy
futile
40. No longer in use; old-fashioned
fluid
dictatorial
serene
obsolete
41. Defense of an idea
anthology
endure
premonition
apology
42. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
haughty
mediocrity
oxymoron
assimilation
43. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
torpor
condemn
naive
putrid
44. Menacing; threatening
effusive
melancholy
didactic
ominous
45. Statement of high praise
transitory
panegyric
paradigm
candor
46. An apparent contradiction of terms
ornate
aesthetic
oxymoron
despotic
47. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
insolent
tenacity
rancorous
malleable
48. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
synecdoche
surreptitiously
transient
gratuitous
49. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
reclamation
disparity
dubious
eloquence
50. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
contemporary
embellish
disparage
derived