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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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1. A union of two or more groups
pragmatic
alliance
reprehensible
inveterate
2. General agreement
innate
consensus
effusive
discredit
3. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
prodigious
incontrovertible
embellish
4. Wildly excited or active
frenetic
cryptic
propitious
austere
5. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces
superficial
medley
proximity
tenuous
6. Difficult to comprehend
spontaneous
premonition
cryptic
servile
7. Condition of sticking together
cohesive
inherent
chiasmus
equanimity
8. To avoid making a definite statement
disingenuous
compelling
equivocate
consensus
9. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
inconsequential
misconception
capricious
lucid
10. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
abstract
panegyric
substantiated
11. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
aesthetic
idealize
substantiated
acquired
12. Poisonous
pugnacious
cryptic
apathetic
toxic
13. Cunning
wily
ingrate
staid
obscure
14. A selected part of a passage or scene
disparage
imperious
servile
excerpt
15. Current - modern; from the same time
contemporary
reprehensible
period
prosaic
16. Feeling or showing little emotion
substantiated
malice
truncated
apathetic
17. To slow the progress of
anthology
impede
benevolent
paramount
18. Awareness; insight
abstract
surreptitiously
perception
incontrovertible
19. Worthy of blame
vitality
ruse
reprehensible
virtuoso
20. Easily flowing
impede
indolent
fluid
arbiter
21. Persistence
cordial
integrity
tenacity
disingenuous
22. Courageous; fearless; bold
intrepid
obdurate
eloquence
diligent
23. Statement of high praise
virtuoso
mundane
mollify
panegyric
24. Extremely careful and precise
asylum
sedentary
subdue
meticulous
25. Extreme ill-will or spite
caustic
malice
parody
endure
26. Anxiety or fear about the future
futile
parody
apprehension
fastidious
27. A widespread fire
ornate
lexicon
consensus
conflagration
28. Express grief for; mourn
suppressed
lament
dogged
incumbent
29. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
servile
benevolent
penitent
equanimity
30. An unusual - observable event
frenetic
apposition
copious
phenomenon
31. Spread or flowing throughout
permeated
brusque
incorrigible
arbiter
32. Convincing; reasonable
realism
cogent
mollify
ostentatious
33. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
ruse
modest
propitious
anthropomorphism
34. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
phenomenon
assiduous
nocturnal
medieval
35. Point of view
mural
perspective
novice
prodigious
36. Done by secretive means
proximity
gesticulating
discredit
surreptitiously
37. Extremely dull
auspicious
serene
ponderous
malfeasance
38. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
torpor
vilify
whimsical
lament
39. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
mediocrity
panegyric
innovative
40. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
apparatus
surreptitiously
dictatorial
obstinate
41. Shortened; cut off
dogmatic
stoic
truncated
laudatory
42. To put up with; to survive a hardship
innovative
embellish
endure
solvent
43. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
gratuitous
sanction
derived
trivial
44. Elaborately decorated
listless
propitious
parody
ornate
45. Treating in a condescending manner
facile
patronizing
perception
apparatus
46. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
apology
enlightening
mural
brittle
47. Kind and gentle
nascent
medley
benign
phenomenon
48. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
hackneyed
compelling
ample
ingrate
49. Extra; unnecessary
capricious
eclectic
superfluous
pragmatic
50. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
archaic
brittle
incumbent
transient