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AP English Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Prejudiced






2. To leave one country or region and settle in another






3. Hard-working






4. Uninteresting; unchallenging






5. Not straightforward; crafty






6. Hinder; interfere with






7. Condition of sticking together






8. Impulsive and unpredictable






9. Of chief concern or importance






10. Possessed at birth; inborn






11. To restrain; to hold back






12. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion






13. Highly respected






14. Incapable of being reformed






15. Courageous; fearless; bold






16. Existing only as an assumption or speculation






17. Spread or flowing throughout






18. Appropriateness of behavior






19. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty






20. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence






21. Having no useful purpose; pointless






22. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted






23. To give official authorization or approval






24. Convincing; reasonable






25. Statement of high praise






26. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole






27. Domineering; oppressively overbearing






28. Proper; marked by good taste






29. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain






30. On guard






31. Combative; belligerent






32. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle






33. To make an itemized list of






34. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please






35. A grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used






36. Having great depth or seriousness






37. Stubborn; inflexible






38. A group organized by rank






39. To slow the progress of






40. Producing a deep or full sound






41. Without decoration; strict






42. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow






43. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation






44. General agreement






45. Friendly; sincere






46. Well-meaning; generous






47. Easy-going; friendly






48. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working






49. Introducing something new






50. Unimaginative; dull