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AP English Vocab
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1. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
hypocrisy
ominous
assiduous
facetious
2. Easily flowing
replete
florid
permeated
fluid
3. A brilliantly executed plan
malfeasance
mural
venerated
coup
4. A selected part of a passage or scene
flagrant
excerpt
apathetic
novice
5. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
conception
equanimity
inevitable
substantiated
6. Not applied to actual objects
biased
pragmatic
abstract
harbinger
7. Dispersed throughout
omnipotent
propitious
frank
pervasive
8. To restrain; to hold back
conception
endure
laudatory
subdue
9. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
notorious
propriety
solvent
impression
10. Something out of place in time or sequence
medley
prosaic
anachronism
propitious
11. Hinder; interfere with
ebullience
tenuous
impinge
ambiguous
12. Characterized by the telling of a story
narrative
alienated
futile
misconception
13. Characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
archaic
venerated
ostentatious
cordial
14. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
whimsical
dilettante
listless
chiasmus
15. Menacing; threatening
ominous
insolent
sedentary
propitious
16. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
dictatorial
cogent
dogmatic
17. Existing only as an assumption or speculation
hypothetical
parody
apposition
exculpate
18. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
panegyric
flagrant
maverick
sardonic
19. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
dilettante
replete
opulent
excerpt
20. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
sardonic
perspective
inveterate
tenacity
21. Able to pay one's debts
disdain
disparage
malleable
solvent
22. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
stoic
wary
obscure
acquired
23. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
excerpt
wary
incorrigible
notorious
24. Exercising good judgment or common sense
whimsical
impede
prudent
modest
25. Open to more than one interpretation
wary
mollify
ambiguous
hierarchy
26. Cunning
conception
wily
harbinger
pugnacious
27. Not genuine
serene
alleviate
spurious
idealize
28. Playfully humorous
despotic
obstinate
assimilation
facetious
29. Commonplace; ordinary
mundane
superficial
facetious
factious
30. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence
idealize
eclectic
effusive
period
31. To grow or increase rapidly
rhetoric
mollify
proliferate
archaic
32. Highly respected
gratuitous
venerated
conception
incorrigible
33. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
opulent
emigrate
plagiarism
obstinate
34. Prejudiced
abstract
biased
objectivity
naive
35. To ease a pain or burden
alleviate
ostentatious
dilettante
arbiter
36. Kind and gentle
derived
affable
benign
equivocate
37. The act of suggesting or hinting
ingrate
parody
implication
brittle
38. A widespread fire
conflagration
tenacity
permeated
coup
39. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
dogmatic
excerpt
vindicated
anthology
40. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
apathetic
copious
perception
41. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
archetype
plagiarism
dubious
obstinate
42. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
impartial
hypothetical
substantiated
plausible
43. Enormous
premonition
discredit
brittle
prodigious
44. Statement of high praise
panegyric
compelling
perspective
contemporary
45. A crafty trick
frenetic
rancorous
reprehensible
ruse
46. Extra; unnecessary
superfluous
metonymy
frenetic
benign
47. Severely critical or sarcastic
caustic
innate
lexicon
disparage
48. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
torpor
incumbent
cohesive
cryptic
49. An example or model
paradigm
stratagem
impede
patronizing
50. Of or occurring in the night; under cover of darkness
discredit
arbitrary
nocturnal
effusive