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AP English Vocab
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1. To calm or soothe
lament
idealize
mollify
brusque
2. Not genuine
arid
spurious
exculpate
obsolete
3. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
genre
heinous
consensus
4. Giving praise
imperious
obsolete
laudatory
austere
5. Describing a dry - rainless climate
aesthetic
meticulous
ample
arid
6. Convincing; reasonable
cogent
surreptitiously
impartial
brittle
7. To put up with; to survive a hardship
perspective
cohesive
exculpate
endure
8. Insulting in manner or speech
indifferent
proximity
insolent
novel
9. An unusual - observable event
mundane
phenomenon
enlightening
realism
10. A crafty trick
impede
ruse
proximity
futile
11. A brilliantly executed plan
ingrate
torpor
fabricated
coup
12. Without decoration; strict
trepidation
austere
clandestine
vilify
13. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
rational
fastidious
dubious
assiduous
14. Difficult to comprehend
trivial
alienated
cryptic
sanction
15. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
apathetic
syllogism
replete
dictatorial
16. Proper; marked by good taste
decorous
discredit
profound
archaic
17. To grow or increase rapidly
equivocate
heinous
medley
proliferate
18. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
equanimity
profound
propitious
florid
19. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
compelling
hypothetical
paradigm
disparage
20. To restrain; to hold back
anthology
austere
apposition
subdue
21. Having great depth or seriousness
spontaneous
medley
profound
convoluted
22. The ability to form or understand an idea
convoluted
conception
idealize
stratagem
23. Cunning
opulent
torpor
archaic
wily
24. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
synecdoche
penitent
premonition
obsolete
25. Lacking application or practical application
theoretical
anachronism
idealize
brusque
26. Prejudiced
fastidious
propitious
modest
biased
27. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
staid
prosaic
indolent
replete
28. Calm
serene
apology
incorrigible
integrity
29. The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
sedentary
camaraderie
hypocrisy
dogmatic
30. To make vicious statements about
suppressed
vilify
assimilation
mural
31. Easily understood; clear
lucid
intuition
deleterious
penitent
32. Unplanned; naturally occurring
superficial
clandestine
spontaneous
decorous
33. Sincerity; openness
ambivalent
solvent
candor
obstinate
34. Hatefully evil; abominable
sardonic
impede
heinous
proliferate
35. Awareness; insight
fastidious
perception
sedentary
implication
36. Responsive; agreeable
amenable
anthology
ponderous
spurious
37. Uninteresting; unchallenging
staid
vitality
patronizing
insipid
38. Wrongdoing - misconduct
objectivity
haughty
malfeasance
anthology
39. Exercising good judgment or common sense
permeated
incontrovertible
prudent
dubious
40. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
hackneyed
archaic
gratuitous
pejorative
41. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
amenable
realism
truncated
superficial
42. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
gratuitous
reprehensible
impinge
brittle
43. Equipment; a group of machines
apparatus
metonymy
incontrovertible
assimilation
44. Having a harmful effect; injurious
innovative
replete
deleterious
discredit
45. Making gestures while speaking
phenomenon
lexicon
gesticulating
diligent
46. Extremely dull
ponderous
apprehension
trivial
hypothetical
47. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
plagiarism
equanimity
ambivalent
modest
48. A tremendously skilled artist
frenetic
ambivalent
facile
virtuoso
49. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
solvent
quandary
metonymy
meticulous
50. Having no useful purpose; pointless
futile
innate
whimsical
haughty