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AP English Vocab

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1. Describing a large amount of something






2. Subdued; kept from being circulated






3. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity






4. No longer in use; old-fashioned






5. Copied or adapted from a source






6. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive






7. Mutual hatred or ill-will






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






9. Large in scope or content






10. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted






11. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned






12. A widespread fire






13. Fear - apprehension






14. Equipment; a group of machines






15. Stubborn; inflexible






16. Done or achieved with little effort; easy






17. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface






18. Favorable; promising






19. Shortened; cut off






20. A clever trick used to deceive or outwit






21. Kind and gentle






22. Done by secretive means






23. Treating in a condescending manner






24. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty






25. Sadness; depression






26. A crafty trick






27. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence






28. A feeling about the future






29. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature






30. Describing a dry - rainless climate






31. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience






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






33. Describing a showy or pretentious display






34. General agreement






35. Extremely careful and precise






36. Short-lived or temporary






37. Unimaginative; dull






38. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another






39. Plentiful; having a large quantity






40. Worthy of blame






41. Commonplace; ordinary






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






43. Energy; power to survive






44. Logically connected






45. Enormous






46. Treating people as weak or inferior






47. On guard






48. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical






49. A declaration or statement






50. Coming into existence; emerging