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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Feeling or showing little emotion
fabricated
tenuous
apathetic
implication
2. Point of view
superficial
equanimity
perspective
pugnacious
3. Difficult to capture - as in something actually fleeting
elusive
panegyric
insipid
poignant
4. Energy; power to survive
rancorous
vitality
biased
disparity
5. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
integrity
futile
objectivity
servile
6. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
apposition
facile
toxic
7. Cunning
lucid
theoretical
venerated
wily
8. Commonplace; ordinary
disdain
mundane
acquired
harbinger
9. Not genuine
superficial
brusque
spurious
mural
10. Courageous; fearless; bold
incontrovertible
anthropomorphism
amenable
intrepid
11. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
apposition
vilify
anachronism
stoic
12. Coming into existence; emerging
amenable
nascent
subdue
brittle
13. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
pejorative
maverick
alienated
anthology
14. Exercising good judgment or common sense
emigrate
prudent
patronizing
surreptitiously
15. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
camaraderie
disparity
caustic
pervasive
16. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
penitent
diligent
austere
rhetoric
17. Done or achieved with little effort; easy
facile
disdain
putrid
notorious
18. Not applied to actual objects
dubious
sanction
hierarchy
abstract
19. Spread or flowing throughout
nocturnal
benevolent
naive
permeated
20. Not caring one way or the other
impression
subdue
indifferent
facetious
21. A selected part of a passage or scene
excerpt
toxic
implication
acquired
22. Hinder; interfere with
fluid
impinge
quandary
exculpate
23. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
equivocate
florid
intuition
obstinate
24. Logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
rational
sanction
acquired
naive
25. Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
torpor
opulent
didactic
pejorative
26. Mutual hatred or ill-will
disparity
modest
deleterious
enmity
27. Lacking energy
innate
alleviate
cordial
listless
28. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
poignant
cryptic
pervasive
29. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
enlightening
embellish
superfluous
eloquence
30. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
intuition
superficial
context
sedentary
31. Stubborn; inflexible
plagiarism
putrid
malice
obdurate
32. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
spurious
arid
consensus
33. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
arbitrary
capricious
aesthetic
equivocate
34. Menacing; threatening
ominous
conviction
candor
wary
35. Conspicuously bad or offensive
proliferate
egregious
parody
replete
36. Persistence
sanction
impartial
tenacity
poignant
37. Submissive; like a servant
maverick
torpor
servile
panegyric
38. On guard
obscure
wary
conflagration
dictatorial
39. Freed from blame
trepidation
vindicated
idealize
serene
40. Insulting in manner or speech
apprehension
insolent
ostentatious
fabricated
41. Poisonous
toxic
narrative
torpor
rhetoric
42. Informative; contributing to one's awareness
rancorous
facetious
subdue
enlightening
43. Defense of an idea
novel
auspicious
apology
brittle
44. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
superficial
impartial
inconsequential
amenable
45. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
hypothetical
eclectic
penitent
spurious
46. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
notorious
facetious
derived
medieval
47. A fixed or strong belief
despotic
flagrant
obstinate
conviction
48. Stubbornly persevering
trivial
dogged
misconception
poignant
49. A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
impression
paradigm
syllogism
substantiated
50. Express grief for; mourn
discredit
lament
catalog (v.)
fastidious