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AP English Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
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1. Arrogant; vainly proud






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






3. Easily flowing






4. Subdued; kept from being circulated






5. Lazy






6. Plentiful; having a large quantity






7. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased






8. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)






9. Convincing; reasonable






10. Treating in a condescending manner






11. Point of view






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






13. To make an itemized list of






14. Submissive; like a servant






15. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation






16. An assortment or a mixture - especially of musical pieces






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






18. A union of two or more groups






19. Without decoration; strict






20. Coming into existence; emerging






21. Express grief for; mourn






22. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action






23. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical






24. Extreme ill-will or spite






25. A perfect example; an original pattern or model






26. Bound to happen; unavoidable






27. Favorable; promising






28. To free from guilt or blame






29. Given freely; unearned; unwarranted






30. Not migratory; settled






31. An inversion in the second of two parallel phrases






32. Laziness; inactivity; dullness






33. Of little substance or significance






34. Extremely dull






35. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual






36. Not caring one way or the other






37. Characterized by the telling of a story






38. Combative; belligerent






39. Lacking energy






40. Worn out through overuse; trite






41. Prejudiced






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






43. Conspicuously bad or offensive






44. Mutual hatred or ill-will






45. Not applied to actual objects






46. To consider perfect






47. Persistence






48. Forceful; urgently demanding attention






49. Lacking application or practical application






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