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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No longer in use; old-fashioned
idealize
caustic
obsolete
timorous
2. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
modest
suppressed
paradigm
3. A beginner
laudatory
apology
novice
prosaic
4. Convincing; reasonable
novel
sardonic
cogent
effusive
5. Subdued; kept from being circulated
suppressed
context
imperious
premonition
6. Anxiety or fear about the future
impede
apprehension
truncated
misconception
7. A group organized by rank
tenacity
innovative
hierarchy
vilify
8. Describing a showy or pretentious display
reprehensible
staid
ostentatious
reclamation
9. Exhibiting a display of great wealth
caustic
syllogism
opulent
intuition
10. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
enmity
cogent
mediocrity
hypocrisy
11. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
assiduous
ostentatious
plausible
ambiguous
12. Lacking energy
listless
ominous
spontaneous
laudatory
13. Copied or adapted from a source
pragmatic
conception
amenable
derived
14. Cunning
timorous
wily
propriety
ponderous
15. Friendly; sincere
cordial
discourse
malice
impression
16. Equipment; a group of machines
stoic
apparatus
disparity
context
17. A feeling about the future
inveterate
melancholy
frenetic
premonition
18. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
reprehensible
anachronism
substantiated
superficial
19. Poisonous
novice
quandary
toxic
indifferent
20. Shrewd; clever
alliance
coherent
astute
impede
21. Insulting in manner or speech
opulent
insolent
malfeasance
lexicon
22. Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
transient
fastidious
ominous
intuition
23. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
equivocate
assiduous
compelling
impinge
24. To leave one country or region and settle in another
theoretical
inevitable
capricious
emigrate
25. Difficult to comprehend
apathetic
fluid
cryptic
period
26. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
brittle
hierarchy
derived
parody
27. Fear - apprehension
trepidation
incorrigible
futile
vilify
28. To restrain; to hold back
subdue
mediocrity
apathetic
pejorative
29. An example or model
toxic
ominous
paradigm
ostentatious
30. Having no useful purpose; pointless
melancholy
futile
ruse
context
31. Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
enmity
contemptuous
diligent
oxymoron
32. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
disdain
paramount
malfeasance
33. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased
cordial
impartial
rancorous
rhetoric
34. Incapable of being reformed
conflagration
propitious
incorrigible
parody
35. A collection of literary pieces
anthology
conviction
maverick
imperious
36. A crafty trick
heinous
syllogism
ruse
exemplary
37. A judge who decides a disputed issue
slander
candor
proliferate
arbiter
38. Referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
medieval
trivial
contemptuous
theoretical
39. Prejudiced
biased
indifferent
meticulous
obsolete
40. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
genre
excerpt
fluid
anthropomorphism
41. A form of deductive reasoning: a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion
rhetoric
disdain
syllogism
alienated
42. Inequality in age - rank - or degree; - difference
panegyric
disparity
modest
elusive
43. Producing a deep or full sound
mundane
pervasive
ponderous
sonorous
44. An unusual - observable event
obsolete
astute
phenomenon
archetype
45. Short-lived or temporary
transitory
rancorous
incontrovertible
ample
46. Not caring one way or the other
indifferent
truncated
omnipotent
archaic
47. Courageous; fearless; bold
heinous
intrepid
serene
biased
48. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
ostentatious
plagiarism
malleable
camaraderie
49. Introducing something new
innovative
impede
candor
vitality
50. Shortened; cut off
truncated
auspicious
impede
wily