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AP English Vocab
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1. To grow or increase rapidly
incumbent
dilettante
coup
proliferate
2. An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
synecdoche
sanction
plausible
torpor
3. Describing a dry - rainless climate
prosaic
sonorous
listless
arid
4. Anxiety or fear about the future
assimilation
apprehension
spurious
permeated
5. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
whimsical
opulent
intuition
incorrigible
6. Without decoration; strict
suppressed
austere
transient
vitality
7. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
obscure
heinous
egregious
mediocrity
8. Describing a showy or pretentious display
plausible
ostentatious
transitory
effusive
9. Causing great harm
endure
discredit
facile
pernicious
10. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
naive
sedentary
torpor
pernicious
11. Not migratory; settled
fastidious
parallelism
sedentary
alleviate
12. Not straightforward; crafty
eloquence
disingenuous
deleterious
consensus
13. Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
prudent
dubious
hypothetical
enmity
14. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
cryptic
disparage
rational
whimsical
15. Giving praise
implication
equivocate
gesticulating
laudatory
16. Feeling or showing little emotion
contemptuous
austere
apathetic
melancholy
17. A place of retreat or security
lucid
archaic
putrid
asylum
18. Commonplace; ordinary
assertion
malice
hypothetical
mundane
19. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
compelling
asylum
anthropomorphism
florid
20. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
theoretical
eclectic
modest
effusive
21. Kind and gentle
novel
copious
perception
benign
22. Extreme ill-will or spite
coherent
malice
catalog (v.)
spurious
23. All-powerful
dubious
omnipotent
mollify
meticulous
24. Not applied to actual objects
pernicious
proliferate
haughty
abstract
25. Unplanned; naturally occurring
synecdoche
spontaneous
ornate
sanction
26. Lazy
inevitable
novel
benign
indolent
27. To absorb; to make similar
ebullience
assimilation
didactic
phenomenon
28. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
theoretical
harbinger
florid
quandary
29. Uninteresting; unchallenging
insipid
notorious
dictatorial
disparage
30. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
venerated
brittle
prodigious
contemporary
31. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
timorous
permeated
condemn
dictatorial
32. Current - modern; from the same time
assertion
contemporary
coherent
rhetoric
33. To make an itemized list of
trepidation
anachronism
catalog (v.)
modest
34. Describing the category or artistic endeavor
disparity
medley
ambivalent
genre
35. The ability to form or understand an idea
virtuoso
deleterious
prosaic
conception
36. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
integrity
propitious
affable
discourse
37. An example or model
parallelism
paradigm
subdue
quandary
38. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
virtuoso
archaic
premonition
39. Circumstances of a situation; environment
realism
prosaic
context
ebullience
40. Profoundly moving; touching
prudent
intrepid
tenacity
poignant
41. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
alienated
slander
maverick
tenacity
42. Having a harmful effect; injurious
period
deleterious
substantiated
cryptic
43. Extremely dull
ponderous
alliance
cordial
rancorous
44. Timid; fearful about the future
timorous
intuition
premonition
hackneyed
45. Insulting in manner or speech
idealize
cohesive
insolent
pragmatic
46. A beginner
ornate
catalog (v.)
elusive
novice
47. Having no useful purpose; pointless
malfeasance
coherent
futile
subdue
48. Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
objectivity
anthropomorphism
obstinate
sedentary
49. Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
spurious
objectivity
obstinate
comprehensive
50. A declaration or statement
assertion
inherent
trivial
solvent
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