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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Of chief concern or importance
astute
realism
hypothetical
paramount
2. Producing a deep or full sound
profound
naive
transitory
sonorous
3. Impulsive and unpredictable
derived
ostentatious
rhetoric
capricious
4. Making gestures while speaking
exemplary
heinous
ample
gesticulating
5. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
alliance
benign
harbinger
realism
6. To grow or increase rapidly
proliferate
egregious
mundane
reprehensible
7. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
lexicon
impression
eclectic
apparatus
8. Closeness
proximity
austere
coup
inconsequential
9. Developed or learned; not naturally occuring
aesthetic
acquired
convoluted
sedentary
10. Good will between friends
inevitable
auspicious
camaraderie
stratagem
11. Kind and gentle
benign
egregious
vilify
opulent
12. Spread or flowing throughout
solvent
pernicious
sedentary
permeated
13. Uninteresting; unchallenging
metonymy
didactic
insipid
affable
14. Appropriateness of behavior
propriety
proliferate
alliance
derived
15. A collection of literary pieces
sardonic
anthology
despotic
apparatus
16. Short-lived or temporary
ominous
impression
dogmatic
transitory
17. Condition of sticking together
compelling
benign
timorous
cohesive
18. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
trepidation
replete
serene
hypothetical
19. Convincing; reasonable
serene
laudatory
cogent
virtuoso
20. Made; concocted to deceive
pejorative
anthropomorphism
naive
fabricated
21. Easy-going; friendly
prodigious
affable
phenomenon
sanction
22. Arrogant; vainly proud
idealize
haughty
enmity
syllogism
23. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
inevitable
parallelism
imperious
flagrant
24. Not able to be denied or disputed
perspective
incontrovertible
convoluted
stratagem
25. Laziness; inactivity; dullness
lament
torpor
innovative
arid
26. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
superficial
quandary
narrative
apology
27. Easily broken when subjected to pressure
whimsical
stoic
ostentatious
brittle
28. Easily flowing
impinge
lexicon
wily
fluid
29. Extremely careful and precise
contemptuous
medieval
conception
meticulous
30. Submissive; like a servant
despotic
servile
insipid
conflagration
31. Lacking energy
effusive
listless
wary
oxymoron
32. Contempt - scorn - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
trepidation
disdain
prodigious
transient
33. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
alienated
arbitrary
contemporary
mural
34. Extra; unnecessary
medieval
superfluous
pejorative
novel
35. Equipment; a group of machines
condescending
propriety
cordial
apparatus
36. Characterized by the telling of a story
narrative
facile
alienated
pervasive
37. To cause to be doubted
discredit
impede
hackneyed
imperious
38. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
contemptuous
alleviate
mural
benevolent
39. Able to pay one's debts
amenable
brusque
solvent
ruse
40. Introducing something new
innovative
serene
imperious
acquired
41. Done by secretive means
exemplary
cohesive
cryptic
surreptitiously
42. Determined by impulse rather than reason
syllogism
caustic
ornate
arbitrary
43. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
theoretical
frenetic
florid
misconception
44. Playfully humorous
implication
naive
theoretical
facetious
45. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
incumbent
genre
maverick
enmity
46. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
embellish
solvent
dogmatic
mediocrity
47. Rudely abrupt
brusque
archaic
conception
venerated
48. Statement of high praise
ominous
opulent
panegyric
replete
49. Open to more than one interpretation
astute
inconsequential
ambiguous
chiasmus
50. Not applied to actual objects
effusive
maverick
abstract
transient