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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. Defense of an idea
poignant
serene
apology
obscure
2. To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
facile
dictatorial
embellish
reclamation
3. To restrain; to hold back
profound
subdue
heinous
novice
4. All-powerful
omnipotent
caustic
surreptitiously
obscure
5. An apparent contradiction of terms
servile
dilettante
rational
oxymoron
6. A tremendously skilled artist
virtuoso
amenable
elusive
intuition
7. Inborn; built-in
affable
pragmatic
inherent
alienated
8. Circumstances of a situation; environment
premonition
proximity
chiasmus
context
9. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated
sanction
metonymy
wary
superficial
10. Poisonous
toxic
discredit
plausible
condescending
11. Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious
emigrate
hypothetical
propitious
equanimity
12. Copied or adapted from a source
derived
inveterate
obdurate
rational
13. Lacking application or practical application
theoretical
surreptitiously
dubious
archetype
14. A brilliantly executed plan
incontrovertible
coup
realism
novice
15. Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
gratuitous
condescending
meticulous
despotic
16. To make an itemized list of
lucid
transient
catalog (v.)
discourse
17. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
inconsequential
tenuous
pugnacious
disparage
18. To give official authorization or approval
penitent
astute
sanction
paramount
19. Closeness
haughty
proximity
propriety
frenetic
20. A fixed or strong belief
conviction
innate
aesthetic
auspicious
21. Done by secretive means
inveterate
obsolete
comprehensive
surreptitiously
22. Sadness; depression
melancholy
clandestine
incorrigible
inveterate
23. A widespread fire
heinous
genre
conflagration
sanction
24. Friendly; sincere
biased
medley
disingenuous
cordial
25. Commonplace; ordinary
sedentary
substantiated
derived
mundane
26. Menacing; threatening
superfluous
surreptitiously
coup
ominous
27. Extremely careful and precise
contemptuous
discredit
assiduous
meticulous
28. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
rhetoric
parody
syllogism
archetype
29. To free from guilt or blame
exculpate
affable
condescending
benevolent
30. Imposed as a duty; obligatory
incumbent
innate
impartial
stratagem
31. Unimaginative; dull
timorous
futile
dogged
prosaic
32. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
alienated
contemporary
misconception
serene
33. A group organized by rank
auspicious
florid
hierarchy
clandestine
34. Anxiety or fear about the future
apprehension
innate
equanimity
factious
35. The ability to form or understand an idea
conception
heinous
metonymy
consensus
36. Elaborately decorated
subdue
astute
alienated
ornate
37. Practical
alleviate
truncated
dilettante
pragmatic
38. Quarrelsome
factious
rhetoric
conflagration
vilify
39. Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
eclectic
superficial
coherent
abstract
40. Courageous; fearless; bold
inconsequential
austere
intrepid
coherent
41. Highly respected
apprehension
venerated
assertion
effusive
42. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
medley
synecdoche
objectivity
eloquence
43. Domineering; oppressively overbearing
cogent
dictatorial
medieval
period
44. Arrogant; vainly proud
haughty
obscure
spurious
mediocrity
45. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
replete
notorious
imperious
assertion
46. Extra; unnecessary
mollify
consensus
superfluous
disingenuous
47. Possessing carefull attention to detail; difficult to please
context
fastidious
medieval
implication
48. Something out of place in time or sequence
anachronism
ostentatious
dubious
dogged
49. An unusual - observable event
phenomenon
ponderous
parallelism
toxic
50. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
dictatorial
prudent
frenetic
condemn