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AP English Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
dilettante
omnipotent
proliferate
premonition
2. Point of view
inherent
perspective
arid
pervasive
3. Elaborately decorated
incorrigible
mundane
arbiter
ornate
4. Stubborn; inflexible
obdurate
permeated
profound
objectivity
5. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
equanimity
conception
obdurate
anthropomorphism
6. Making gestures while speaking
venerated
gesticulating
indolent
ambivalent
7. Intended to instruct
inveterate
alleviate
biased
didactic
8. Mutual hatred or ill-will
ornate
enmity
equanimity
metonymy
9. Not applied to actual objects
insolent
abstract
quandary
mollify
10. Severely critical or sarcastic
integrity
caustic
notorious
sardonic
11. Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
lucid
serene
proliferate
flagrant
12. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
assertion
anachronism
excerpt
aesthetic
13. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
contemporary
indolent
discourse
permeated
14. Awareness; insight
coup
perception
context
patronizing
15. To speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
reprehensible
disparage
slander
derived
16. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
virtuoso
maverick
sanction
opulent
17. Coming into existence; emerging
obsolete
innovative
fastidious
nascent
18. Of little substance or significance
notorious
sonorous
anachronism
trivial
19. Rudely abrupt
medley
convoluted
anthropomorphism
brusque
20. Current - modern; from the same time
malice
rational
contemporary
intrepid
21. Describing flowery or elaborate speech
implication
frank
facile
florid
22. An incorrect understanding or interpretation
emigrate
narrative
insipid
misconception
23. A selected part of a passage or scene
alleviate
enmity
excerpt
modest
24. To restrain; to hold back
prodigious
disparity
innate
subdue
25. The act of suggesting or hinting
sardonic
implication
hypothetical
gratuitous
26. Combative; belligerent
propitious
ominous
medley
pugnacious
27. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
deleterious
lexicon
paramount
lucid
28. To slow the progress of
ambivalent
impede
sanction
factious
29. To ease a pain or burden
affable
meticulous
torpor
alleviate
30. Causing great harm
amenable
innovative
pernicious
genre
31. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
panegyric
anachronism
equanimity
intuition
32. Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
auspicious
whimsical
synecdoche
exemplary
33. A place of retreat or security
mediocrity
ebullience
reclamation
asylum
34. Extremely careful and precise
objectivity
notorious
florid
meticulous
35. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
rhetoric
realism
superficial
phenomenon
36. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
excerpt
mundane
biased
ambivalent
37. A state of uncertainty or perplexity
quandary
modest
eclectic
rancorous
38. A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
dogmatic
assiduous
solvent
apposition
39. Of chief concern or importance
surreptitiously
paramount
egregious
incumbent
40. Possessed at birth; inborn
innate
staid
putrid
suppressed
41. Wildly excited or active
integrity
excerpt
frenetic
exemplary
42. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh - bitter - or caustic
heinous
amenable
sardonic
austere
43. Treating people as weak or inferior
frenetic
frank
laudatory
condescending
44. The ability to speak vividly or persuasively
eloquence
inconsequential
pugnacious
affable
45. Removed or disassociated from (friends - family - or homeland)
transitory
dubious
alienated
equanimity
46. Producing a deep or full sound
alliance
slander
enlightening
sonorous
47. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frank
dogmatic
arbiter
sardonic
48. To absorb; to make similar
assimilation
apposition
egregious
premonition
49. Defense of an idea
serene
amenable
apology
ambivalent
50. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
plausible
impartial
solvent
impression