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AP English Vocab

Subjects : english, ap
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. On guard






2. One who is independent and resists adherence to a group






3. Laziness; inactivity; dullness






4. Having a harmful effect; injurious






5. Quarrelsome






6. Verbal expression or exchange; conversation






7. Appropriateness of behavior






8. Rotten






9. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds






10. Elaborately decorated






11. Kind and gentle






12. To ease a pain or burden






13. Feeling hatred; scornful






14. Plentiful; having a large quantity






15. Not in favor of one side or the other - unbiased






16. An example or model






17. Stubborn; inflexible






18. False charges and malicious oral statements about someone






19. Insulting in manner or speech






20. To consider perfect






21. An artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect






22. Playfully humorous






23. A selected part of a passage or scene






24. Friendly; sincere






25. To avoid making a definite statement






26. A feeling about the future






27. A declaration or statement






28. Current - modern; from the same time






29. Spread or flowing throughout






30. A form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole






31. One with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge






32. An ungrateful person






33. Having to do with the appreciation of beauty






34. Existing only as an assumption or speculation






35. The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight






36. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual






37. Exhibiting a display of great wealth






38. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own






39. Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain






40. Forceful; urgently demanding attention






41. To cause to be doubted






42. Not genuine






43. Hateful; marked by deep-seated ill-will






44. A type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated






45. Well-meaning; generous






46. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature






47. Long - complex - grammatically correct sentence






48. Timid; fearful about the future






49. Abundantly supplied; filled to capacity






50. Commonplace; ordinary