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AP English Vocab
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1. Supported with proof or evidence; verified
substantiated
prosaic
panegyric
frenetic
2. Mutual hatred or ill-will
enmity
disdain
hypothetical
mural
3. Bound to happen; unavoidable
obdurate
asylum
inevitable
ambivalent
4. Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
hypothetical
stoic
flagrant
discredit
5. The act of suggesting or hinting
novel
ambiguous
equivocate
implication
6. Forceful; urgently demanding attention
panegyric
medley
pernicious
compelling
7. To leave one country or region and settle in another
prosaic
haughty
emigrate
toxic
8. Expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
superfluous
substantiated
timorous
penitent
9. Express grief for; mourn
inherent
lament
obdurate
sanction
10. Relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
obscure
melancholy
embellish
phenomenon
11. Treating in a condescending manner
metonymy
astute
patronizing
substantiated
12. A union of two or more groups
capricious
ruse
alliance
florid
13. Poisonous
modest
perception
toxic
ebullience
14. Practical
pragmatic
candor
ingrate
trivial
15. A place of retreat or security
amenable
paramount
discourse
asylum
16. A beginner
impartial
imperious
contemporary
novice
17. To express strong disapproval of; denounce
syllogism
capricious
inevitable
condemn
18. Introducing something new
deleterious
enlightening
copious
innovative
19. On guard
subdue
wary
acquired
rhetoric
20. Closeness
malice
futile
dubious
proximity
21. Plentiful; having a large quantity
assiduous
copious
dubious
anthropomorphism
22. Making gestures while speaking
gesticulating
ostentatious
affable
ambivalent
23. Without decoration; strict
austere
torpor
proximity
maverick
24. A large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
mural
decorous
obdurate
acquired
25. Kind and gentle
excerpt
transient
benign
pejorative
26. Incapable of being reformed
biased
incorrigible
caustic
alleviate
27. Sincerity; openness
realism
candor
context
serene
28. Stubbornly persevering
inevitable
dogged
sedentary
pejorative
29. Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
theoretical
malleable
elusive
objectivity
30. The art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
realism
anthology
decorous
31. Giving praise
incorrigible
disingenuous
laudatory
reprehensible
32. Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
alienated
vitality
dogmatic
malfeasance
33. Shrewd; clever
astute
frenetic
aesthetic
timorous
34. Having no useful purpose; pointless
serene
facetious
compelling
futile
35. The act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
plagiarism
archaic
torpor
disparity
36. Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
substantiated
plausible
clandestine
ponderous
37. The state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
medieval
mediocrity
sedentary
obdurate
38. To make vicious statements about
vilify
reclamation
equanimity
profound
39. Describing a large amount of something
alienated
ample
clandestine
discredit
40. A word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary
maverick
lexicon
serene
meticulous
41. A tremendously skilled artist
cogent
virtuoso
coup
ambivalent
42. Feeling hatred; scornful
contemptuous
benign
futile
eclectic
43. Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
pervasive
parody
inveterate
propriety
44. Extra; unnecessary
oxymoron
superfluous
fluid
spontaneous
45. Logically connected
inconsequential
sardonic
indifferent
coherent
46. Not applied to actual objects
abstract
notorious
tenacity
virtuoso
47. Prejudiced
biased
superficial
cogent
melancholy
48. Severely critical or sarcastic
spurious
anachronism
impinge
caustic
49. The attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects - animals - or forces of nature
dictatorial
anthropomorphism
solvent
mural
50. Circumstances of a situation; environment
arbiter
cryptic
whimsical
context