AP Lang Sample MC Test I (Passage 1-10)

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  1. accent
    special importance or significance
  2. adhere
    stick to firmly
  3. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  4. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  5. analytical
    using or skilled in using reasoning
  6. applicability
    relevance by virtue of being relevant to the matter at hand
  7. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  8. articulation
    the manner in which things come together and are connected
  9. avail
    be of use to, be useful to
  10. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  11. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track
  12. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  13. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  14. coarse
    rough to the touch
  15. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  16. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  17. confined
    being in captivity
  18. contemplative
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  19. contrary
    exact opposition
  20. debased
    mixed with impurities
  21. decisive
    characterized by resoluteness and firmness
  22. declamation
    a long, impassioned speech
  23. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  24. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
  25. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  26. discrimination
    unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice
  27. elegance
    a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
  28. enthusiastic
    having or showing great excitement and interest
  29. familiar
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
  30. fine
    free from impurities
  31. flourish
    grow vigorously
  32. gabble
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  33. habitual
    commonly used or practiced
  34. harsh
    disagreeable to the senses
  35. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  36. inflection
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  37. informal
    not in accord with established conventions and requirements
  38. intelligible
    capable of being apprehended or understood
  39. nicety
    conformity with some standard of correctness or propriety
  40. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  41. optimistic
    hopeful that the best will happen in the future
  42. oratorical
    related to the practice of public speaking
  43. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  44. perceptible
    capable of being grasped by the mind or senses
  45. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  46. pomp
    cheap or pretentious or vain display
  47. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  48. precision
    the quality of being exact
  49. pretension
    the advancing of a claim
  50. pretension
    the advancing of a claim
  51. profitableness
    the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
  52. propriety
    correct behavior
  53. purity
    being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
  54. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  55. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
  56. resort
    have recourse to
  57. rubric
    category name
  58. scarcely
    only a very short time before
  59. signification
    the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  60. slipshod
    marked by great carelessness
  61. solemnity
    a trait of dignified seriousness
  62. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  63. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  64. tact
    consideration in dealing with others
  65. technical
    of or relating to aptitude in a practical skill
  66. termination
    the act of ending something
  67. universal
    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
  68. utterly
    completely and without qualification
  69. venture
    an undertaking with an uncertain outcome
  70. vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people
Created on Sun Oct 11 23:29:13 EDT 2009 (updated Mon Oct 12 00:31:06 EDT 2009)

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