AP English Language (Vocab, Princeton Review, Lists 31-33)
ample | describing a large amount of something |
comprehensive | large in scope or content |
copious | plentiful; having a large quantity |
permeated | spread or flowing throughout |
pervasive | dispersed throughout |
prodigious | enormous |
replete | abundantly supplied; filled to capacity |
exemplary | commendable; worthy of imitation |
idealize | to consider perfect |
laudatory | giving praise |
paramount | of chief concern or importance |
venerated | highly respected |
catalog | (v.) to make an itemized list of |
facile | done or achieved with little effort; easy |
fastidious | possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please |
hierarchy | a group organized by rank |
meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
pragmatic | practical |
solvent | able to pay one's debts |
alienated | removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland) |
abstract | not applied to actual objects |
anachronism | something out of place in time or sequence |
apology | defense of an idea |
apparatus | equipment; a group of machines |
apposition | a grammar construction in which a noun (or a noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation |
archetype | a perfect example; an original pattern or model |
brittle | easily broken when subjected to pressure |
chiasmus | an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases |
gesticulating | making gestures while speaking |
hypothetical | existing only as an assumption or speculation |
lexicon | a word book describing language with definitions; a dictionary |
metonymy | a type of figurative language in which one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated |
oxymoron | an apparent contradiction of terms |
panegyric | statement of high praise |
paradigm | an example or model |
parallelism | a grammar construction in which two identical syntactic constructions are used |
penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds |
period (periodic sentence) | long, complex, grammatically correct sentence |
pernicious | causing great harm |
phenomenon | an unusual, observable event |
propitious | presenting favorable circumstances; auspiciou |
rational | logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling |
sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, bitter, or caustic |
syllogism (syllogistic reasoning) | a form of deductive reasoning; a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion |
synecdoche | a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify the whole |
theoretical | lacking application or practical application |
truncated | shortened; cut off |