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 |