VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 7-9 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION 2007-2008

VOCABULARY REVIEW VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 7-9UNITS 7-9

AP LANGUAGE & AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITIONCOMPOSITION

2007-20082007-2008

IDENTIFY THE WORD IDENTIFY THE WORD FOR EACH GIVEN FOR EACH GIVEN

DEFINITONDEFINITON

11

To calm or pacifyTo calm or pacify To lessenTo lessen

22

MisleadingMisleading Not based on realityNot based on reality

33

Festive, genialFestive, genial

44

Done slyly or stealthilyDone slyly or stealthily secretsecret

55

A complement; matchA complement; match

66

impudenceimpudence

77

Short-livedShort-lived

88

Of little value or importanceOf little value or importance

99

A person who hates or despises A person who hates or despises peoplepeople

1010

excessiveexcessive

1111

To waver weakly in mind or willTo waver weakly in mind or will

1212

A beginner, noviceA beginner, novice

1313

Shining, radiant, resplendentShining, radiant, resplendent

1414

An overwhelming verbal vote of An overwhelming verbal vote of approvalapproval

1515

To slander; to accuse falsely and To slander; to accuse falsely and maliciouslymaliciously

1616

Secret agreement Secret agreement

1717

The act of travelingThe act of traveling

1818

A sudden outburstA sudden outburst A spasmA spasm

1919

An authoritative command, formal An authoritative command, formal orderorder

To issue such an orderTo issue such an order

2020

Not easily excitedNot easily excited

2121

Out and outOut and out blatantblatant

2222

To appease, pacifyTo appease, pacify

2323

One of a series of grades in an One of a series of grades in an organizationorganization

A step-like formation or arrangementA step-like formation or arrangement

2424

To cast off, discardTo cast off, discard shedshed

2525

Stupid or foolishStupid or foolish

2626

To soak thoroughlyTo soak thoroughly

2727

A massive and inescapable force or A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its object that crushes whatever is in its pathpath

Destructive forceDestructive force

2828

A prayer consisting of short appeals A prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the alternating with responses from the congregationcongregation

2929

Scarcity, dearthScarcity, dearth

3030

To tear downTo tear down

FILL IN THE BLANK

31

In beating their prisoner, the guards were guilty of a truly _____ act.

allay bestial illusory convivial

32

The storefront was painted in _____ colors so that it would attract the attention of passersby.

garish picayune tyro mandate

33

Robert Browning and his _____ had ideas about poetry that seemed revolutionary in their day.

inordinate refulgent arrant coterie

34

In view of the high prices for home heating oil, the mild winter was a _____ turn of events.

felicitous demur illusory garish

35

The speech in favor of the proposal was drowned out by a chorus of _____ from the senate floor.

paucity raze demur litany

36

The best storytellers _____ their tales in ways that help readers visualize the setting.

juggernaut paucity saturate embellish

37

When the chorus in the Greek tragedy hears that the king has died, they tear their _____ in anguish.

arrant raiment

misanthrope peregrination

38

The number of homeless and _____ persons has increased since the economy took a downturn.

slough echelon fatuous indigent

39

The defense attorney was _____ as a bulldog in his cross-examination of the witness.

pertinacious raze fatuous refulgent

40

The captain ordered the crew to _____ the ballast so the ship could move more quickly through the water.

vacillate jettison saturate paroxysm

41

Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, has a decidedly _____ temperament.

effrontery furtive saturnine paucity

42

On the stand, the defendant _____ the guilty admissions she had made in her confession to the police.

conciliated recanted litany arranted

43

In Shakespeare’s plays, disturbances in the heavens usually _____ disaster or trouble in human affairs.

badinage paucity portend conciliate

44

Shouting and name-calling are sure to _____ any quarrel.

calumniate recant exacerbate saturate

45

The jury felt the prosecution presented them with _____ evidence of the defendant’s guilt.

mandate irrefutable saturnine paltry

46

The team’s performance in the late innings was _____ because they were so far ahead.

shibboleth lackadaisical tyroacclamation

47

The continuing popularity of horror movies suggests that one way to score at the box office is to exploit the _____.

Garner Hallow Ignominy Macabre

48

That _____ speech in which she blamed others for her own mistakes may have cost her the election.

Fiat Esoteric VituperativeAcuity

49

The woman’s _____ nagging and nit-picking, drove her husband to live in his imagination more than in reality.

Mundane Unremitting Nuance Fecund

50

By the time Election Day finally rolls around, most voters are tired of hearing the same old slogans and _____.

Sylvan Agnostic Shibboleth Derelict

51

My grandmother’s kitchen was always _____ with the smells of baking.

redolent mandate vituperativealleged

52

The Elizabethans who wrote of shepherds in ideal country setting were imitating the Greek _____ poets.

bucolic bestial felicitous effrontery

53

The fussy music professor was distinguished more for her _____ than her true scholarship.

counterpart picayune pedantry juggernaut

54

Since so many funds had been spent with so few results, they were _____ about appropriating more money.

chary coterie convivial pertinacious

55

The billionaire was so greedy that he contributed only a _____ sum of money to charity each year.

redolent bucolic vacillate paltry

56

Many people dismissed the poster artists of the 1960s as mere _____ with nothing serious to say about life or art.

shibboleth dilettante chary ephemeral

57

Employees were added to the work force in _____ of five to save money on training costs.

raze increments litanyslough

SYNONYMS & SYNONYMS & ANTONYMSANTONYMS

SYNONYMS & SYNONYMS & ANTONYMSANTONYMS

58 SYNONYM• dilettante • amateur

• executive• professional• volunteer

59 SYNONYM• demur • Remain behind

• Wish for• Object to• Hand over

60 SYNONYM• felicitous • Well-oiled

• Well-heeled• Well-put• Well-bred

61 SYNONYM• calumniate • defer

• defame• defy• depend

62 SYNONYM• picayune • inconsequential

• dazzling• discriminatory• tactless

63 SYNONYM• lackadaisical • colorless

• arduous• puzzling• indolent

64 SYNONYM• saturnine • Vivacious

• Sordid• Significant• Sullen

65 SYNONYM• imperturbable • Unexcitable

• Unpredictable• Unimpressive• Unfortunate

66 SYNONYM• pedantry • Hog calling

• Wool gathering• Nit-picking• Apple-polishing

67 SYNONYM• vituperative • Fatal

• Presumptuous• Stylish• Abusive

68 ANTONYM• acclamation • fears

• jeers• tears• cheers

69 ANTONYM• bucolic • artificial

• far-fetched• metropolitan• salient

70 ANTONYM• slough • avert

• allot• attack• assume

71 ANTONYM• felicitous • graceless

• pointless• timeless• artless

72 ANTONYM• effrontery • erudition

• rear• timidity• puzzlement

73 ANTONYM• paucity • Abundance

• Suburb• Civilian• Speed

74 ANTONYM• vacillate • Be wary

• Be needy• Be difficult• Be constant

75 ANTONYM• tyro • Snob

• Veteran• Official• Recluse

76 ANTONYM• illusory • Direct

• Real• Mighty• Tall

77 ANTONYM• indigent • Alien

• Satisfied• Strict• Wealthy

78 ANTONYM• lackadaisical • Unresponsive

• Docile• Energetic• Reprehensible

79 ANTONYM• recant • Reorganize

• Relocate• Recall• Reaffirm

80 ANTONYM• jettison • Create

• Retain• Indulge• Delay