VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 4-6 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION There are 50 8 seconds per slide (7.2 minutes) Answers at the end
IDENTIFY THE WORD FOR EACH GIVEN DEFINITON
3 1 Stronghold Stronghold A fortified place A fortified place
4 2 Confusion Confusion to throw into disorder to throw into disorder Disorder Disorder
5 3 Relating to practical and material affairs Relating to practical and material affairs Concerned with what is ordinary Concerned with what is ordinary Earthly, worldly Earthly, worldly
6 4 Present or existing everywhere Present or existing everywhere
7 5 Certain Certain Not to be doubted or denied Not to be doubted or denied
8 6 Easily irritated Easily irritated Characterized by impatience and exasperation Characterized by impatience and exasperation
9 7 To vex or irritate severely To vex or irritate severely To arouse displeasure, impatience or anger To arouse displeasure, impatience or anger A prickly or stinging plant A prickly or stinging plant
10 8 Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
11 9 To complain, grumble To complain, grumble A type of game bird A type of game bird
12 10 sporadic sporadic Stopping and beginning again Stopping and beginning again
13 11 Unresolved Unresolved Open to discussion and debate Open to discussion and debate To bring up for discussion To bring up for discussion A hypothetical law case argued by students A hypothetical law case argued by students
14 12 The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial
15 13 Sharpness of the mind or senses Sharpness of the mind or senses
16 14 A fabrication of the mind A fabrication of the mind An arbitrary notion An arbitrary notion
17 15 A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
18 16 One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
19 17 Involvement in wrongdoing Involvement in wrongdoing The state of being an accomplice The state of being an accomplice
20 18 A crude image of a despised person A crude image of a despised person
21 19 Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound A fallacy A fallacy
22 20 sanctify sanctify consecrate consecrate To honor greatly, revere To honor greatly, revere To set apart as holy or sacred To set apart as holy or sacred
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24 21 The couple was forced by ___ considerations to sell their large home and buy a smaller one. GrousePecuniaryGarner FecundConcordPusillanimous
25 22 When a court order was issued, the social services department made a ___ search for the missing report. StratagemRecumbentGlean FreneticMordantJocular
26 23 Although he is the ___ head of a crime syndicate, he has never spent time in jail. UbiquitousPenchantOverweening FigmentReputedIndubitable
27 24 In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every ___ of meaning in the words he chose. NuanceAcuityDelineate DepravedIgnominyGarner
28 25 Unfortunately, the great musician’s mind was ___ by disease in the last decade of her life. EsotericFiatEnervated GleanedNettledGroused
29 26 The ___ of the downtown business district began when two huge malls opened. ConcordExigencyBastion DerelictSylvanAtrophy
30 27 Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are works of ___ artistry. MootIndictmentMotif InaneConsummateNeophyte
31 28 The tired toddlers were ___ on the couch after playing all afternoon in the yard. RecumbentJocularFecund AgnosticIncumbentInane
32 29 The Grand Jury delivered the ___ for murder after deliberating in secret for two weeks. SurveillancePlenaryMotif DerelictComplicityIndictment
33 30 The collector admired the unusual Asian ___ that was woven into the fabric of the tapestry. FiatIgnominyMotif DiatribeSylvanMordant
34 31 The ___ feast honoring the king’s birthday was followed by musical entertainment. PenchantConcordExigency InaneSumptuousAcuity
35 32 It was the ___ confidence of the candidate that prevented her from acknowledging her weakness. OverweeningFlotsamAtrophied BastionJocularNettled
36 33 A spirit of ___ was restored when the company compensated its employees. PecuniaryConcordMordant InanityLudicrousStratagem
37 34 The governor emphasized the ___ of the situation by requesting the immediate dispatch of rescue teams. FecundDepravityExigency AbjectPerspicacityMordant
38 35 The police kept the suspect under strict ___ after she was released due to lack of evidence. IndictmentComplicityStratagem IgnominySophistrySurveillance
39 36 The birdwatcher scans the surrounding trees and fields with the same ___ as a hawk looking for prey. PerspicacityEsotericIdiosyncrasy SylvanTravestyUbiquitous
40 37 The architects will ___ the main features of their plan at the next client meeting. GarnerHallowIgnominy GleanMordantDelineate
41 38 The fraternity developed a set of ___ rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership. FiatEsotericNeophyte FigmentAcuityNettle
42 39 Over the years, the writer was able to ___ some wisdom that she passed on to others in her books. MundaneGarnerNuance PenchantFecundReputed
43 40 In comparison to an experienced wilderness hiker, he is a mere ___ in the woods. SylvanAgnosticEsoteric DerelictNeophyteBastion
SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS
SYNONYM LIKENESSMOOT INANE DIATRIBE EFFIGY
SYNONYM FERTILEGARNER MUNDANE FIAT FECUND
SYNONYM FRANTICCAVORT PROPINQUITY DISTRAUGHT VERBIAGE
SYNONYM UNRESTRICTEDPLENARY TRAVESTY EQUITY AGNOSTIC
SYNONYM IGNOBLECOMPLICITY MUNDANE ABJECT DERELICT
ANTONYM CONTINUOUSTESTY PERSPICACITY EVINCE INTERMITTENT
ANTONYM DEVELOPCONCORD EXIGENCY GROUSE ATROPHY
ANTONYM UNPRODUCTIVEFECUND PLENARY TRAVESTY INDUBITABLE
ANTONYM IMPERTURBABLENEOPHYTE DISSARRAY SOPHISTRY TESTY
ANTONYM SCARCENUANCE UBIQUITOUS OVERWEENING PECUNIARY
VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 4-6 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION ANSWERS
56 1. BASTION A fortified place, stronghold A fortified place, stronghold
57 2. DISARRAY confusion confusion to throw into disorder to throw into disorder disorder disorder
58 3. MUNDANE Relating to practical and material affairs Relating to practical and material affairs Earthly, worldly Earthly, worldly Concerned with what is ordinary Concerned with what is ordinary
59 4. UBIQUITOUS Present or existing everywhere Present or existing everywhere
60 5. INDUBITABLE Certain Certain Not to be doubted or denied Not to be doubted or denied
61 6. TESTY Easily irritated Easily irritated Characterized by impatience and exasperation Characterized by impatience and exasperation
62 7. NETTLE To vex or irritate severely To vex or irritate severely To arouse displeasure, impatience or anger To arouse displeasure, impatience or anger
63 8. PUSILLANIMOUS Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
64 9. GROUSE To complain, grumble To complain, grumble
INTERMITTENT Sporadic Sporadic Stopping and beginning again Stopping and beginning again
MOOT Unresolved Unresolved Open to discussion and debate Open to discussion and debate To bring up for discussion To bring up for discussion A hypothetical law case argued by students A hypothetical law case argued by students
EQUITY The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial
ACUITY Sharpness of the mind or senses Sharpness of the mind or senses
FIGMENT A fabrication of the mind A fabrication of the mind An arbitrary notion An arbitrary notion
TRAVESTY A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
INCUMBENT One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
COMPLICITY Involvement in wrongdoing Involvement in wrongdoing The state of being an accomplice The state of being an accomplice
EFFIGY A crude image of a despised person A crude image of a despised person
SOPHISTRY Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound A fallacy A fallacy
HALLOW sanctify sanctify To honor greatly, revere To honor greatly, revere To set apart as holy or sacred To set apart as holy or sacred consecrate consecrate
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Pecuniary The couple was forced by ___ considerations to sell their large home and buy a smaller one. GrousePecuniaryGarner FecundConcordPusillanimous
Frenetic When a court order was issued, the social services department made a ___ search for the missing report. StratagemRecumbentGlean FreneticMordantJocular
Reputed Although he is the ___ head of a crime syndicate, he has never spent time in jail. UbiquitousPenchantOverweening FigmentReputedIndubitable
Nuance In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every ___ of meaning in the words he chose. NuanceAcuityDelineate DepravedIgnominyGarner
Enervated Unfortunately, the great musician’s mind was ___ by disease in the last decade of her life. EsotericFiatEnervated GleanedNettledGroused
Atrophy The ___ of the downtown business district began when two huge malls opened. ConcordExigencyBastion DerelictSylvanAtrophy
Consummate Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are works of ___ artistry. MootIndictmentMotif InaneConsummateNeophyte
Recumbent The tired toddlers were ___ on the couch after playing all afternoon in the yard. RecumbentJocularFecund AgnosticIncumbentInane
Indictment The Grand Jury delivered the ___ for murder after deliberating in secret for two weeks. SurveillancePlenaryMotif DerelictComplicityIndictment
Motif The collector admired the unusual Asian ___ that was woven into the fabric of the tapestry. FiatIgnominyMotif DiatribeSylvanMordant
Sumptuous The ___ feast honoring the king’s birthday was followed by musical entertainment. PenchantConcordExigency InaneSumptuousAcuity
Overweening It was the ___ confidence of the candidate that prevented her from acknowledging her weakness. OverweeningFlotsamAtrophied BastionJocularNettled
Concord A spirit of ___ was restored when the company compensated its employees. PecuniaryConcordMordant InanityLudicrousStratagem
Exigency The governor emphasized the ___ of the situation by requesting the immediate dispatch of rescue teams. FecundDepravityExigency AbjectPerspicacityMordant
Surveillance The police kept the suspect under strict ___ after she was released due to lack of evidence. IndictmentComplicityStratagem IgnominySophistry
Perspicacity The birdwatcher scans the surrounding trees and fields with the same ___ as a hawk looking for prey. PerspicacityEsotericIdiosyncrasy SylvanTravestyUbiquitous
Delineate The architects will ___ the main features of their plan at the next client meeting. GarnerHallowIgnominy GleanMordantDelineate
Esoteric The fraternity developed a set of ___ rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership. FiatEsotericNeophyte FigmentAcuityNettle
Garner Over the years, the writer was able to ___ some wisdom that she passed on to others in her books. MundaneGarnerNuance PenchantFecundReputed
Neophyte In comparison to an experienced wilderness hiker, he is a mere ___ in the woods. SylvanAgnosticEsoteric DerelictNeophyteBastion
SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS ANSWERS
SYNONYM LIKENESSMOOT INANE DIATRIBE EFFIGY
SYNONYM FERTILEGARNER MUNDANE FIAT FECUND
SYNONYM FRANTICCAVORT PROPINQUITY DISTRAUGHT VERBIAGE
SYNONYM UNRESTRICTEDPLENARY TRAVESTY EQUITY AGNOSTIC
SYNONYM IGNOBLECOMPLICITY MUNDANE ABJECT DERELICT
ANTONYM CONTINUOUSTESTY PERSPICACITY EVINCE INTERMITTENT
ANTONYM DEVELOPCONCORD EXIGENCY GROUSE ATROPHY
ANTONYM UNPRODUCTIVEFECUND PLENARY TRAVESTY INDUBITABLE
ANTONYM IMPERTURBABLENEOPHYTE DISSARRAY SOPHISTRY TESTY
ANTONYM SCARCENUANCE UBIQUITOUS OVERWEENING PECUNIARY