1. VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 4-6 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION There are 50 items @ 8 seconds per slide (7.2 minutes) Answers at the end

2. IDENTIFY THE WORD FOR EACH GIVEN DEFINITON

3. 3 1 Stronghold Stronghold A fortified place A fortified place

4. 4 2 Confusion Confusion to throw into disorder to throw into disorder Disorder Disorder

5. 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. 6 4 Present or existing everywhere Present or existing everywhere

7. 7 5 Certain Certain Not to be doubted or denied Not to be doubted or denied

8. 8 6 Easily irritated Easily irritated Characterized by impatience and exasperation Characterized by impatience and exasperation

9. 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. 10 8 Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

11. 11 9 To complain, grumble To complain, grumble A type of game bird A type of game bird

12. 12 10 sporadic sporadic Stopping and beginning again Stopping and beginning again

13. 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. 14 12 The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial

15. 15 13 Sharpness of the mind or senses Sharpness of the mind or senses

16. 16 14 A fabrication of the mind A fabrication of the mind An arbitrary notion An arbitrary notion

17. 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. 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. 19 17 Involvement in wrongdoing Involvement in wrongdoing The state of being an accomplice The state of being an accomplice

20. 20 18 A crude image of a despised person A crude image of a despised person

21. 21 19 Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound A fallacy A fallacy

22. 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

23. FILL IN THE BLANK

24. 24 21 The couple was forced by ___ considerations to sell their large home and buy a smaller one. GrousePecuniaryGarner FecundConcordPusillanimous

25. 25 22 When a court order was issued, the social services department made a ___ search for the missing report. StratagemRecumbentGlean FreneticMordantJocular

26. 26 23 Although he is the ___ head of a crime syndicate, he has never spent time in jail. UbiquitousPenchantOverweening FigmentReputedIndubitable

27. 27 24 In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every ___ of meaning in the words he chose. NuanceAcuityDelineate DepravedIgnominyGarner

28. 28 25 Unfortunately, the great musician’s mind was ___ by disease in the last decade of her life. EsotericFiatEnervated GleanedNettledGroused

29. 29 26 The ___ of the downtown business district began when two huge malls opened. ConcordExigencyBastion DerelictSylvanAtrophy

30. 30 27 Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are works of ___ artistry. MootIndictmentMotif InaneConsummateNeophyte

31. 31 28 The tired toddlers were ___ on the couch after playing all afternoon in the yard. RecumbentJocularFecund AgnosticIncumbentInane

32. 32 29 The Grand Jury delivered the ___ for murder after deliberating in secret for two weeks. SurveillancePlenaryMotif DerelictComplicityIndictment

33. 33 30 The collector admired the unusual Asian ___ that was woven into the fabric of the tapestry. FiatIgnominyMotif DiatribeSylvanMordant

34. 34 31 The ___ feast honoring the king’s birthday was followed by musical entertainment. PenchantConcordExigency InaneSumptuousAcuity

35. 35 32 It was the ___ confidence of the candidate that prevented her from acknowledging her weakness. OverweeningFlotsamAtrophied BastionJocularNettled

36. 36 33 A spirit of ___ was restored when the company compensated its employees. PecuniaryConcordMordant InanityLudicrousStratagem

37. 37 34 The governor emphasized the ___ of the situation by requesting the immediate dispatch of rescue teams. FecundDepravityExigency AbjectPerspicacityMordant

38. 38 35 The police kept the suspect under strict ___ after she was released due to lack of evidence. IndictmentComplicityStratagem IgnominySophistrySurveillance

39. 39 36 The birdwatcher scans the surrounding trees and fields with the same ___ as a hawk looking for prey. PerspicacityEsotericIdiosyncrasy SylvanTravestyUbiquitous

40. 40 37 The architects will ___ the main features of their plan at the next client meeting. GarnerHallowIgnominy GleanMordantDelineate

41. 41 38 The fraternity developed a set of ___ rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership. FiatEsotericNeophyte FigmentAcuityNettle

42. 42 39 Over the years, the writer was able to ___ some wisdom that she passed on to others in her books. MundaneGarnerNuance PenchantFecundReputed

43. 43 40 In comparison to an experienced wilderness hiker, he is a mere ___ in the woods. SylvanAgnosticEsoteric DerelictNeophyteBastion

44. SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS

45. 45 41. SYNONYM LIKENESSMOOT INANE DIATRIBE EFFIGY

46. 46 42. SYNONYM FERTILEGARNER MUNDANE FIAT FECUND

47. 47 43. SYNONYM FRANTICCAVORT PROPINQUITY DISTRAUGHT VERBIAGE

48. 48 44. SYNONYM UNRESTRICTEDPLENARY TRAVESTY EQUITY AGNOSTIC

49. 49 45. SYNONYM IGNOBLECOMPLICITY MUNDANE ABJECT DERELICT

50. 50 46. ANTONYM CONTINUOUSTESTY PERSPICACITY EVINCE INTERMITTENT

51. 51 47. ANTONYM DEVELOPCONCORD EXIGENCY GROUSE ATROPHY

52. 52 48. ANTONYM UNPRODUCTIVEFECUND PLENARY TRAVESTY INDUBITABLE

53. 53 49. ANTONYM IMPERTURBABLENEOPHYTE DISSARRAY SOPHISTRY TESTY

54. 54 50. ANTONYM SCARCENUANCE UBIQUITOUS OVERWEENING PECUNIARY

55. VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 4-6 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION ANSWERS

56. 56 1. BASTION A fortified place, stronghold A fortified place, stronghold

57. 57 2. DISARRAY confusion confusion to throw into disorder to throw into disorder disorder disorder

58. 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. 59 4. UBIQUITOUS Present or existing everywhere Present or existing everywhere

60. 60 5. INDUBITABLE Certain Certain Not to be doubted or denied Not to be doubted or denied

61. 61 6. TESTY Easily irritated Easily irritated Characterized by impatience and exasperation Characterized by impatience and exasperation

62. 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. 63 8. PUSILLANIMOUS Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

64. 64 9. GROUSE To complain, grumble To complain, grumble

65. 65 10. INTERMITTENT Sporadic Sporadic Stopping and beginning again Stopping and beginning again

66. 66 11. 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

67. 67 12. EQUITY The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial

68. 68 13. ACUITY Sharpness of the mind or senses Sharpness of the mind or senses

69. 69 14. FIGMENT A fabrication of the mind A fabrication of the mind An arbitrary notion An arbitrary notion

70. 70 15. 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

71. 71 16. INCUMBENT One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

72. 72 17. COMPLICITY Involvement in wrongdoing Involvement in wrongdoing The state of being an accomplice The state of being an accomplice

73. 73 18. EFFIGY A crude image of a despised person A crude image of a despised person

74. 74 19. SOPHISTRY Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound A fallacy A fallacy

75. 75 20. 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

76. FILL IN THE BLANK

77. 77 21. Pecuniary The couple was forced by ___ considerations to sell their large home and buy a smaller one. GrousePecuniaryGarner FecundConcordPusillanimous

78. 78 22. Frenetic When a court order was issued, the social services department made a ___ search for the missing report. StratagemRecumbentGlean FreneticMordantJocular

79. 79 23. Reputed Although he is the ___ head of a crime syndicate, he has never spent time in jail. UbiquitousPenchantOverweening FigmentReputedIndubitable

80. 80 24. Nuance In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every ___ of meaning in the words he chose. NuanceAcuityDelineate DepravedIgnominyGarner

81. 81 25. Enervated Unfortunately, the great musician’s mind was ___ by disease in the last decade of her life. EsotericFiatEnervated GleanedNettledGroused

82. 82 26. Atrophy The ___ of the downtown business district began when two huge malls opened. ConcordExigencyBastion DerelictSylvanAtrophy

83. 83 27. Consummate Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are works of ___ artistry. MootIndictmentMotif InaneConsummateNeophyte

84. 84 28. Recumbent The tired toddlers were ___ on the couch after playing all afternoon in the yard. RecumbentJocularFecund AgnosticIncumbentInane

85. 85 29. Indictment The Grand Jury delivered the ___ for murder after deliberating in secret for two weeks. SurveillancePlenaryMotif DerelictComplicityIndictment

86. 86 30. Motif The collector admired the unusual Asian ___ that was woven into the fabric of the tapestry. FiatIgnominyMotif DiatribeSylvanMordant

87. 87 31. Sumptuous The ___ feast honoring the king’s birthday was followed by musical entertainment. PenchantConcordExigency InaneSumptuousAcuity

88. 88 32. Overweening It was the ___ confidence of the candidate that prevented her from acknowledging her weakness. OverweeningFlotsamAtrophied BastionJocularNettled

89. 89 33. Concord A spirit of ___ was restored when the company compensated its employees. PecuniaryConcordMordant InanityLudicrousStratagem

90. 90 34. Exigency The governor emphasized the ___ of the situation by requesting the immediate dispatch of rescue teams. FecundDepravityExigency AbjectPerspicacityMordant

91. 91 35. Surveillance The police kept the suspect under strict ___ after she was released due to lack of evidence. IndictmentComplicityStratagem IgnominySophistry

92. 92 36. Perspicacity The birdwatcher scans the surrounding trees and fields with the same ___ as a hawk looking for prey. PerspicacityEsotericIdiosyncrasy SylvanTravestyUbiquitous

93. 93 37. Delineate The architects will ___ the main features of their plan at the next client meeting. GarnerHallowIgnominy GleanMordantDelineate

94. 94 38. Esoteric The fraternity developed a set of ___ rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership. FiatEsotericNeophyte FigmentAcuityNettle

95. 95 39. Garner Over the years, the writer was able to ___ some wisdom that she passed on to others in her books. MundaneGarnerNuance PenchantFecundReputed

96. 96 40. Neophyte In comparison to an experienced wilderness hiker, he is a mere ___ in the woods. SylvanAgnosticEsoteric DerelictNeophyteBastion

97. SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS ANSWERS

98. 98 41. SYNONYM LIKENESSMOOT INANE DIATRIBE EFFIGY

99. 99 42. SYNONYM FERTILEGARNER MUNDANE FIAT FECUND

100. 100 43. SYNONYM FRANTICCAVORT PROPINQUITY DISTRAUGHT VERBIAGE

101. 101 44. SYNONYM UNRESTRICTEDPLENARY TRAVESTY EQUITY AGNOSTIC

102. 102 45. SYNONYM IGNOBLECOMPLICITY MUNDANE ABJECT DERELICT

103. 103 46. ANTONYM CONTINUOUSTESTY PERSPICACITY EVINCE INTERMITTENT

104. 104 47. ANTONYM DEVELOPCONCORD EXIGENCY GROUSE ATROPHY

105. 105 48. ANTONYM UNPRODUCTIVEFECUND PLENARY TRAVESTY INDUBITABLE

106. 106 49. ANTONYM IMPERTURBABLENEOPHYTE DISSARRAY SOPHISTRY TESTY

107. 107 50. ANTONYM SCARCENUANCE UBIQUITOUS OVERWEENING PECUNIARY