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