AP Literature Vocabulary and Terms List 2

What does it mean to be naive?

• In debt

• silly

• inexperienced

• professional

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does it mean to have a pedigree?

• A) You have a respectable lineage.

• You have a degree in pediatrics.

• You have good health.

• You enjoy dog food.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

When you disdain something, it means you have_______________________________.

• disgust for something

• psychic feeling about something

• craving for something

• fondness for something

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Colloquial language is also known as __________________

• formal language

• universal language

• everyday language

• encoded language

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CCSS.SL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1D

CCSS.W.11-12.2E

CCSS.W.9-10.1D

To be ambiguous means to be _____________

• perfectly clear

• versatile

• vague

• insignificant

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To disparage means to _____________

• recycle

• applaud

• take apart

• criticize

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A person who is loquacious is someone who ________

• talks a lot

• studies a lot

• sleeps a lot

• exercises a lot

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To be sedate means to be _____________________

• sleepy

• composed

• satisfied

• reckless

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CCSS.L.3.2F

To be whimsical means to be ____________

• mathematical and logical

• unconventional and playful

• impulsive and dangerous

• cavalier and careless

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If someone is discreet, she is ____________

• cooperative

• silent

• inconspicuous

• discouraging

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4