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AP Lit Vocabulary Level H Unit 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

subordinate or supplementary; auxiliary

a)

ancillary

b)

interstice

c)

hoi polloi

d)

cognate

2.

to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.); expurgate

a)

rapacity

b)

bowdlerize

c)

divination

d)

solecism

3.

to talk down to; to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

a)

claque

b)

persiflage

c)

condescend

d)

derring-do

4.

to trick; to cheat or swindle; deceive, beguile

a)

quizzical

b)

vassal

c)

pundit

d)

cozen

5.

an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character;an island, subgroup

a)

enclave

b)

macrocosm

c)

forte

d)

obfuscate

6.

a person's strong point; what a person does best; gift, talent, aptitude, specialty

a)

icon

b)

mountebank

c)

forte

d)

effete

7.

free; without charge

a)

cozen

b)

gratis

c)

paean

d)

melee

8.

a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

a)

paean

b)

therapeutic

c)

bibubus

d)

icon

9.

a small, narrow space between things or parts of things; gap, slot, crevice

a)

interstice

b)

enclave

c)

persiflage

d)

aegis

10.

the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something; entirety

a)

minuscule

b)

macrocosm

c)

microcosm

d)

mnemonic

11.

a trickster or swindler; a charlatan; impostor or quack

a)

vassal

b)

mountebank

c)

schism

d)

cozen

12.

a song of praise, joy, or triumph; ode, anthem

a)

ancillary

b)

gratis

c)

paean

d)

virtuoso

13.

lighthearted joking, talk, or writing; banter

a)

condescend

b)

lachrymose

c)

polarize

d)

persiflage

14.

surplus, over-fullness; superabundance; superfluity

a)

rapacity

b)

sanguine

c)

oblivious

d)

plethora

15.

concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results; down-to-earth

a)

pragmatic

b)

verisimilitude

c)

morass

d)

corollary

16.

puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal; perplexed; mystified

a)

pragmatic

b)

virtuoso

c)

deracinate

d)

quizzical

17.

inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder; avarice, cupidity

a)

rapacity

b)

interstice

c)

paternalism

d)

supine

18.

a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions; rift

a)

ancillary

b)

schism

c)

purview

d)

caterwaul

19.

having the power to heal or cure; beneficial

a)

pragmatic

b)

noisome

c)

therapeutic

d)

bowdlerize

20.

a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; masterly or brilliant; prodigy, maestro

a)

icon

b)

lexicon

c)

poltroon

d)

virtuoso