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AP Lang Vocab

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

argue with the referee

a)

expostulate

b)

lurid

c)

infringe

d)

proclivity

2.

sensational account of the tragedy

a)

lurid

b)

expostulate

c)

approbation

d)

exhort

3.

encroach on my territory

a)

infringe

b)

lurid

c)

circuitous

d)

exhort

4.

inclination for foreign language

a)

proclivity

b)

enjoined

c)

jaded

d)

intercede

5.

commanded our attendance

a)

enjoined

b)

occulted

c)

precipitated

d)

ameliorated

6.

a weary expression

a)

nomial

b)

jaded

c)

lurid

d)

bombastic

7.

plead on her friends behalf

a)

commiserate

b)

assuage

c)

abominate

d)

intercede

8.

fill the air

a)

defray

b)

stagnate

c)

usurp

d)

permeate

9.

during the last 1000 years

a)

famine

b)

war

c)

millennium

d)

revolution

10.

adopt strict rules

a)

jaded

b)

inadvertent

c)

hackneyed

d)

stringent

11.

stolen from company funds

a)

simulated

b)

peculated

c)

cleaved

d)

exploited

12.

took offense at my remark

a)

sangfroid

b)

umbrage

c)

innuendo

d)

deliberation

13.

urge them to cooperate

a)

assuage

b)

exhort

c)

ascribe

d)

wheedle

14.

the right to change oneś mind

a)

aplomb

b)

proclivity

c)

prerogative

d)

approbation

15.

surpass limitations

a)

transcend

b)

permeate

c)

salvage

d)

ameliorate

16.

cutting words

a)

decadent

b)

vitriolic

c)

meritorious

d)

nomial

17.

the result of low standards

a)

decadence

b)

innuendo

c)

millennium

d)

sedition

18.

imitate his diction

a)

simulate

b)

abominate

c)

inveigh

d)

belittile

19.

drew forth our applause

a)

expiated

b)

transcended

c)

wheedled

d)

elicited

20.

credit the painting to Picasso

a)

elicit

b)

ascribe

c)

enjoin

d)

expedite

21.

"The general's death-defying feat of gallantry in the recent war certainly deserve out ____," the article declared. "But, by the same token, his wanton acts of cruelty ____ our severest censure."

a)

umbrage...enjoin

b)

approbation...merrit

c)

aplomb...expiate

d)

sangfroid...elicit

22.

Through my teaching job entails numerous responsibilities, it also brings with it certain _____, one of which is the right to use school equipment, services, and facilities during the ____ between semesters or summer break.

a)

prerogatives...hiatus

b)

simulations...millennia

c)

surmises...innuendos

d)

ameliorations...proclivities

23.

Through the prime minister actually directs the British government, the reigning monarch is the _____ head of state and, by virtue of that position, also the ___ leader of the Anglican church.

a)

intrinsic...occult

b)

tenuous...inadvertent

c)

nominal...ex officio

d)

adventitious...noncommittal

24.

while the Roman people remained vigorous and aggressive, their empire flourished. Once they began to sink into a sort of physical and spiritual ____, however, it became feeble and ____.

a)

umbrage...petulant

b)

lassitude...decadent

c)

aplomb...jaded

d)

ferment...adventitious

25.

"A(n) ____ government will prove workable only so long as its members are able to _____ part differences," the professor remarked." As soon as they become entangled in factional disputes, the partnership will begin to collapse

a)

provincial...surmise

b)

ex officio...abominate

c)

seditious...ameliorate

d)

coalition...transcend

26.

Some senators favored the new budget proposal and in the warmest terms ____ their colleagues to pass the measure. Others disliked the idea and just as vehemently ____ against its adaption.

a)

wheedled...enjoined

b)

assuaged...interceded

c)

exhorted...inveighed

d)

elicited...infringed