AP Language and Composition

Question 1

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recondite

“throughout, the syntax is punchy and slangy, while the diction often grrows brazenly recondite”

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difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend

adj

Question 2

erudite

“bobby valentine was erudite, if a bit condescending”

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having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying: possessing or displaying

adj

Question 3

defiant

“before leaving atlanta on his plane, mr. trump was defiant”

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full or showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight

adj

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grandoise

“his humble, grandoise thanks, and the 500 men rise”

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characterized by affection of granduer or splendor or by absurd exaggeration

adj

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tantalizing

“that seemed ever barely to elude their grasp - like a tantalizing will-o’-the-wisp”

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tormenting or teasing with sight or promise of something unobtainable

adj

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peremptory

“peremptory military commands, this way and that, could not answer the query; the emancipation proclamation seemed but to broaden and intensify the difficulties”

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insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way

adj

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naught

“the war has naught to do with slaves, cried congress”

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nothing

pronoun

Question 8

spasmodically

“stood idle, or, if they worked spasmodically”

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suddenly for short periods of time

adverb

Question 9

unavailing

“beat unavailing palms against the stone, or steadily, half hopelessy, watcht he streak of blue above”

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futile, useless

adj

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rollicking

“it is int he early days of rollicking boyhood”

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boisterously carefree, joyful, or high-spirited

adj

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revelation

“no true self-conciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world”

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an act of revealing or communicating divine truth

noun

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demagogy

“by the poverty and ignorance of his people…doctor was tempted toward quackery and demagogy”

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leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

noun

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latent

“to husband and use his best powers and his latent genius”

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present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic

adj

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articulate

“which is larger audience despised, and he could not articulate the message of another people”

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to give clear and effective utterance to: put into words

verb

Question 13

vindictive

“his vindictive nature was demonstrated long before the witchcraft began”

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intense, unreasoning desire for revenge

adj

Question 13

clamoured

“i have spoke nothin’, but my heart has clamoured intentions”

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a loud continuous noise

noun

Question 14

eloquent

“herbert’s visually eloquent poetry represented a considerable technical challenge for book printers”

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marked by forceful and fluent expression

adj

Question 15

contention

“i will not discuss it…unknown…had enough contention since I came; I want no more”

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rivarly, competition: e.g. a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument

noun

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calumny

“in proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly - and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore”

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the making of false statements with the intent to harm

noun

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sniveling

“she is a cold sniveling woman, and you bend to her!”

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to speack or act in a whining, sniffling, fearful, or weakly emotional manner

verb

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inquisitive

“he is knotted with muscle, canny, inquisitive, and still powerful”

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given to examination or investigation

adj

Question 19

acreage

“we vote by name in this society, not by acreage”

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area in acres

noun

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defamation

“is it the devil’s fault that a man cannot say you good morning without you clap him for defamation?”

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unjust injury to someone’s good reputation through the making of false statements

noun

Question 21

abrogation

“political opposition…inhumane overlay…justify the abrogation of all normally applied customs”

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abolishment

noun

Question 22

congerie ## Footnote "once such an equation is effectively made, society becomes a congerie"

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heap; pile | noun

Question 23

orator ## Footnote "although he was an outstanding orator and debater throughout his political career"

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one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker | noun

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consecrate ## Footnote "living and dead, who struggled here, have consecreated it far above our poor power"

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to make declared sacred | verb

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hallow ## Footnote "we cannot dedicate... we cannot hallow this ground"

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to make holy or set apart for holy use | verb

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fourscore ## Footnote "fourscore and seven years ago"

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being four times twenty: eighty | adj

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deplorable ## Footnote "present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance"

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deserving censure or contempt: e.g. wretched, lamentable | adj

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hitherto ## Footnote "situation affairs is utterly impossible by all methods hitherto proposed"

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up to this or that time | adverb

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rudiments ## Footnote "stealing till they arrive... learn the rudiment much earlier"

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a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill | noun

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ragoust ## Footnote "wholesome food, whether stewed... equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust"

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a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without veggies | noun

Question 31

eminent ## Footnote "a grave author, an eminent French physician"

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standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted | adj

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prolifick ## Footnote "infant's flesh will be in season... plentiful in March that fish being a prolifick dyet'

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CAUSING ABUNDANT GROWTH, GENERATION, OR REPRODUCTION | adj

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censure ## Footnote "some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice"

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to find fruit and criticize as blameworthy | adj

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carcass ## Footnote "when any young person... death... sold the carcass to persons"

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dead body | noun

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tithes ## Footnote "leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience"

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a small tax or levy | noun

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inducement ## Footnote "sixthly, this would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards"

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a motive or consideration that leads one to action or to additional or more effective actions | noun

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prudence ## Footnote "gaming in our women: of... prudence and temperance: of learning to love our country"

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ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason | noun

Question 38

preventive ## Footnote "a professor of preventive medicine"

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designed or serving to prevent the occurence of disease | adj

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syncytial ## Footnote "of the coronavirus, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as R.S.V"

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a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm resulting from fusion of cells | adj

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aerosol ## Footnote "masks work by filtering out both the tiny aerosol particles through"

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a suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in gas | noun

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postdoctoral ## Footnote "postdoctoral researcher at Standford Medicine"

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being beyond the doctoral level | adj

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forgo ## Footnote "smaller holiday parties with people you know, its fine to forgo masks if guests test beforehand"

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to give up the enjoyment of advantage of: do without | verb

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confined ## Footnote "close contact, crowded spaces and confined spaces"

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limited to a particular location | adj

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pediatric ## Footnote "especially in pediatric hospitals with R.S.V."

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specializing in pediatrics or its practice | adj

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transmission ## Footnote "masks help reduce the transmission of several respiratory viruses"

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an act, process, or instance of transmitting | noun

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rundown ## Footnote "test beforehand and stay home if they're feeling rundown"

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work-out, exhausted | adj

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bipartisan ## Footnote "a separate bipartisan bill, which was introduced"

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involving members of two parties | adj

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tailored ## Footnote 'highly tailored videos to users based on their profiles and interest"

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make or adapt for a particular purpose or person | adj

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interoperable ## Footnote "deliver globally interoperable experiences"

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ability of a system to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system | adj

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scrutiny ## Footnote "scrutiny to how foreign actors could obtain American's data"

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close watch | noun

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omnibus ## Footnote "omnibus spending bill"

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containing or including many items | adj

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prohibitions ## Footnote "prohibitions of the app on state government devices"

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an order to restrain or stop | noun

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subsequent ## Footnote "prompting subsequent bans of the app"

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following in time, order, or place | adj

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overseeing ## Footnote "overseeing the national security review of the app"

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survey, watch | verb

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punitive ## Footnote "further measures are unnecessary and punitive"

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inflicting, involving or aiming at punishment | adj

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skeptical ## Footnote "washington has kept a skeptical stance"

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not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations | adj

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flux ## Footnote "definition of race has always been in flux"

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change | noun

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compromised ## Footnote "pre-existing condition... who is immune-compromised"

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made vulnerable by unauthorized access, revelation, or exposure | adj

Question 59

nativist ## Footnote "nativist lobbyists... Mexicans officially labeled nonwhite"

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a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants | adj/noun

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lobbyist ## Footnote "census bureau...census...lobbyist succeeded"

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one who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation | noun

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parsed ## Footnote "everyone's story can be parsed ever more minutely"

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to examine in a minute way: analyze critically | verb

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institutionalized ## Footnote "time before race-and-racism-was institutionalized"

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established as a common and accepted part of a system or culture | adj

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quantifiable ## Footnote "race is not a fixed "quantifiable" value but a fluid one"

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able to be expressed as an amount, quantity, or numerical value | adj

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derogatory ## Footnote "the once-derogatory term hapa-... pidgin term"

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expressive of a low opinion | adj

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fragmentation ## Footnote "resistance to fragmentation, a taking control of the narrative"

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a part broken off, detached, or incomplete | noun

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monolithic ## Footnote "white or black or Asian America isn't monolithic"

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constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole | adj

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lexicon ## Footnote "mixed-race backround-is now part of the every day lexicon"

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REPERTOIRE, INVENTORY | noun

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conventional ## Footnote "come from a conventional middle-class Nigerian family"

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ordinary | adj

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raffia ## Footnote "patterned basket made of dyed raffia"

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fiber of the raffia palm used especially as card for tying and wearing | noun

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synonymous ## Footnote "immigration became synonymous with Mexicans"

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by association is held to embody something | adj

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immersed ## Footnote "so immersed in the media coverage of Mexicans"

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to plunge into something that surrounds or covers | verb

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dispossess ## Footnote "dispossess a people, the simplest... tell their story"

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to put out of possession or occupancy | verb

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malign ## Footnote "stories have been used to dispossess and to malign"

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to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about | verb

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vacancy ## Footnote "5,000 people apply for one job vacancy in Nigeria"

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physical or mental inactivity: IDLENESS | noun

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catastophes ## Footnote "Africa is a continent full of catasrophes: There... horrific rapes in Congo"

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a momentous tragic event ranging from extrene misfourtune to utter overthrow or ruin | noun

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rationed ## Footnote "bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed"

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to use sparingly | verb

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colonial ## Footnote "failrue of the African state, and not with the colonial creation"

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possessing or composed of colonies | adj