1. VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 4-6 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION There are 50 items @ 8 seconds per slide (7.2 minutes) Answers at the end

2. IDENTIFY THE WORD FOR EACH GIVEN DEFINITON

3. 1 • Stronghold • A fortified place

4. 2 • Confusion • to throw into disorder • Disorder

5. 3 • Relating to practical and material affairs • Concerned with what is ordinary • Earthly, worldly

6. 4 • Present or existing everywhere

7. 5 • Certain • Not to be doubted or denied

8. 6 • Easily irritated • Characterized by impatience and exasperation

9. 7 • To vex or irritate severely • To arouse displeasure, impatience or anger • A prickly or stinging plant

10. 8 • Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

11. 9 • To complain, grumble • A type of game bird

12. 10 • sporadic • Stopping and beginning again

13. 11 • Unresolved • Open to discussion and debate • To bring up for discussion • A hypothetical law case argued by students

14. 12 • The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial

15. 13 • Sharpness of the mind or senses

16. 14 • A fabrication of the mind • An arbitrary notion

17. 15 • A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation • To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

18. 16 • One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

19. 17 • Involvement in wrongdoing • The state of being an accomplice

20. 18 • A crude image of a despised person

21. 19 • Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound • A fallacy

22. 20 • sanctify • consecrate • To honor greatly, revere • To set apart as holy or sacred

23. FILL IN THE BLANK

24. 21 The couple was forced by ___ considerations to sell their large home and buy a smaller one. Grouse Pecuniary Garner Fecund Concord Pusillanimous

25. 22 • When a court order was issued, the social services department made a ___ search for the missing report. Stratagem Recumbent Glean Frenetic Mordant Jocular

26. 23 • Although he is the ___ head of a crime syndicate, he has never spent time in jail. Ubiquitous Penchant Overweening Figment Reputed Indubitable

27. 24 • In his writing, the poet paid close attention to every ___ of meaning in the words he chose. Nuance Acuity Delineate Depraved Ignominy Garner

28. 25 • Unfortunately, the great musician’s mind was ___ by disease in the last decade of her life. Esoteric Fiat Enervated Gleaned Nettled Groused

29. 26 • The ___ of the downtown business district began when two huge malls opened. Concord Exigency Bastion Derelict Sylvan Atrophy

30. 27 • Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are works of ___ artistry. Moot Indictment Motif Inane Consummate Neophyte

31. 28 • The tired toddlers were ___ on the couch after playing all afternoon in the yard. Recumbent Jocular Fecund Agnostic Incumbent Inane

32. 29 • The Grand Jury delivered the ___ for murder after deliberating in secret for two weeks. Surveillance Plenary Motif Derelict Complicity Indictment

33. 30 • The collector admired the unusual Asian ___ that was woven into the fabric of the tapestry. Fiat Ignominy Motif Diatribe Sylvan Mordant

34. 31 • The ___ feast honoring the king’s birthday was followed by musical entertainment. Penchant Concord Exigency Inane Sumptuous Acuity

35. 32 • It was the ___ confidence of the candidate that prevented her from acknowledging her weakness. Overweening Flotsam Atrophied Bastion Jocular Nettled

36. 33 • A spirit of ___ was restored when the company compensated its employees. Pecuniary Concord Mordant Inanity Ludicrous Stratagem

37. 34 • The governor emphasized the ___ of the situation by requesting the immediate dispatch of rescue teams. Fecund Depravity Exigency Abject Perspicacity Mordant

38. 35 • The police kept the suspect under strict ___ after she was released due to lack of evidence. Indictment Complicity Stratagem Ignominy Sophistry Surveillance

39. 36 • The birdwatcher scans the surrounding trees and fields with the same ___ as a hawk looking for prey. Perspicacity Esoteric Idiosyncrasy Sylvan Travesty Ubiquitous

40. 37 • The architects will ___ the main features of their plan at the next client meeting. Garner Hallow Ignominy Glean Mordant Delineate

41. 38 • The fraternity developed a set of ___ rites that had to be performed by anyone seeking membership. Fiat Esoteric Neophyte Figment Acuity Nettle

42. 39 • Over the years, the writer was able to ___ some wisdom that she passed on to others in her books. Mundane Garner Nuance Penchant Fecund Reputed

43. 40 • In comparison to an experienced wilderness hiker, he is a mere ___ in the woods. Sylvan Agnostic Esoteric Derelict Neophyte Bastion

44. SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS

45. LIKENESS MOOT INANE DIATRIBE EFFIGY 41. SYNONYM

46. FERTILE GARNER MUNDANE FIAT FECUND 42. SYNONYM

47. FRANTIC CAVORT PROPINQUITY DISTRAUGHT VERBIAGE 43. SYNONYM

48. UNRESTRICTED PLENARY TRAVESTY EQUITY AGNOSTIC 44. SYNONYM

49. IGNOBLE COMPLICITY MUNDANE ABJECT DERELICT 45. SYNONYM

50. CONTINUOUS TESTY PERSPICACITY EVINCE INTERMITTENT 46. ANTONYM