This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language Vocabulary – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language Vocabulary Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Disdain; hatred A) Contempt. B) Censor. C) Biased. D) Eccentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contempt. 2. To establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort A) Strident. B) Feigned. C) Ingratiate. D) Condescending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ingratiate. 3. If you don't risk anything, you risk everything A) PARADOX. B) OXYMORON. C) PARODY. D) ALLUSION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PARADOX. 4. Which word best describes a person who is excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters? A) Taciturn. B) Garrulous. C) Reticent. D) Laconic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Garrulous. 5. Which of the following is a synonym for "ephemeral" ? A) Permanent. B) Lasting. C) Fleeting. D) Enduring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fleeting. 6. Patronizing; having a superior attitude towards A) Condemnation. B) Feigned. C) Ingratiate. D) Condescending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condescending. 7. Which one is NOT a pun? A) I made a pun about the wind but it blows. B) I don't trust stairs because they're always up to something. C) There was a kidnapping at school yesterday. Don't worry, though-he woke up!. D) I turned in my homework yesterday and improved my grade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I turned in my homework yesterday and improved my grade. 8. The exam was ..... A) Colloquial. B) Ambivalent. C) Comprehensive. D) Conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comprehensive. 9. Which of the following is a synonym for "labyrinth" ? A) Path. B) Maze. C) Gateway. D) Highway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maze. 10. Kelly's comments had a ..... tone to them. A) Colloquial. B) Conspicuous. C) Ascetic. D) Feign. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquial. 11. Having mixed feelings A) Exploit. B) Bolster. C) Ambivalent. D) Propriety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambivalent. 12. Choose the correct synonym for "blatant" . A) Covert. B) Hidden. C) Overt. D) Conceivable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overt. 13. The report card stated that the student often talked in class, bullied other students, and rarely finished his homework. A) Parody. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Polysyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 14. Aggressively self assertive; hasty A) Compulsive. B) Morose. C) Earnest. D) Brash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brash. 15. Expressing strong displeasure at something considered offensive or unjust A) Ambivalent. B) Viable. C) Reprehensible. D) Zeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprehensible. 16. Prejudiced; not neutral A) Prodigal. B) Assess. C) Deter. D) Biased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biased. 17. What other adjective is most similar to Prodigal? A) Cautious. B) Moral. C) Thrifty. D) Lavish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lavish. 18. Piquant A) Having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity. B) An erroneous argument dependentupon an unsound or illogicalcontention. C) Stimulating to the taste or mind; spicypungent. D) To display clearly, to make evident, toprovoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulating to the taste or mind; spicypungent. 19. Contempt; intense dislike A) Assess. B) Eloquent. C) Valid. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disdain. 20. "We can debate taxes all day, but the bottom line is that my opponent is really just a greedy pig!" A) Allusion. B) Chiasmus. C) Ad Homiem. D) Non Sequitur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad Homiem. 21. Pick the term that matches the definition:an urgent need or demand, a spark A) Chiasmus. B) Allusion. C) Line of reasoning. D) Exigence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exigence. 22. Which word means "to cover completely" ? A) Bolster. B) Enshroud. C) Lament. D) Curtail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enshroud. 23. An expression that uses language in a non-literal way, such as metaphor or synecdoche, or in a structured or unusual way, such as anaphora or chiasmus, or that employs sounds, such as alliteration or assonance, to achieve a rhetorical effect. A) Tone. B) Metaphor. C) Detail. D) Figure of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figure of speech. 24. A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way (e.g. showing something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.) A) Satire. B) Didactic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satire. 25. AP Language Vocabulary A) Verbose. B) Concise. C) Loquacious. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concise. 26. Cheryl was very ..... towards her parents. A) Submissive. B) Allegory. C) Awe. D) Levity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Submissive. 27. Which term describes a figure of speech where an object, animal, or idea is given human attributes? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 28. Addressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing were there; usually starts with "O" or "Oh" like "O, Death ..... " A) Apostrophe. B) Euphemism. C) Allegory. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 29. A resemblance of relations:an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things or otherwise entirely different. A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Analogy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 30. Which of the following sentences uses the word 'ephemeral' correctly? A) The ephemeral speech lasted for hours. B) Her ephemeral beauty was captured in the painting. C) The ephemeral mountain stood tall for centuries. D) His ephemeral decision was well thought out. 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