Ap Language Vocabulary Quiz 3 (30 MCQs)

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1. He's no fool.
2. Darilyn got a very ..... comment back when she was rushing to get her coffee ordere
3. To ..... is to grow and spread, not in a good way. When a cut gets infected it starts to ..... and smell bad. Emotional wounds stink too, like when you hold on to anger or pain until it starts to ..... and explodes.
4. Twisted, devious, or disdainfully ironic
5. Replacing one word or phrase that sounds harsh with something that sounds nicer
6. Moral excellence
7. A story or poem where the events and/or characters represent bigger, abstract ideas like religious or political events/people/beliefs
8. Buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, murmur
9. Her acts towards the homeless man were very .....
10. Parody is
11. Barely mobile; not exerting much energy
12. To return an argument with a counterargument or reply with wit or sharpness
13. Respectful submission
14. Shut the door!
15. The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her ..... Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am.-Brian Jacques
16. A riddle or a mystery; a puzzling person
17. When something (object, animal, event, person, place, etc.) in a story represents itself but also stands for a bigger idea
18. Jumbo shrimp
19. When an object, animal, or idea is given human attributes/ characteristics
20. Peter has a (an) ..... air about him; when he speaks to his colleagues, it's as if he addresses them from up on a big, high horse.
21. When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast
22. I'm on a heavy diet until my wedding day.
23. At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own ..... noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders ..... Benjamin Weiser
24. We must wait to hear from the crown until we make any further decisions.
25. What is the antonym of "loquacious" ?
26. The arrangement of a work of literature
27. Joe eats too quickly.
28. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
29. Keeping oneself in the background; humility
30. Hint, insinuation