quick to argue/hostile | ||
treating with apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority | ||
scornful, showing contempt | ||
showing contempt and lack of respect | ||
promotes moral | ||
formal, serious | ||
fake | ||
fake | ||
violent | ||
undecided | ||
expressing prolonged thought | ||
sentimental, showing pleasure, gratitude, approval | ||
excessively concerned with minor details | ||
abrupt | ||
sincere, serious | ||
with feelings of superiority | ||
lacking seriousness, or a respectful attitude | ||
undue concern for trivial matters | ||
showing overwhelming happiness | ||
expressing praise | ||
playful/friendly exchange of teasing remarks | ||
intended to teach (moral) | ||
showing deep respect | ||
serious, sensible, solemn | ||
formal and dignified | ||
represent as being of little worth | ||
sharp & forthright | ||
wise | ||
complicated, difficult to understand | ||
austere, meager | ||
tediously pompous | ||
high-sounding language with little meaning used to impress people | ||
unusual and complicated, full of elaborate or literary words and phrases | ||
using few words | ||
brief and clear | ||
moralizing in a pompous manner | ||
using too many words, verbose | ||
prolonged | ||
well chosen and suited | ||
slow and clumsy | ||
showing energy and strength | ||
vigorous and strong | ||
showing sharp criticism | ||
analytical and accurate | ||
vigorous and incisive | ||
lacking poetic beauty | ||
childishly silly | ||
with unoriginal ideas | ||
vague, without a clearly defined shape or form | ||
using the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated. | ||
a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. | ||
reference to a person, place, event | ||
comparison that points out similarities between 2 dissimilar things | ||
piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, frailties, shortcomings | ||
story consisting of events from which a moral/spiritual truth may be derived | ||
background & events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose | ||
repetition of initial consonant sounds | ||
repetition of vowel sounds without the repetition of consonants | ||
story in which people, things and actions represent an idea or generalization about life. | ||
to attract or tempt | ||
descend from the air and settle | ||
up in the air, overhead | ||
attribution of human characteristics | ||
extreme eagerness/enthusiasm | ||
tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true without consideration of evidence or opinions of others | ||
concerned with beauty | ||
lacking interest or excitement | ||
suave, courteous, refined in manner | ||
mode of behavior/way of thought peculiar to an individual | ||
something despicable, that only causes problems | ||
to work extremely hard | ||
not having any serious purpose or value | ||
disgust, sicken with excessive goodness/sweetness | ||
prevent someone from accomplishing something | ||
remove (clothing) | ||
roll about or lie relaxed (in mud or water) | ||
satisfy | ||
sexual desire | ||
different in kind | ||
come together and form one mass or form | ||
certainly, truly | ||
done at random, without careful judgment | ||
persistent, to the point of annoyance or intrusion | ||
rude, in a mean-spirited way | ||
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing | ||
evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret | ||
express disapproval of | ||
having mixed feelings | ||
permanent, essential | ||
characterized by a lack of care, thought or organization | ||
use or take advantage of | ||
written or spoken communication | ||
clearly expressed, easily understood | ||
modulation or inflection of the voice | ||
attractively unusual, old-fashioned | ||
rude, crude, vulgar | ||
spoken or done without preparation | ||
treacherous, crafty | ||
decorative design, pattern | ||
a valley | ||
drink alcohol | ||
disease marked by inflammation | ||
intestine | ||
emotional aloofness and solitary habits | ||
plaster used for coating wall surgaces | ||
porch | ||
shelter for a car consisting of a roof supported on posts | ||
a fish | ||
bring or recall to the concious mind | ||
unfriendly, cool and distant | ||
ignorant of or uninterested in stuff outside one's own experience | ||
ornamental design | ||
healing symbol | ||
deviating from what is standard | ||
tacky | ||
machine that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, often badly made or unsafe | ||
bitter, envious | ||
irritated, infuriated |
AP English Language & Composition Vocab
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