4773083379 | Acerbic | Acidic; bitter; sharp | 0 | |
4773088280 | Admonitory | Serving to admonish; warning | 1 | |
4773088781 | Affable | Friendly | 2 | |
4773088782 | Biased | Brejudiced towards one side | 3 | |
4773089429 | Bombastic | Language with a theatricality of style far too powerful for the meaning expressed | 4 | |
4773089430 | Brusque | Rudely abrupt | 5 | |
4773089853 | Caustic | Bitingly sarcastic or witty | 6 | |
4773089854 | Clinical | Highly objective; scientific | 7 | |
4773093017 | Condescending | Treating people as weak or inferior | 8 | |
4773093556 | Confused | Perplexed or bewildered | 9 | |
4773093557 | Contemptuous | Expressing contempt; a lack of respect | 10 | |
4773094282 | Contentious | Quarrelsome, tending to argument or strife | 11 | |
4773094283 | Cynical | Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic | 12 | |
4773094849 | Despotic | Exercising absolute power; tyrannical | 13 | |
4773094850 | Dictatorial | Domineering; oppressively overbearing | 14 | |
4773095553 | Didactic | Intended for instruction; can be a bit preachy | 15 | |
4773095554 | Disdainful | To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on | 16 | |
4773096084 | Disingenuous | Not straightforward; insincere | 17 | |
4773096085 | Disparaging | To speak of in a negative way; belittling | 18 | |
4773097087 | Dogmatic | Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs | 19 | |
4773097088 | Ebullient | Intense enthusiasm | 20 | |
4773097670 | Effusive | Emotionally unrestrained; gushy | 21 | |
4773097671 | Enigmatic | Puzzling; baffling; cryptic | 22 | |
4773098218 | Erudite | Characterized by great knowledge; scholarly | 23 | |
4773098219 | Facetious | Playfully humorous | 24 | |
4773098757 | Flippant | Lacking proper respect | 25 | |
4773098758 | Frank | Open and sincere in expression; straightforward | 26 | |
4773099467 | Grandiose | Characterized by pretended greatness; pompous | 27 | |
4773099468 | Haughty | Arrogant; vainly proud | 28 | |
4773099951 | Iconoclastic | Attacking traditional or popular ideas | 29 | |
4773099952 | Impartial | Not in favor of one side or the other; unbiased | 30 | |
4773100400 | Imperious | Arrogantly domineering or overbearing | 31 | |
4773100401 | Indignant | Attitude of being angry because of an injustice or unworthiness | 32 | |
4773100831 | Indifferent | Not caring one way or the other | 33 | |
4773091458 | Insipid | Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; dull | 34 | |
4773129248 | Irony | A subtle form of mockery in which an intended meaning is obliquely conveyed | 35 | |
4651358068 | Irony | A subtly form of mockery in which an intended meaning is obliquely conveyed. | 36 | |
4651358067 | Insolent | Boldly rude or disrespectful. | 37 | |
4770305371 | Irreverent | Lacking seriousness. | 38 | |
4770419502 | Laconic | Expressing much in few words; concise; succinct. | 39 | |
4770419503 | Languid | Lacking in vigor or vitality. | 40 | |
4770419504 | Lucid | Easily understood; clear. | 41 | |
4770419505 | Melancholy | Causing sadness or gloom. | 42 | |
4770419506 | Moralistic | Characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude. | 43 | |
4770419507 | Nostalgic | A wistful desire to return to a former time or place. | 44 | |
4770419508 | Obdurate | Stubborn; inflexible. | 45 | |
4770419509 | Obsequious | Fawning; overly obedient. | 46 | |
4770419510 | Patronizing | To behave in an offensively condescending way. | 47 | |
4770419511 | Pedantic | Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules. | 48 | |
4770419512 | Pedestrian | Lacking in vitality, imagination distinction; prosaic or dull. | 49 | |
4770419513 | Pithy | Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression. | 50 | |
4770419514 | Plaintive | Expressing sorrow of melancholy. | 51 | |
4770419515 | Poignant | Profoundly moving; touching. | 52 | |
4770419516 | Pragmatic | Practical. | 53 | |
4770419517 | Precocious | Unusually advanced in mental development. | 54 | |
4770419518 | Pretentious | Language purposefully inflated to impress. | 55 | |
4770419519 | Prosaic | Matter of fact; dull; ordinary. | 56 | |
4770419520 | Ribald | Vulgar or indecent speech; coarsely mocking; irreverent. | 57 | |
4770419521 | Saccharine | Overly sweet. | 58 | |
4770419522 | Sanctimonious | Hypocritical show of religious devotion. | 59 | |
4770419523 | Sarcastic | Bitter, caustic, taunting ridicule that is meant to hurt someone or something. | 60 | |
4770419524 | Sardonic | Disdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, butter, or caustic; mocking and often cynical. | 61 | |
4770419525 | Sentimental | Appealing to tender emotions and feelings. | 62 | |
4770419526 | Somber | Gloomily dark. | 63 | |
4770419527 | Sophomoric | Immature and overly confident. | 64 | |
4770419528 | Supercilious | Disdainful; haughtily contemptuous. | 65 | |
4770419529 | Turgid | Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; bombastic. | 66 | |
4770419530 | Vociferous | Characterized by loudness and vehemence. | 67 | |
4770419531 | Wistful | Full of wishful yearning. | 68 | |
4770419532 | Whimsical | Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable. | 69 |
AP Language Vocab (Trimester 1) Flashcards
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