6640070910 | Anger | A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility Ex. Anger at your friend for mistreating you | 0 | |
6640070911 | Appreciative | Feeling or showing gratitude or pleasure Ex. I feel appreciative when someone gives me something | 1 | |
6640070912 | Assumed Arrogance | Offensive display of superiority or self importance; overbearing pride Ex. I know I'm good at sports because I'm the best | 2 | |
6640070913 | Awe | An overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc Ex. I'm in awe at the sight of the sunset | 3 | |
6640070914 | Bitterness tempered by maturity | Having harsh, disagreeable acrid taste Ex. I strongly disagree with that statement of such stupidity | 4 | |
6640070915 | Broadly Sympathetic | Showing sympathy for a broad number of things Ex. John has sympathy for everyone | 5 | |
6640070916 | Careful Objectivity | The state or quality of being objective Ex. Allison likes to be objective about certain things | 6 | |
6640070917 | Cheerful Glee | Open delight or pleasure; exultant joy Ex. George experiences cheerful glee when he gets his first car | 7 | |
6640070918 | Conciliatory | Tending to conciliate Ex. Mary conciliates with people who experience loss | 8 | |
6640070919 | Cynical Exaggeration | Overly distrusting or disparaging the motives of others Ex. I distrust everyone who doesn't agree with my motives | 9 | |
6640070920 | Despondent | Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom Ex. Juan was despondent when he found out his friend was leaving next week | 10 | |
6640070921 | Didactic | Intended for instruction Ex. Teachers use didactics for instructing their students | 11 | |
6640070922 | Disappointment | The act or fact of disappointing Ex. Haley shows disappointment when her mom tells her she cannot sleep over at her best friend's house | 12 | |
6640070923 | Dispassionate | Free from or unaffected by passion; impartial; bias Ex. I believe everyone deserves a second chance despite what they have done | 13 | |
6640070924 | Elegant Disdain | To look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn Ex. Fred disdains people who feel they must kill people | 14 | |
6640070925 | Emotional Judgement | The forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind Ex. Alex doesn't want to leave because his feelings with get hurt | 15 | |
6640070926 | Expansive and Self Dramatizing | Exaggerating one's own qualities, role, or situation, for dramatic effect or as an attention getting device Ex. I am the greatest person at my job | 16 | |
6640070927 | Fearful | The act of showing fear Ex. Toby is fearful at the sight of clowns | 17 | |
6640070928 | Feigned Bitterness | Hard to beat; grievous; distressful Ex. Lizzie shows feigned bitterness towards makeup | 18 | |
6640070929 | Feigned Sympathy | Harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another Ex. Jill shows feigned sympathy for those in jail | 19 | |
6640070930 | Fond Admiration | A feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval Ex. Ken has a fond admiration towards cars | 20 | |
6640070931 | Forced Glee | Forced open delight or pleasure, exultant joy Ex. Russel shows forced glee when his mother tells him to be happy for his older, mean sister | 21 | |
6640070932 | Gentle Disapproval | The act or state of disapproving Ex. Will shows his gentle disapproval towards people who discriminate against others | 22 | |
6640070933 | Gentle Sarcasm | Harsh or bitter derision of irony Ex. Johns gentle sarcasm was not taken lightly by his teacher | 23 | |
6640070934 | Gratitude Made Richer by Love | The quality of feeling of being grateful or thankful Ex. I show my gratitude towards people who are important to me in my life | 24 |
AP Literature Vocabulary List 5 Flashcards
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