AP English Language & Composition Vocab
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| 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 |