AP Literature Flashcards

2930915445	Accusatory	Charging of wrong doing	0
2930926267	Apathetic	Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	1
2930927856	Cynical	Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	2
2930948070	Condescension	A feeling of superiority	3
2930951684	Contemplative	Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	4
2930965559	Choleric	Hot-tempered, easily angered	5
2930976248	Contemptuous	Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	6
2930980109	Caustic	Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	7
2930984337	Conventional	Lacking spontaneity, originality and individuality	8
2930990017	Didactic	Author attempts to educate or instruct	9
2931004879	Erudite	Learned, Polished, Scholarly	10
2931007459	Fanciful	Using the imagination	11
2931009906	Forthright	Directly frank without hesitation	12
2931011490	Haughty	Proud and vain to the point of arrogance	13
2931015316	Intimate	Very familiar	14
2931015696	Lyrical	Expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	15
2931024423	Morose	Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	16
2931027478	Malicious	Purposely harmful	17
2931028912	Objective	An unbiased view- able to leave personal judgments aside	18
2931034513	Obsequious	Polite and obedient in order to gain something	19
2931038842	Patronizing	Air of condescension	20
2931043399	Quizzical	Odd, eccentric, amusing	21
2931045612	Ribald	Offensive in speech or gesture	22
2931048119	Reverent	Treating a subject with honor and respect	23
2931050787	Reflective	Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	24
2931055189	Sardonic	Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	25
2931057610	Sanguineous	Optimistic, cheerful	26
2931059879	Whimsical	Odd, strange, fantastic, fun	27