AP Language Flashcards

6691894763	Mock-heroic	mocking or burlesquing a heroic manner, action, or manner	0
6692341692	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	1
6692347093	moralistic	adhering to a system of morals or perhaps imposing this system on others	2
6692364092	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	3
6692367486	nostalgic	a bittersweet longing for persons or things of the past	4
6692372983	objective	without bias or prejudice; detached; impersonal	5
6692379671	obsequious	polite and obedient in order to gain something	6
6692383083	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	7
6692385222	outraged	to offend grossly; to produce anger or resentment	8
6692400493	patronizing	to treat in a condescending manner	9
6692405373	pedantic	to stress minor or trivial points of learning	10
6692412049	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	11
6692415690	petty	relatively worthless; trivial; minor	12
6692421579	pompous	pretentious; stately	13
6692430675	pretentious	making claims, implicit or explicit, to some distinction or importance	14
6692440813	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	15
6692444091	reflective	illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	16
6692454890	reminiscent	tending to recall or suggest something from the past	17
6692468362	restrained	limited; restricted; suppressed	18
6692482549	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	19
6692485107	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	20
6692494766	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	21
6692501829	sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	22
6692512111	sarcastic	sneering, caustic	23
6692513728	sardonic	characterized by bitter or scornful derision	24
6692529538	satiric	use of ridicule, sarcasm, irony to expose, attack or deride vices, follies, stupidities or abuses	25
6693941927	scornful	filled with extreme indignant contempt; disdain; refusing or rejecting as wrong/disgraceful	26
6693949971	sentimental	having or showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, but sometimes in an excessive or maudlin way, influenced more by emotion than reason	27
6693966460	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	28
6693969468	solemn	deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	29
6693974393	somber	dark and gloomy; earnest and solemn	30
6693979114	sympathetic	looking upon with favor	31
6693982121	taunting	challenging or reproachful in a sarcastic, insulting or jeering manner	32
6693988458	turgid	inflated, overblown or pompous; bombastic	33
6693993891	vibrant	throbbing with life; vigorous, energetic, radiant	34
6694001579	whimsical	unpredictable, fanciful	35
6694005268	zealous	marked by active interest and enthusiam	36