AP Literature Week 1 Flashcards
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| 4760870829 | aloof | not emotionally involved, at a distance | 0 | |
| 4760871001 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings, could go either way | 1 | |
| 4760871720 | apathetic | uncaring | 2 | |
| 4760871721 | audacious | recklessly bold or contemptuous | 3 | |
| 4760872389 | bellicose | inclined or eager to fight | 4 | |
| 4760872785 | callous | uncaring, or feeling no emotion | 5 | |
| 4760872789 | caustic | harshly sarcastic | 6 | |
| 4760873537 | cautionary | prudent forethought | 7 | |
| 4760873780 | choleric | easily angered | 8 | |
| 4760873781 | churlish | boorish, rude | 9 | |
| 4760874036 | condescending | with an air of superiority, talking down to | 10 | |
| 4760874563 | contemptuous | lacking respect, derisive | 11 | |
| 4760875057 | cynical | distrustful | 12 | |
| 4760875058 | demoralized | discourage | 13 | |
| 4760876306 | derisive | insulting and condescending | 14 | |
| 4760876738 | didactic | intending to instruct | 15 | |
| 4760876739 | diffident | reserved, unassertive | 16 | |
| 4760877229 | disdainful | scorn, despise | 17 | |
| 4760877230 | earnest | heartfelt and serious | 18 | |
| 4760877549 | effusive | overflowing and demonstrative | 19 | |
| 4760877768 | elegiac | sorrowful lamentation | 20 | |
| 4760878287 | empathetic | sensitivity, relating to another's emotions | 21 | |
| 4760878622 | enervating | to deprive of force or strength | 22 | |
| 4760878915 | erudite | scholarly | 23 | |
| 4760878916 | facetious | sarcastic, treating things inappropriately funny | 24 | |
| 4760879959 | fatuous | foolish or insane | 25 | |
| 4760880252 | flippant | frivolously disrespectful | 26 | |
| 4760881283 | forthright | direct and outspoken | 27 | |
| 4760881506 | frivolous | carefree and unconcerned | 28 | |
| 4760881867 | gauche | lacking social grace, sensitivity or acuteness | 29 | |
| 4760882142 | hubristic | to be excessively prideful or arrogant | 30 | |
| 4760883834 | incensed | full of rage | 31 |