AP Literature Vocabulary List 5 Flashcards

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