AP Lang Language Words Flashcards

4850375933	Artificial	Not natural or real; made, produced, or done to seem natural	0
4850377264	Bombastic	High sounding, but has little meaning; pretentious or pompous sounding	1
4850377265	Colloquial	to speak in an informal way	2
4850377266	Concrete	relation to specific people, things, or actions rather than general ideas	3
4850378579	Connotative	relating to an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning	4
4850378580	Cultured	having or showing good education and manners	5
4850380747	Detached	separating from something larger	6
4850380748	Emotional	relating to emotions	7
4850380761	Esoteric	hard to understand for one of normal intelligence; only understood by members of a certain group	8
4850382722	Euphemistic	pleasant word or phrase used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive	9
4850382723	Figurative	used with a meaning that is different from the basic meaning and that expresses an idea in an interesting way	10
4850382724	Formal	involving outward form, structure, or arrangements of elements rather than content; according with established custom	11
4850384779	Grotesque	extremely unusual, ugly, or distorted	12
4850384780	Homespun	plain and simple	13
4850384781	Idiomatic	relation to expressions that cannot be understood from the meaning of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own	14
4850385808	Informal	friendly or relaxed quality	15
4850385809	Insipid	dull or boring	16
4850385810	Jargon	special terms relating to a certain field; confused unintelligible language	17
4850385811	Learned	characterized by or associated with learning; used to describe something because of learning or experience	18
4850385812	Literal	ordinary or usual meaning of a word	19
4850387112	Moralistic	having or showing strong opinions about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior	20
4850387113	Obscure	not well known by most people	21
4850387114	Obtuse	stupid; not able to think clearly or to understand what is obvious	22
4850387115	Ordinary	normal or usual	23
4850389109	Pedantic (2 definitions)	narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned, corrects minor details; unimaginitave, dull	24
4850389110	Picturesque	very pretty or charming; telling about something in a way that makes it very easy to imagine	25
4850390679	Plain	having no pattern or decorations	26
4850390680	Poetic	having a beautiful or graceful quality	27
4850390681	Precise	very accurate and exact; careful to the details	28
4850392295	Provincial	making unjustified or excessive claims; having or showing the unpleasant quality of people; a person of local or restricted interests or outlook; a person lacking urban polish or refinement	29
4850392296	Scholarly	relating to formal study or research	30
4850393742	Sensuous	affecting the senses in a pleasing way	31
4850395301	Simple	not hard to understand	32
4850395302	Slang	words that aren't considered part of the standard vocabulary of a language and that are used very informally	33
4850395303	Symbolic	expressing an idea without using words	34
4850395304	Trite	not effective because of being used too often	35
4850396572	Vulgar	not having or showing good manners	36
4850401688	Amiable	friendly and pleasant	37
4850401689	Amused	make someone laugh or smile; to entertain	38
4850401690	Appreciative	having or showing appreciation	39
4850402970	Authoritative	showing impressive knowledge of a subject	40
4850402971	Benevolent	kind and generous; organized to do good things for others	41
4850402972	Brave	feeling or showing no fear	42
4850406503	Calm	quiet and peaceful state or condition	43
4850406504	Cheerful	showing happiness; willing to do something without complaints	44
4850406505	Cheery	having happy feelings; merry or bright in manner or effect	45
4850410773	Complimentary	expressing praise or admiration for someone or something	46
4850410774	Confident	feeling that you can do something well or succeed at something; certain that something will happen or come true	47
4850411899	Consoling	to try to make someone less sad; to comfort	48
4850411900	Content	pleased and satisfied; not needing more	49
4850413901	Dreamy	pleasant, peaceful, relaxing; having a quality which shows or suggests that you're not noticing what is going on	50
4850413902	Ecstatic	feeling or showing ecstasy; very happy or excited	51
4850413903	Elated	very happy and excited; marked by high spirits	52
4850415143	Elevated	having an intelligent and usually formal tone	53
4850415144	Encouraging	causing a hopeful feeling	54
4850415145	Energetic	involving a lot of effort; showing a lot of energy	55
4850416361	Enthusiastic	strong excitement about something	56
4850419054	Excited	cause enthusiastic feelings in someone; to make someone feel energetic and eager to do something	57
4850419055	Exuberant	very lively, happy, or energetic; exciting in large amounts	58
4850419056	Fanciful	coming from the imagination; unusual and appealing	59
4850420291	Friendly	acting like a friend; kind and helpful; showing support or approval	60
4850420292	Happy		61
4850420293	Hopeful	full of hope	62
4850421343	Impassioned	showing or feeling strong emotions, great warmth, or intensity of feelings	63
4850421344	Jovial	full of joy and happiness; markedly good-humored	64
4850421345	Joyful	full of joy	65
4850421346	Jubilant	very happy, joyful; expressing joy with shouting	66
4850423048	Lighthearted	cheerful or happy nature, not serious; free from care or anxiety	67
4850423049	Loving	showing love; careful and thorough	68
4850423050	Optimistic	belief that good things will happen in the future; belief that this world is the best possible world	69
4850424584	Passionate	expressing strong emotions (sexual or romantic sometimes); capable of, or affected by intense feelings	70
4850426255	Peaceful	quiet and calm, without noise; not involved in violence; untroubled by conflict	71
4850426256	Playful	eager to play, full of energy; showing you're having fun and not being serious	72
4850426257	Pleasant	friendly and likeable; causing a feeling of happiness and pleasure	73
4850426258	Proud	very happy because of something you've done, someone you know, or something you own; showing attitude of people who think they're more important than others	74
4850427699	Relaxed	calm or free from stress, worry, anxiety; informal, but comfortable; not strict or controlled	75
4850427700	Reverent	showing a lot of respect	76
4850427701	Romantic	relating to love between 2 people; thinking about love and doing and saying things to show that you love someone	77
4850427702	Soothing	producing feelings of comfort or relief	78
4850428762	Surprised	feeling caused by something unexpected or unusual; without awareness	79
4850428763	Sweet	gentle, kind, or friendly; generalized term of approval	80
4850428764	Sympathetic	showing concern about someone who is in a bad situation; showing support and sensitivity to others' emotions	81
4850430311	Vibrant	showing great life, activity, energy, bright, loud, giving the sense of life, vigor, and action	82
4850430312	Whimsical	unusual in a playful or amusing way; lightly fanciful	83
4850431942	Accusing	To blame someone for something wrong	84
4850431943	Aggravated	To make someone angry	85
4850433571	Agitated	To disturb or anger someone	86
4850433573	Apathetic	To not showing much emotion	87
4850434686	Arrogant	To have an offensive attitude of superiority	88
4850438535	Audacious	Very confident and daring	89
4850438536	Belligerent	Angry and aggressive	90
4850438537	Bitter	Angry, hurt, or resentful because of one's bad experiences	91
4850439726	Brash	Rude or harsh	92
4850439727	Childish	Lacking maturity	93
4850439728	Choleric	Easily angry	94
4850439729	Coarse	Rude or offensive	95
4850441082	Cold	Lacking affection or warmth feeling	96
4850441083	Condemnatory	Having strong disapproval	97
4850442288	Condescending	Showing that you are more intelligent or better than others	98
4850442289	Contradictory	Information that disagrees with other information	99
4850442290	Critical	Expressing criticism or disapproval	100
4850442291	Desperate	Very upset because of little or no hope	101
4850443655	Disappointed	Feeling unhappy because something was not as good as expected	102
4850443656	Disgruntled	To be unsatisfied or angry	103
4850443657	Disgusted	Strong dislike for something that is unpleasant	104
4850445209	Disinterested	Not influenced by personal feelings, interests, or concerns	105
4850445210	Facetious	Speech meant to be funny but instead regarded as improper	106
4850445212	Harsh	severe or cruel	107
4850446907	Haughty	Insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than others	108
4850446908	Hateful	causing or deserving hate	109
4850446909	Hurtful	causing injury or emotional pain	110
4850448248	Indignant	Having anger because of something that is unfair or wrong	111
4850448249	Inflammatory	causing anger	112
4850448250	Insulting	disrespectful or scornfully abusive	113
4850450147	Irritated	Annoyed	114
4850450148	Manipulative	Dishonest control of a situation or person	115
4850451782	Obnoxious	unpleasant in a way that makes people feel offended, annoyed, or disgusted	116
4850451783	Outraged	extremely angered	117
4850453317	Passive	someone who accepts what others do or decide without trying to change anything	118
4850453318	Quarrelsome	ready or likely to argue or disagree	119
4850453319	Shameful	bad enough to make someone ashamed	120
4850454715	Smooth	happening or done without any problems	121
4850454716	Snooty	insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than others	122
4850454717	Superficial	concerned only with what is obvious or apparent	123
4850456061	Surly	rude and unfriendly	124
4850456062	Testy	becoming angry or annoyed easily	125
4850456063	Threatening	hostile or deliberately frightening	126
4850456078	Tired	bored or annoyed by something because you have heard it, seen it, done it, etc., for a long time	127
4850458599	Uninterested	not interested	128
4850458600	Wrathful	full of extreme anger	129
4850484354	Bantering	to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner	130
4850484385	Caustic	very harsh and critical	131
4850486671	Comical	causing laughter especially by being unusual or unexpected	132
4850486673	Contemptuous	having deep hatred or disapproval	133
4850488259	Cynical	believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest	134
4850488260	Disdainful	dislike of someone or something you think does not deserve respect	135
4850499387	Droll	having an odd and amusing quality	136
4850499389	Flippant	lacking proper respect or seriousness	137
4850501012	Giddy	playful and silly	138
4850503371	Humorous	causing laughter	139
4850503372	Insolent	rude or impolite	140
4850503373	Ironic	strange or funny because something is different from what you expected	141
4850504946	Irreverent	lack of respect for someone or something that is usually treated with respect	142
4850504947	Joking	something said or done to cause laughter	143
4850504948	Malicious	having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person	144
4850508485	Mock-heroic	imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject.	145
4850508486	Mocking	making fun of someone or something in a cruel way	146
4850508487	Mock-serious	pretending to be serious as a joke	147
4850509845	Partronizing	speaking down to others, acting as though you are smarter, classier, or better than others	148
4850509846	Pompous	speaking or behaving in a formal way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than others	149
4850509847	Quizzical	showing that you find something strange or amusing	150
4850509848	Ribald	referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or unrespectful way	151
4850511311	Ridiculing	making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way	152
4850511313	Sarcastic	using irony in order to mock or convey contempt	153
4850512610	Sardonic	showing that you disapprove of or do not like someone or something; disdainfully or skeptically humorous, derisively mocking	154
4850512611	Satiric	using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.	155
4850512612	Scornful	feeling or expressing contempt or derision	156
4850512613	Sharp	sudden and quick	157
4850513763	Silly	foolish or stupid	158
4850513764	Taunting	provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks	159
4850513765	Teasing	laugh at and criticize (someone) in a way that is either friendly and playful or cruel and unkind	160
4850518404	Wry	using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor	161
4850584347	Anxious	afraid or nervous	162
4850585807	Apologetic	feeling/showing regret	163
4850587562	Apprehensive	afraid that soemthing bad/unpleasant is going to happen	164
4850587563	Concerned	feeling worry or concern; having an interset/involvement in something	165
4850587564	Confused	unable to understand/think clearly; not clearly organized/expressed	166
4850589335	Dejected	sad bc of failure or loss	167
4850589336	Depressing	feeling sad; economic depression - low growth and few jobs	168
4850589337	Despairing	feeling very sad without hope	169
4850593294	Disturbed	showing signs of mental/emotional illness; worried and unhappy	170
4850593295	Embarrassed	feeling confused/foolish in front of other people	171
4850593296	Fearful	feeling fear	172
4850593441	Foreboding	a feeling that somthing bad is going to happen	173
4850595918	Gloomy	dark; sad, depressed, not hopeful	174
4850595919	Grave	serious/likely to produce a great harm or danger	175
4850597291	Hollow	worthless/useless	176
4850598724	Hopeless	having/feeling no hope; incapable of solution/improvement	177
4850598725	Horrific	havng the power to horrify; appalling, atrocious	178
4850598726	Horror	painful/intense fear, dread, or dismay	179
4850598727	Melancholy	a pensive/thoughtful/sad mood; characterized by depression or bad temper	180
4850600406	Miserable	being distressed/unhappy; inadequate/meager	181
4850600407	Morose	sullen or gloomy	182
4850600408	Mournful	with sorrow or melancholy	183
4850600409	Nervous	easily excited or irritated	184
4850600522	Numb	deviod of emotion/sensation	185
4850602019	Ominous	foreshadowing evil	186
4850602020	Paranoid	suspiciousness; fearful	187
4850603648	Pessimistic	having lack of hope, expecting bad things to happen	188
4850603649	Pitiful	deserving pity or contempt	189
4850603650	Poignant	strong feeling of sadness or regret, painfully affecting the feelings	190
4850605296	Regretful	feeling sad or sorry about something	191
4850605297	Remorseful	apologetic, regretful, repentant	192
4850605298	Resigned	to accept as inevitable, to give up deliberately/quit	193
4850606789	Sad	unhappy	194
4850606790	Serious	thoughtful or subdued; not joking or trifling	195
4850606791	Sober	marked by temperance or seriousness; sensible	196
4850610703	Solemn	very serious or formal, sad; marked by ceremony	197
4850610704	Somber	very sad or serious; gloomy	198
4850610705	Staid	serious, boring, old-fashioned; not joking or playful in mood or manner	199
4850610706	Upset	to trouble mentally/unemotionally; to defeat unexpectedly	200
4850610707	Lugubrious	full of sadness/sorrow in an exaggerated/insincere way	201
4850612440	Admonitory	warning, cautioning	202
4850612441	Allusive	an implied/indirect reference to something	203
4850616361	Baffled	completely confused	204
4850616362	Callous	feeling no emotion/sympathy/concern for others	205
4850616363	Candid	honest and sincere; without bias, prejudice or malice	206
4850616364	Ceremonial	with ceremony; without real power or influence	207
4850617866	Clinical	analytical or coolly dispassionate	208
4850621589	Contemplative	involving deep thought; devoted to religious thought/prayer	209
4850623617	Conventional	common/traditioanl and ordinary, lacking originality	210
4850623619	Didactic	designedto teach people something, preachy and moralistic	211
4850628164	Disbelieving	not believing	212
4850628165	Dramatic	sudden and extreme; attracting attention	213
4850629746	Earnest	serious, intent, sincere	214
4850629747	Expectant	looking forward to something that will happen	215
4850629748	Factual	based on fact	216
4850629749	Fervent	having/showing very strong feelings	217
4850631544	Forthright	clear, honest, direct	218
4850631545	Frivolous	not serious or important	219
4850635966	Histrionic	too emotional or dramatic in a theatrical way	220
4850638805	Humble	not proud or haughty; of low rank	221
4850638806	Incredulous	not able/willing to believe something	222
4850638807	Informative	giving information	223
4850641141	Inquisitive	curious, asking many questions	224
4850641142	Instructive	providing knowledge or instructions	225
4850641143	Intimate	having a very close relationship; to say something in an indirect way; to announce	226
4850641144	Judgemental	judging people too quickly or critically	227
4850648007	Loud	high in volume or showiness	228
4850651718	Lyrical	beautiful or expressive	229
4850651719	Matter-of-Fact	starightforward, unemotional	230
4850653287	Meditative	very thoughtful	231
4850653288	Nostalgic	wistful/yearning for the past	232
4850653289	Objective	without bias or emotion	233
4850654846	Obsequious	marked by fawning attentivess to someone with authority; sucking up	234
4850654847	Patriotic	strong support for your country	235
4850656592	Persuasive	able to persuade/convince	236
4850656593	Pleading	begging	237
4850656594	Pretentious	expressing exaggerated importance/worth/stature	238
4850659439	Provocative	serving to excite or stimulate thought/argument	239
4850659479	Questioning	doubting something	240
4850661139	Reflective	reflecting sound/light, thinking carefully about something	241
4850661140	Reminiscent	reminding you of someone/something else; thinking about the past	242
4850664152	Restrained	showing self-control; not too colorful or fancy	243
4850666012	Seductive	making someone do/want something; allure	244
4850666013	Sentimental	appealing to emotions; v emotional	245
4850668615	Shocking	hard to believe	246
4850668616	Sincere	genuine, without malice	247
4850668617	Unemotional	without emotion	248
4850668618	Urgent	very important and needing immediate attention	249
4850670154	Vexed	annoyed/frustrated or worried	250
4850670155	Wistful	full of yearning/desire tinged with melancholy/sadness	251
4850670485	Zealous	feelin strong and energetic support for	252