AP Lang Flashcards

9624931152	Strident	Harsh, loud, grating	0
9624933119	Self Effacing	Modest, not claiming attention	1
9625165790	Ingratiating	Sycophantic, intending to gain favor, obsequious	2
9625173021	Ambivalent	Ambiguous, uncertain	3
9625188698	Defiant	Oppositional, Resistant	4
9625194027	Rejoinder	A reply, especially a sharp or witty one	5
9625224132	Innuendo	An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disbaraging one	6
9625230436	Bantering	Talk or exchange remarks in a good-humored teasing way	7
9625359462	Wry	Using or expressing dry, especially mocking humor	8
9625363430	Reproachful	Expressing disapproval or disappointment	9
9625394184	Heteroclite	Abnormal, unusual	10
9625398422	Doctrinaire	Dogmatic, rigid, uncompromising	11
9625409006	Capricious	Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of or behavior, tempramental, unpredictable	12
9625427822	Relative Clauses	Clauses beginning with who, whom, which, or that	13
9625431067	Vituperative	Bitter and abusive	14
9625434303	Chastise	Rebuke or reprimand severely	15
9625458314	Obfuscate	Render obscurer, unclear, or unintelligible, sometimes deliberately- very similar to equivocate	16
9625542936	Terse	Sparing in the use of words; abrupt.	17
9625545301	Pedantic	Ostentatious in one's learning or overly concerned with minute details or formalism, especially in teaching	18
9625559593	Circumlocution	The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive	19
9630497461	Sound of an angry mob	Strident	20
9630530933	Bringing your boss lunch every day	Ingratiating	21
9630534187	Struggling with whether to invite someone to an event because she has a positive relationship with you but not with the other attendees.	Ambivalent	22
9630578896	Someone does the exact opposite of what they're told	Defiant	23
9630591802	"Your mom"	Rejoinder	24
9630594654	"Mark has been spending a lot of time with Allison, if you know what I mean"	Innuendo	25
9630672867	"Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody."	Wry	26