AP LANG Flashcards

6635659548	Accusatory	Charging of wrongdoing	0
6635659549	Admonitory	Serving to warn	1
6635659550	Allusive	Full of allusions	2
6635659551	Apathetic	Indifference due to lack of concern or energy	3
6635659552	Bantering	Good-natured teasing or joking	4
6635659553	Benevolent	Doing or inclined to do good	5
6635659554	Burlesque	Broadly comic or satirical imitation of a writing or play; low comedy	6
6635659555	Callous	Unfeeling, insensitive to the feelings of others	7
6635659556	Candid	Frank, outspoken; open and sincere	8
6635659557	Caustic	Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	9
6635659558	Choleric	Hot-tempered, easily angered	10
6635659559	Clinical	Purely scientific; impersonal	11
6635659560	Condescending	Dealing with others in a proud or haughty way	12
6635659561	Contemptuous	Expressing disdain, scorn, or intense disgust	13
6635659562	Cynical	Denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions	14
6635659563	Derisive	Ridiculing, mocking	15
6635659564	Didactic	Intended for teaching/instruction	16
6635659565	Earnest	Intense or sincere state of mind	17
6635659566	Elegiac	Sad; mournful; plaintive	18
6635659567	Elusive	Hard to grasp or retain mentally	19
6635659568	Erudite	Learned, polished, scholarly	20
6635659569	Facetious	Joking or being silly; especially at an inappropriate time	21
6635659570	Flippant	Frivolous and disrespectful; impertinent	22
6635659571	Grating	Irritating or persistently annoying	23
6635659572	Halcyon	Calm and peaceful; tranquil	24
6635659573	Haughty	Proud and vain to the point of arrogance	25
6635659574	Impartial	Without prejudice or bias	26
6635659575	Indignant	Expressing anger or scorn	27
6635659576	Inflammatory	Likely to rouse excitement, anger, or violence	28
6635659577	Informative	Educational; instructional	29
6635659578	Irreverent	Disrespectful; lack of love or awe for something sacred	30
6635659579	Ironic	Contrary to what is expressed or usual	31
6635659580	Insolent	Arrogant; audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent	32
6635659581	Insipid	Without flavor; tasteless; not exciting or interesting	33
6635659582	Intimate	Very familiar	34
6635659583	Jovial	Happy	35
6635659584	Lugubrious	Very sad or mournful to an exaggerated or ridiculous extent	36
6635659585	Malicious	Purposely hurtful	37
6635659586	Melancholic	Sad, depressed; gloomy; pensively reflective	38
6635659587	Moralistic	Adhering to a system of morals or imposing this system on others	39
6635659588	Morose	Gloomy, sullen, despondent	40
6635659589	Obsequious	Polite and obedient in order to gain something	41
6635659590	Patronizing	To treat in a condescending manner	42
6635659591	Pedantic	To stress minor or trivial points of learning	43
6635659592	Petty	Relatively worthless; trivial; minor	44
6635659593	Pretentious	Making claims to some importance	45
6635659594	Quizzical	Odd, eccentric, amusing	46
6635659595	Ribald	Offensive in speech or gesture	47
6635659596	Ridiculing	Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	48
6635659597	Sanguineous	Optimistic, cheerful	49
6635659598	Sardonic	Characterized by bitter or scornful derision	50
6635659599	Turgid	Overblown or pompous; bombastic	51
6635659600	Vibrant	Throbbing with life; vigorous, energetic, radiant	52
6635659601	Whimsical	Unpredictable, fanciful	53
6635659602	Zealous	Marked by active interest and enthusiasm	54