ADJECTIVES TO KNOW: AP LITERATURE (S1) Flashcards
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| 7741639773 | Satirical | Containing or using satire. (of a person or their behavior) sarcastic, critical, and mocking another's weakness. Synonyms: mocking, ironic, sarcastic, sardonic. |  | 0 |
| 7741650971 | Sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical. Synonyms: mocking, satirical, sarcastic, ironical, ironic. |  | 1 |
| 7741659075 | Wry | 1. Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor. 2. (of a persons face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment or annoyance. Synonyms: unimpressed, displeased, annoyed, irritated, irked, vexed, piqued, disgruntled, dissatisfied. |  | 2 |
| 7741670135 | Facetious | Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. Synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue- in- cheek, ironic, sarcastic, joking, jokey, jocular, sportive, teasing, mischievous. |  | 3 |
| 7741682025 | Flippant | Not showing a serious or respectful attitude. Synonyms: frivolous, facetious, tongue- in- cheek. |  | 4 |
| 7741687258 | Reticent | Not revealing one;s thoughts or feelings readily. Synonyms: reserved, withdrawn, introverted, inhibited, diffident, shy. |  | 5 |
| 7741692178 | Taciturn | (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. Synonyms: untalkative, uncommunicative, reticent, unforthcoming, quiet, secretive, tight- lipped, buttoned- up, close- mouthed. |  | 6 |
| 7741702639 | Aloof | 1. Not friendly or forthcoming, cool and distant. 2. Conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste. Synonyms: distant, detached, unfriendly, antisocial, avoidant, remote, unapproachable, formal, stiff, withdrawn, reserved, unforthcoming, uncommunicative, unsympathetic. |  | 7 |
| 7741713697 | Cynical | 1. Believing that people are motivated by self- interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. 2. Doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile. Contemptuous mocking. 3. Concerned with one's own interest and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them. Synonyms: skeptical, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving. |  | 8 |
| 7741732606 | Supercilious | Behaving or looking as though one thinks is superior to others. Synonyms: arrogant, haughty, conceited, disdainful, pompous, condescending, superior, patronizing, imperious, proud, snobbish, snobby, smug, scornful, sneering. |  | 9 |
| 7741755905 | Pedantic | Of or like pedant. Synonyms overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, perfectionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finicky. |  | 10 |
| 7741768551 | Contemptuous | Allowing contempt; scornful Synonyms: scornful, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, insolent, derisive, mocking, sneering, scoffing, withering, scathing, snide. |  | 11 |
| 7741774473 | Condescending | Having or showing a feeling or patronizing superiority. Synonyms: Supercilious, superior, snobbish, snobby, disdainful, lofty, haughty. |  | 12 |
| 7741780670 | Dogmatic | Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. Synonyms: opinionated, peremptory, assertive, insistent, emphatic, adamant, doctrinaire, authoritarian, imperious, dictatorial, uncompromising, unyielding, inflexible, rigid. |  | 13 |
| 7741800622 | Derisive | Expressing contempt or ridicule. Synonyms: mocking, jeering, scoffing, teasing, derisory, snide, sneering. |  | 14 |
| 7741808807 | Clinical | 1. Relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies. 2. Efficient and unemotional; coldly detached. 3. (of a room or building) bare, functional, and clean. Synonyms: detached, impersonal, dispassionate, objective, uninvolved, distant, remote, aloof, removed, cold, indifferent, neutral, unsympathetic, unfeeling, unemotional. |  | 15 |
| 7741817340 | Caustic | 1. Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. 2. Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way. 3. Formed by the intersection of reflected or refracted parallel rays from a curved surface. Synonyms: sarcastic, cutting, biting, mordant, sharp, bitter, scathing, derisive, sardonic, ironic, scornful, trenchant, acerbic, abrasive, vitriolic, acidulous. |  | 16 |
| 7741824823 | Rancorous | Characterized by bitterness or resentment. Synonyms: bitter, spiteful, hateful, resentful, acrimonious, malicious, malevolent, hostile, venomous, vindictive, baleful, vitriolic, vengeful, pernicious, mean, nasty; | 17 | |
| 7741828676 | Contentious | 1.Causing or likely to cause an argument controversial. 2. Involving heated argument. 3. (of a person) given to arguing provoking argument. Synonyms: controversial, disputable, debatable, disputed, open to debate, vexed. |  | 18 |
| 7741753547 | Belligerent | 1. Hostile and aggressive. 2. A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law. Synonyms: hostile, aggressive, threatening, antagonistic, warlike, warmongering, hawkish, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, confrontational, contentious, militant, combative. |  | 19 |
| 7813887912 | Obsequious | Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Synonyms: servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, groveling, cringing, subservient, submissive, slavish. |  | 20 |
| 7813904280 | Smarmy | Ingratiating and wheedling in a way that is perceived as insincere or excessive. Synonyms: unctuous, ingratiating, slick, oily, greasy, obsequious, sycophantic, fawning. |  | 21 |
| 7813920007 | Feckless | Lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible. Synonyms: useless, worthless, incompetent, inept, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well. |  | 22 |
| 7813930212 | Esoteric | Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. Synonyms: abstruse, obscure, arcane, recherché, rarefied, recondite, abstract. |  | 23 |
| 7813940222 | Erudite | Having or showing great knowledge or learning. Synonyms: learned, scholarly, educated, knowledgeable, well read, well informed, intellectual |  | 24 |
| 7813959171 | Didactic | 1. Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. 2. In the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way. Synonyms: instructive, instructional, educational, educative, informative, informational, edifying, improving, preceptive, pedagogic, moralistic. |  | 25 |
| 7813981371 | Brazen | 1. Bold and without shame. 2. Made of brass. ;harsh in sound. Synonyms: bold, shameless, unashamed, unabashed, unembarrassed. |  | 26 |
| 7814002336 | Audacious | 1. Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. 2. Showing an impudent lack of respect. Synonyms: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, heroic, plucky. Synonyms: impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, cheeky, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, ill-mannered, unmannerly, rude, brazen, shameless, pert, defiant, cocky, bold (as brass.) |  | 27 |
| 7814027087 | Nostalgic | Characterized by or exhibiting feelings of nostalgia. Synonyms: wistful, evocative, romantic, sentimental. |  | 28 |
| 7814033852 | Endearing | Inspiring love or affection. Synonyms: lovable, adorable, cute, sweet, dear, delightful, lovely, charming, appealing, attractive, engaging, winning, captivating, enchanting, beguiling, winsome; kawaii. |  | 29 |
| 7814045386 | Maudlin | Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness. Synonyms: sentimental, oversentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose. |  | 30 |
| 7814063133 | Plaintive | Sounding sad and mournful. Synonyms: mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, sorrowful, unhappy, wretched, woeful, forlorn, woebegone. |  | 31 |
| 7814074943 | Whimsical | 1. Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way. 2. Acting or behaving in a capricious manner. Synonyms: fanciful, playful, mischievous, waggish, quaint, quizzical, curious, droll, fantastical, Seussian. Synonyms: volatile, capricious, fickle, changeable, unpredictable, variable, erratic, mercurial, mutable, inconstant, inconsistent, unstable, protean. |  | 32 |
| 7814096528 | Capricious | Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. Synonyms: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, mercurial, volatile, unpredictable, temperamental. |  | 33 |
| 7814107970 | Quirky | Characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits. Synonyms: eccentric, idiosyncratic, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, strange, bizarre, peculiar, odd, outlandish, zany. |  | 34 |
| 7814122229 | Macabre | Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury. Synonyms: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly, grotesque, hideous, horrific, shocking, dreadful, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, sickening. |  | 35 |
| 7814138705 | Malevolent | Having or showing a wish to do evil to others. Synonyms: malicious, hostile, evil-minded, baleful, evil-intentioned, venomous, evil, malign, malignant, rancorous, vicious, vindictive, vengeful. |  | 36 |
| 7814148518 | Malicious | Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm. Synonyms: spiteful, malevolent, evil-intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous, wounding, cruel, unkind. |  | 37 |
| 7814163313 | Morose | Sullen and ill-tempered. Synonyms: sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, ill-humored, melancholy, melancholic, brooding, broody, doleful, miserable, depressed, dejected, despondent, downcast, unhappy, low, down, grumpy, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabby, cranky, grouchy, testy, snappish, peevish, crusty. |  | 38 |
| 7814168164 | Rapacious | Aggressively greedy or grasping. Synonyms: grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, covetous. |  | 39 |
| 7814179207 | Vindictive | Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge. Synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter. |  | 40 |
| 7814187111 | Reverent | Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect. Synonyms: respectful, reverential, admiring, devoted, devout, dutiful, awed, deferential. |  | 41 |
| 7814196903 | Pious | 1. Devoutly religious. 2. A hypocritical display of virtue. 3. (of a hope) sincere but unlikely to be fulfilled. Synonyms: forlorn, vain, doomed, hopeless, desperate. 4. Dutiful or loyal, especially toward one's parents. Synonyms: religious, devout, God-fearing, churchgoing, spiritual, prayerful, holy, godly, saintly, dedicated, reverent, dutiful, righteous. Synonyms: sanctimonious, hypocritical, insincere, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, pietistic, churchy; informalgoody-goody. |  | 42 |
| 7814242881 | Magnanimous | Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself. Synonyms: generous, charitable, benevolent, beneficent, big-hearted, handsome, princely, altruistic, philanthropic, unselfish, chivalrous, noble. |  | 43 |
| 7814253323 | Laudatory | (of speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation. Synonyms: complimentary, praising, congratulatory, extolling, adulatory, commendatory, approbatory, flattering, celebratory, eulogizing, panegyrical. |  | 44 |
| 7814261838 | Poignant | 1. Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. 2. Sharp or pungent in taste or smell. Synonyms: touching, moving, sad, affecting, pitiful, piteous, pathetic, sorrowful, mournful, wretched, miserable, distressing, heart-rending, tearjerking, plaintive, tragic. |  | 45 |
| 7814288189 | Amorous | Showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire. Synonyms: romantic, lustful, sexual, erotic, amatory, ardent, passionate, impassioned. |  | 46 |
| 7814299674 | Lyrical | 1.(of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way. 2. Relating to the words of a popular song. Synonyms: expressive, emotional, deeply felt, personal, subjective, passionate, lyric. |  | 47 |
| 7814318248 | Bawdy | Dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent. Synonyms: ribald, indecent, risqué, racy, rude, spicy, sexy, suggestive, titillating, naughty, improper, indelicate, indecorous, off-color, earthy, barnyard, broad, locker-room, Rabelaisian. | 48 | |
| 7814318249 | Ribald | Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way. | 49 |