AP Language Diction Words Flashcards

11386637197	Pedantic	overly concerned with minute details or formalisms	0
11386637198	Euphemistic	substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one	1
11386637199	Pretentious	characterized by assumption of dignity or importance; making an exaggerated outward show	2
11386637200	Sensuous	Of, relating to, or derived from the senses	3
11386637201	Exact-	precise characterized by or using strict accuracy	4
11386637202	Cultured	enlightened; refined;	5
11386637203	Plain	clear to the mind; evident, manifest, or obvious; without intricacies or difficulties	6
11386637204	Literal	accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical	7
11386637205	Colloquial	characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing	8
11386637206	Artificial	lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned; synthetic, counterfeit	9
11386637207	Detached	impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased	10
11386637208	Poetic	possessing the qualities or charm of poetry	11
11386637209	Moralistic	Characterized by or displaying a concern with morality	12
11386637210	Slang	very informal usage in vocabulary	13
11386637211	Idiomatic	peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect	14
11386637212	Esoteric	understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; private; secret; confidential	15
11386637213	Symbolic	characterized by or involving the use of symbols	16
11386637214	Simple	not grand or sophisticated; unpretentious; not complex or complicated	17
11386637215	Figurative	of the nature of or involving a figure of speech	18
11386637216	Bombastic	of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated	19
11386637217	Abstruse	hard to understand; recondite; esoteric; secret, hidden	20
11386637218	Grotesque	odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly	21
11386637219	Vulgar	characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste; indecent	22
11386637220	Scholarly	concerned with academic learning; of, like, or befitting a scholar	23
11386637221	Insipid	without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid, bland	24
11386637222	Precise	definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed, carefully distinct, explicit	25
11386637223	Learned	having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite;	26
11386637224	Picturesque	strikingly graphic or vivid; creating detailed mental images	27
11386637225	Homespun	plain; unpolished; unsophisticated; simple; rustic	28
11386637226	Provincial	belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local	29
11386637227	Trite	lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale	30
11386637228	Obscure	not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain	31
11386637229	Archaic	marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; primitive; ancient; old	32
11386637230	Verbose	characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy	33
11386637231	Abstract	difficult to understand; abstruse	34
11386637232	Biting	cutting, sarcastic	35
11386637233	Brusque	abrupt in manner; blunt	36
11386637234	Cacophonous	having a harsh or unpleasant sound; dissonant	37
11386637235	Casual	without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand	38
11386637236	Caustic	severely critical or sarcastic; biting, mordant, bitter, scathing	39
11386637237	Concrete	constituting an actual thing or instance; real	40
11386637238	Colorful	richly eventful or picturesque; presenting or suggesting vivid or striking scenes; spirited	41
11386637239	Connotative	having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit	42
11386637240	Crisp	invigorating, fresh, brisk, bracing	43
11386637241	Curt	rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner; short, brief, concise	44
11386637242	Denotative	the primary or specific meaning of a word. Dictionary definition	45
11386637243	Divisive	creating dissension or discord; forming or expressing division	46
11386637244	Emotional	pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions, temperamental	47
11386637245	Euphonious	pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony	48
11386637246	Fanciful	characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance	49
11386637247	Flowery	rhetorically ornate or precious; showy; bombastic	50
11386637248	Formal	of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation, etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage	51
11386637249	Inflammatory	tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion; fiery; provocative	52
11386637250	Informal	suitable to or characteristic of casual and familiar, but educated	53
11386637251	Insincere	not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical	54
11386637252	Jargon	the language, the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group	55
11386637253	Loaded	charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse	56
11386637254	Lyrical	characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling; having the form and musical quality of a song	57
11386637255	Melodious	of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful; sweet-sounding	58
11386637256	Monosyllabic	having a vocabulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short, simple words.	59
11386637257	Nostalgic	a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life	60
11386637258	Offensive	causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying	61
11386637259	Ornate	ostentatious, elaborately adorned, showy, embellished with rhetoric, high- flown	62
11386637260	Passionate	having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid	63
11386637261	Patriotic	expressing or inspired by patriotism; love of one's country	64
11386637262	Political	of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics; government	65
11386637263	Romantic	of, pertaining to, or of the nature of romance	66
11386637264	Sentimental	expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia	67
11386637265	Shocking	causing intense surprise, disgust, horror; staggering, astounding, startling	68
11386637266	Sincere	free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest; genuine; real; pure	69
11386637267	Subdued	quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled; lowered in intensity or strength	70
11386637268	Tame	lacking in excitement; dull; insipid; softened; meek; subdued	71
11386637269	Technical	peculiar to or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, trade	72
11386637270	Unifying	to make or become a single unit; unite; combine, merge, fuse	73
11386637271	Uppity	affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish	74
11386637272	Pedantic	overly concerned with minute details or formalisms	75
11386637273	Euphemistic	substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one	76
11386637274	Pretentious	characterized by assumption of dignity or importance; making an exaggerated outward show	77
11386637275	Sensuous	Of, relating to, or derived from the senses	78
11386637276	Exact-	precise characterized by or using strict accuracy	79
11386637277	Cultured	enlightened; refined;	80
11386637278	Plain	clear to the mind; evident, manifest, or obvious; without intricacies or difficulties	81
11386637279	Literal	accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical	82
11386637280	Colloquial	characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing	83
11386637281	Artificial	lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned; synthetic, counterfeit	84
11386637282	Detached	impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased	85
11386637283	Poetic	possessing the qualities or charm of poetry	86
11386637284	Moralistic	Characterized by or displaying a concern with morality	87
11386637285	Slang	very informal usage in vocabulary	88
11386637286	Idiomatic	peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect	89
11386637287	Esoteric	understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; private; secret; confidential	90
11386637288	Symbolic	characterized by or involving the use of symbols	91
11386637289	Simple	not grand or sophisticated; unpretentious; not complex or complicated	92
11386637290	Figurative	of the nature of or involving a figure of speech	93
11386637291	Bombastic	of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated	94
11386637292	Abstruse	hard to understand; recondite; esoteric; secret, hidden	95
11386637293	Grotesque	odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly	96
11386637294	Vulgar	characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste; indecent	97
11386637295	Scholarly	concerned with academic learning; of, like, or befitting a scholar	98
11386637296	Insipid	without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid, bland	99
11386637297	Precise	definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed, carefully distinct, explicit	100
11386637298	Learned	having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite;	101
11386637299	Picturesque	strikingly graphic or vivid; creating detailed mental images	102
11386637300	Homespun	plain; unpolished; unsophisticated; simple; rustic	103
11386637301	Provincial	belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local	104
11386637302	Trite	lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale	105
11386637303	Obscure	not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain	106
11386637304	Archaic	marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; primitive; ancient; old	107
11386637305	Verbose	characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy	108
11386637306	Abstract	difficult to understand; abstruse	109
11386637307	Biting	cutting, sarcastic	110
11386637308	Brusque	abrupt in manner; blunt	111
11386637309	Cacophonous	having a harsh or unpleasant sound; dissonant	112
11386637310	Casual	without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand	113
11386637311	Caustic	severely critical or sarcastic; biting, mordant, bitter, scathing	114
11386637312	Concrete	constituting an actual thing or instance; real	115
11386637313	Colorful	richly eventful or picturesque; presenting or suggesting vivid or striking scenes; spirited	116
11386637314	Connotative	having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit	117
11386637315	Crisp	invigorating, fresh, brisk, bracing	118
11386637316	Curt	rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner; short, brief, concise	119
11386637317	Denotative	the primary or specific meaning of a word. Dictionary definition	120
11386637318	Divisive	creating dissension or discord; forming or expressing division	121
11386637319	Emotional	pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions, temperamental	122
11386637320	Euphonious	pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony	123
11386637321	Fanciful	characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance	124
11386637322	Flowery	rhetorically ornate or precious; showy; bombastic	125
11386637323	Formal	of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation, etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage	126
11386637324	Inflammatory	tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion; fiery; provocative	127
11386637325	Informal	suitable to or characteristic of casual and familiar, but educated	128
11386637326	Insincere	not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical	129
11386637327	Jargon	the language, the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group	130
11386637328	Loaded	charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse	131
11386637329	Lyrical	characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling; having the form and musical quality of a song	132
11386637330	Melodious	of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful; sweet-sounding	133
11386637331	Monosyllabic	having a vocabulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short, simple words.	134
11386637332	Nostalgic	a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life	135
11386637333	Offensive	causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying	136
11386637334	Ornate	ostentatious, elaborately adorned, showy, embellished with rhetoric, high- flown	137
11386637335	Passionate	having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid	138
11386637336	Patriotic	expressing or inspired by patriotism; love of one's country	139
11386637337	Political	of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics; government	140
11386637338	Romantic	of, pertaining to, or of the nature of romance	141
11386637339	Sentimental	expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia	142
11386637340	Shocking	causing intense surprise, disgust, horror; staggering, astounding, startling	143
11386637341	Sincere	free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest; genuine; real; pure	144
11386637342	Subdued	quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled; lowered in intensity or strength	145
11386637343	Tame	lacking in excitement; dull; insipid; softened; meek; subdued	146
11386637344	Technical	peculiar to or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, trade	147
11386637345	Unifying	to make or become a single unit; unite; combine, merge, fuse	148
11386637346	Uppity	affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish	149