AP English Language Words Flashcards

14121064713	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
14121068852	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	1
14121070950	Awe	solemn wonder	2
14121073591	Bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	3
14121076548	Cynical	Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	4
14121080471	Condescension	condescending-a feeling of superiority	5
14121083112	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	6
14121086526	Contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	7
14121090540	Critical	finding fault	8
14121093308	Choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	9
14121096336	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	10
14121098885	Caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	11
14121102383	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality	12
14121106442	disdainful	scornful	13
14121106443	didactic	author attempts to educate or instruct the reader	14
14121112105	Derisive	ridiculing, mocking	15
14121114224	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	16
14121117857	erudite	learned, polished, scholarly	17
14121122841	fanciful	using the imagination	18
14121126804	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	19
14121129349	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	20
14121130864	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	21
14121133559	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	22
14121136338	intimate	very familiar	23
14121139198	judgmental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	24
14121140718	jovial	happy	25
14121143697	lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	26
14121144812	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	27
14121148962	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	28
14121150894	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	29
14121152526	Malicious	purposely hurtful	30
14121156485	nostalgic	a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation	31
14121158196	objective	an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside	32
14121161510	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	33
14121162849	obsequious	polite and obedient in order to gain something	34
14121165603	patronizing	air of condescension	35
14121168388	poignant	emotionally moving	36
14121171555	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	37
14121173318	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	38
14121177362	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	39
14121180186	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	40
14121182657	reflective	illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	41
14121186033	sarcastic	sneering, caustic	42
14121188986	sardonic	scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	43
14121195334	Satiric	ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	44
14121197846	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	45
14121199338	Solemn	deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	46
14121203506	Sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	47
14121204539	whimsical	odd, strange, fantastic; fun	48
14121206427	zealous	full of intense devotion and passion	49