AP English Language and Composition--Chi-Hi, Mr. Bowe Flashcards

10414068388	Abashed	ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted	0
10414068389	Abstruse	difficult to understand	1
10414068390	Ambiguous	open to or having many possible meanings or interpretations	2
10414068391	Ambivalent	uncertainty or fluctuation, asp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things	3
10414068392	Ardent	characterized by intense feeling; passionate; intensely devoted	4
10414068393	Audacious	extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless	5
10414068394	Bantering	good-humored, playful conversation	6
10414068395	Blithe	joyous, merry, or gay disposition; glad; cheerful	7
10414068396	Capricious	flighty; led by whims; erratic	8
10414068397	Caustic	making biting, corrosive comments	9
10414068398	Choleric	extremely irritable or easily angered, irascible	10
10414068399	Colloquial	characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal	11
10414068400	Conciliatory	to overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease	12
10414068401	Curt	rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner/ brief; concise; terse; laconic	13
10414068402	Derisive	characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking	14
10414068403	Diffident	lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy	15
10414068404	Disdainful	expressing extreme contempt	16
10414068405	Earnest	serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous	17
10414068406	Ebullient	overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited	18
10414068407	Elegiac	expressing sorrow or lamentation	19
10414068408	Erudite	characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly	20
10414068409	Euphoric	a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania	21
10414068410	Exhortatory	advising, urging, or cautioning earnestly; urgently admonishing	22
10414068411	Farcical	ludicrous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable	23
10414068412	Fervent	having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc; ardent	24
10414068413	Flippant	frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity	25
10414068414	Haughty	disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious	26
10414068415	Histrionic	over the top dramatic	27
10414068416	Impertinent	insolent; rude; uncivil	28
10414068417	Impudent	characterized by impertinence or effrontery	29
10414068418	Indignant	feeling characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base	30
10414068419	Insipid	without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid	31
10414068420	Insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting	32
10414068421	Jocund	cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad	33
10414068422	Laudatory	containing or expressing praise	34
10414068423	Lugubrious	mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner	35
10414068424	Mirthful	joyous; gay; jolly; arousing or provoking laughter	36
10414068425	Nonplussed	totally puzzled, perplexed, or confused	37
10414068426	Nostalgic	unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons	38
10414068427	Obsequious	overly obedient and/or submissive	39
10414068428	Ominous	portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious	40
10414068429	Patronizing	displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner	41
10414068430	Pedantic	ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalism's, esp. in teaching	42
10414068431	Penitent	feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite	43
10414068432	Placid	pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed	44
10414068433	Pretentious	characterized by assumption of dignity or importance	45
10414068434	Recalcitrant	resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory	46
10414068435	Reticent	disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; restrained	47
10414068436	Sanguine	cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident	48
10414068437	Sardonic	characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering	49
10414068438	Scornful	mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging	50
10414068439	Stolid	not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive	51
10414068440	Strident	making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking	52
10414068441	Supercilious	haughtily disdainful or contemptuous	53
10414068442	Terse	neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy; as language	54
10414068443	Timorous	full of fear; fearful	55
10414068444	Vexed	irritated; Annoyed	56
10414068445	Vitriolic	very caustic; scathing	57
10414068446	Wistful	characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning; pensive	58
10414068447	Acerbic	harsh or severe' as of temper or expression	59