AP Lang 3rd grading period vocab

admiring

complimentary, favorable

alarmed

excited

allusive

suggestive, hinting

aloof

haughty, distant

ambivalent

indecisive, having mixed emotions

angry

irate

anxious

uneasy, brooding

ardent

passionate; enthusiastic; fervent; zealous

apathetic

uncaring, uninvolved

apologetic

regretful

audacious

bold, insolent

belligerent

contentious

benevolent

kindly

bitter

hating, malicious, resentful, rancorous

callous

uncaring or unfeeling; indifferent; lacking in compassion

candid

frank, truthful

captious

ready to detect trivial faults

censorious

severely critical, condemnatory

clinical

detached, coolly dispassionate

churlish

critical in a mean-spirited way; nasty; belligerent; bullying

cold

unemotional

complacent

self-satisfied, smug

condescending

showing superiority, patronizing

confident

certain, full of conviction

confused

perplexed, disconcerted

contemptuous

scornful, disdainful, disrespectful, irrelevant

critical

judging harshly

cynical

contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives, misanthropic

delirious

suggesting frenzied excitement

depressed

dejected

derisive

mocking; sarcastic; dismissive or scornful; snide

desperate

showing a loss of hope

detached

unconcerned, aloof, distant, unbiased

didactic

instructive

dispassionate

unaffected by strong feeling; showing coolness of judgment

dogmatic

authoritative, assertive, arrogant, intolerant

dreamy

vague, in a state of reverie, appearing tranquil

dubious

questionable or having questionable motives; inclined to doubt

effusive

excessively demonstrative, gushing

elated

joyful; happy

elegiac

expressing sorrow

fanciful

whimsical

farcical

ridiculous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable

fatalistic

pessimistic; expecting the worst as inevitable

flippant

lacking proper respect or seriousness

forgiving

pardoning, excusing

frivolous

lacking seriousness, playful, silly

giddy

lightheartedly silly

hesitant

reluctant

incredulous

disbelieving; unconvinced; suspicious; questioning; skeptical

impartial

unbiased, objective

impassioned

ardent, fervent, fervid

importunate

overly persistent in demand

incredulous

not believing

indignant

showing anger at injustice

insolent

arrogant, overbearing, impudent

ironic

expressing the opposite of literal meaning

irreverent

disrespectful

jocular

joking, humorous

lugubrious

dismal, mournful

matter-of-fact

concerned with fact only, not imaginative or fanciful; objective

melancholy

depressed, dejected, sad

obsequious

fawning; overly submissive or obedient; servile; groveling

optimistic

inclined to expect the best possible outcome

pedantic

narrowly or unimaginatively academic; ostentatiously learned

pessimistic

inclined to expect the worst possible outcome, fatalistic

pragmatic

realistic; dispassionate or detached; ruled by logic; practical

pompous

arrogant, self-important

puerile

childish, juvenile

pungent

caustic, stinging, biting

restrained

reserved

sardonic

disdainfully humorous, sarcastic

satirical

ridiculing, ironic, mocking, taunting

sensationalistic

inaccurate; hyped up; exaggerated; provocative

sentimental

affectedly emotional, maudlin

skeptical

questioning, doubting

somber

serious, solemn, gloomy, grave, melancholy

supercilious

haughtily contemptuous

sympathetic

favoring, pitying

tongue-in-cheek

ironic, facetious, sarcastic

threatening

menacing

urgent

urging insistently, earnest

vexed

annoyed, agitated

vindictive

vengeful, spiteful, vicious

zealous

eager, passionate, fervent