AP Lit Words

Petulant

Irritable or short- tempered; easily annoyed.

Urbane

refined in manner or style,

Crude

not carefully or expertly made.

obsequious

overly submissive and eager to please

Base

the lowest, class were without any moral principles

Hospitable

offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange

Congenial

getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant

Worldly

experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan; secular

Debonair

pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Suave

smoothly agreeable or polite

Courteous

polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered

Tactful

skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

Cordial

in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery;

Convivial

festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

Contentious

quarrelsome, inclined to argue

Sullen

silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish

Boorish

rude, unrefined; clumsy

Provincial

limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded

Brusque

abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Crabby

easily annoyed by unimportant things