Ap Lang Cumulative Vocab

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Tone

the attitude of a writer, usually implied, towards the subject or the audience

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Abhorring (Abhorrent)

to regard with horror or loathing; detest

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Belligerent

hostile, aggressive

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Callous

unfeeling, insensitive to the feelings of others

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Deceitful

dishonest

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Ebullience (Ebullient)

intense enthusiasm

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Facetious

playful, humorous

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Galling

causing exasperation

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Haughty

proud and vain to the point of arrogance

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Impertinent

irrelevant; not showing proper respect; rude

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Jovial

happy

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Lackadaisical

lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy

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Macabre

disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury

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Negative

unhappy, pessimistic

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Objective

without prejudice, without discrimination; fair

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Passionate

showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief

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Quizzical

questioning, eccentric, odd, amusing

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Rage

violent, uncontrollable anger

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Saccharine

excessively sweet

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Tenderness

gentleness and kindness

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academic

scholarly; not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest Example of academic tone: It will be argued below that surrogate motherhood is an unacceptable practice.

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benevolent

characterized by or suggestive of doing good; kind

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candid

truthful and straightforward; frank

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depraved

morally corrupt, wicked

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egalitarian

equality; relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

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fanciful

using the imagination; designed to be exotically ornamental rather than practical

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gloomy

darkness, sadness, rejection, feeling distressed or pessimistic; dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening

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hubris

arrogant presumption or excessive pride or self-confidence

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incongruous

not coinciding, disharmonious; not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

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laudatory

expressing or conferring praise and commendation

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malevolent

mean, angry, purposefully hateful; having or showing a wish to do evil to others

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nostalgic

thinking about the past, wishing for something from the past

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obsequious

polite and obedient in order to gain something

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patronizing

condescending; treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

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rancorous

marked with deep-seated hatred; characterized by bitterness or resentment

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sanguine

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation, cheerful; blood-red

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tenuous

flimsy, weak; very slender or fine; insubstantial

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unbiased

showing no prejudice for or against something; impartial

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vehement

feel strongly, passionately; intense

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wary

watchful; feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems

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Aghast

shocked, filled with horror

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Ambivalent

indecisive, mixed emotion; having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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Cathartic

purging, cleansing; providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions

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Choleric

bad-tempered or irritable

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Derisive

ridiculing, mocking, contemptuous

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Didactic

instructive; intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

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Elegiac

expressing sorrow; mournful, melancholic, plaintive, sad

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Fatalistic

deadly, pessimistic; relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable

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Incredulous

skeptical and disbelieving; (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something

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Lethargic

sleepy; sluggish and apathetic

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Morose

sullen and ill-tempered

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Pedantic

ostentatious, unimaginative; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching

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Petulant

(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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Polemical

of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or heated writing or speech

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Reproving

disapproval; reprimand or censure (someone)

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Sardonic

scornful, very sarcastic; grimly mocking or cynical

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Timorous

showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

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Vindictive

having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge

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Whimsical

playful, funny, odd; playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

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Disparaging

regard or represent as being of little worth, derogatory

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aloof

haughty, distant; not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

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apathetic

uncaring; uninvolved; showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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caustic

intense use of sarcasm; stinging; biting; sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

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conciliatory

appease; intended or likely to placate or pacify

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dogmatic

authoritative, assertive, arrogant; inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

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enigmatic

difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious; inscrutable, perplexing, baffling

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erudite

learned, polished, scholarly; having or showing great knowledge or learning

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euphoric

extremely happy, overjoyed; characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness

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florid

ornate, flowery; elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated; having a red or flushed complexion

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indignant

marked by anger or annoyance aroused by injustice or at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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lugubrious

dismal, mournful, gloomy; looking or sounding sad and unhappy; glum; melancholy

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perfunctory

(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection; performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic

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poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret; touching, moving, pathetic

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reticent

reserved, reluctant; not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily

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ribald

offensive in speech or gesture; referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way

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soporific

causing sleep, soothing; tending to induce drowsiness or sleep; a drug or other agent that induces sleep

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supercilious

lofty pride, arrogant; behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

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tongue-in-cheek

ironic, facetious; without really meaning what one is saying or writing

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wistful

full of wishful yearning; having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing

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vivacious

full of animation and spirit; (especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated

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abject

(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

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abject

Synonyms: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

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abject

Antonyms: lofty, noble, exalted

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agnostic

(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith

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agnostic

Synonym: (n.) doubter

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agnostic

Antonym: (n.) believer

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complicity

(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

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complicity

Synonyms: connivance, collusion

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complicity

Antonyms: noninvolvement, innocence

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derelict

(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;

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derelict

(adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

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derelict

Synonyms: (n.) vagrant; (adj.) remiss, delinquent

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derelict

Antonyms: (adj.) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

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diatribe

(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

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diatribe

Synonyms: harangue, tirade

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diatribe

Antonyms: panegyric, encomium, eulogy

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effigy

(n.) a crude image of a despised person

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effigy

Synonyms: figure, figurine, likeness

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equity

(n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

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equity

Synonyms: justice, fairness, impartiality

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