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