APLAC Vocab Quiz 15

altruistic

describes unselfish regard or devotion to others

amenable

responsive; agreeable

amiable

good-natured and well-liked

astute

shrewd; clever

brusque

describing a rudely abrupt manner

camaraderie

good will between friends

cantankerous

grumpy; disagreeable

caustic

bitingly sarcastic or witty

contemptuous

feeling hatred; scornful

cordial

warm and sincere; sociable

derived

copied or adapted from a source

feral

savage, fierce, or untamed

flagrant

extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

fractious

quarrelsome; unruly

gregarious

enjoying the company of others; sociable

incorrigible

unable to be reformed

ingrate

an ungrateful person

innocuous

having no bad effect; harmless

innovative

introducing something new

insolent

insulting in manner or speech

lucid

easily understood

malevolent

having or exhibiting ill will; wishing to harm others; hateful

notorious

known widely and unfavorably; infamous

obdurate

stubborn; inflexible

panegyric

statement of high praise

parsimonious

excessively cheap

proximity

closeness

repugnant

causing disgust or hatred

salutary

promoting good health

synechdoche

a form of metonymy that’s restricted to cases where a part is used to signify a whole

unpalatable

not pleasing to the taste