AP Language vocab #6 (copy)

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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 harm to 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

synecdoche

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

unpalatable

 not pleasing to the taste