APLang Vocab List 3 (Tone Words 3) 2020-2021

Aghast

shocked, filled with horror

Ambivalent

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

Cathartic

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

Choleric

grumpy, irritable, grouchy, bad-tempered

Derisive

ridiculing, mocking, contemptuous

Didactic

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

Elegiac

expressing sorrow; mournful, melancholic, plaintive, sad

Fatalistic

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

Incredulous

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

Lethargic

sleepy; sluggish and apathetic

Morose

sullen, gloomy; bad mood

Pedantic

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

Petulant

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

Polemical

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

Reproving

disapproval; reprimand or censure (someone)

Sardonic

scornful, very sarcastic; grimly mocking or cynical

Timorous

fearful, apprehensive, timid, showing nervousness

Vindictive

having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge

Whimsical

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

Disparaging

regard or represent as being of little worth, derogatory