AP Lang Vocab

Abashed

Made to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. Ex: Christina felt abashed when she was caught lying about her grades.

Brusque

Manner of speaking is unfriendly, rude, and very brief. Ex: Christina was very brusque when she annoyedly answered the teachers dumb question.

Candid

To be truthful and straightforward; frank. Ex: She told me to be more candid in my academic writing.

Churlish

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. Ex: I was churlish when I slammed my room door.

Ebullient

Cheerful and full of energy. Ex: The ebullient girl lit up the energy in the room.

Effusive

Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in heartfelt manner. Ex: She was welcoming and effusive to strangers that gave her food.

Facetious

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor. Ex: The comedian was facetious to the struggling group in the front row.

Ghoulish

Morbidly interested in death or disaster. Ex:She was ghoulishly interested in a movie character’s death in Hunger Games.

Hypercritical

Excessively and unreasonably critical; especially of small faults. Ex: A movie critic was hypercritical of the new popular movie.

Inane

To think something is stupid or something silly. Ex: To be honest, I thought she was always inane and silly.

Macabre

Disturbing and horrifying because of the involvement with or depiction of death and injury. Ex: I felt a horrifying wave of macabre when I saw my friends dead body

Reverent

Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect. Ex: I felt more reverent towards my friends than my enemies.