AP Lang Vocab List #2

Bantering

To speak or address in a witty and teasing way

Caustic

Incisive sarcasm

Contemptuous

Feeling or showing hatred or disapproval

Cynical

Having or showing the attitude of a cynic

Disdainful

Full of or expressing scorn or disdain

Droll

Having a humorous, whimsical or odd quality

Facetious

Joking or sarcastic in a way regarded as others as inappropriate

Flippant

Lacking proper respect or seriousness

Giddy

Overwhelmingly happy to the point of being silly

Insolent

Rude or impolite, lacking a respect for others

Irreverent

Lacking proper respect or seriousness

Mock-Heroic

Ridiculing heroic style, character or action

Mock-Serious

Pretending to be serious in a joking manner

Patronizing

Characterized by a superior attitude towards others

Pompous

Having or exhibiting self-importance

Quizzical

Mildly teasing or mocking

Ribald

Characterized by coarse, indecent humor

Sardonic

Showing disrespect or scorn for someone or something

Satiric

Demonstrating satire

Wry

Cleverly and ironically humorous

Dejected

Low in spirits

Despairing

Given to, arising from or marked by despair

Foreboding

The act of one who forebodes (inward conviction)

Hollow

Lacking in real value, sincerity or substance

Melancholy

State of sadness: depression of spirits

Morose

Having a sullen and gloomy disposition

Mournful

Expressing sorrow or full of sorrow

Ominous

Foreshadowing evil, misfortune or calamity

Pessimistic

Characterized by pessimism

Pitiful

Full of pity

Poignant

Causing a strong feeling of sadness

Remorseful

Motivated or marked by remorse

Solemn

Very serious or formal to cause subdued atmosphere

Somber

Of a dismissal or depressing character

Staid

Marked by settled sedateness and self-restraint

Lugubrious

Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

Admonitory

expressing admonition (warning)

Allusive

Contains allusions; making implied or direct references

Apathetic

Having or showing little or no interest, concern or emotion

Callous

A feeling of expressing no emotion

Clinical

Analytical or coolly dispassionate

Consoling

Alleviate the grief, sense of loss or trouble of

Didactic

Oftentimes described as overly instructive

Fervent

Marked by great intensity of reeling

Forthright

Free from ambiguity or evasiveness: straight to the point

Haughty

Blatantly and disdainfully proud

Frivolous

Lacking in seriousness

Histrionic

Overly dramatic or emotional

Inquisitive

Inclined to ask questions

Obsequious

Marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Pleading

Act of instance or making a plea

Pretentious

Having or showing a noticeably excessive appreciation of ones own merits

Reminiscent

Of the character of or relating to reminiscence

Vexed

Feeling/showing irritation, difficult to understand or deal with

Zealous

Filled or characterized by zeal (eagerness to pursuit something)