AP Lang Vocab 3

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Ambiguous

Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations.

Capricious

Governed or characterized by sudden irrational and unpredictable impulses or whims: impulsive.

Derisive

Expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn: expressing or causing derision.

Ebullient

Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; high-spirited.

Farcical

Ludicrous; absurd; humorous and highly improbable.

Eulogistic

Of, relating to, or characterized by eulogy: bestowing praise, often paying tribute to someone's life achievements.

Histrionic

Over-the-top dramatic.

Lyrical

Having an artistically beautiful or expressive quality suggestive of song.

Irascible

Easily provoked to anger; very irritable.

Penitent

Feeling or expressing sorrow, wrongdoing, or sin; repentant; contrite.

Oratorical

Given to making speeches; pertaining to speech-like quality.

Stolid

Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional.

Timorous

Of a timid disposition: fearful.

Censorious

Severely critical; faultfinding.

Insipid

Without distinctive or interesting qualities; vapid.

Irreverent

Showing lack of respect or veneration.

Obsequious

Overly obedient or submissive.

Vexed

Irritated; annoyed.

Vacillate

To waver in mind, will, or feeling: hesitate in choice of opinions or courses.

Didactic

Intended to teach, especially in a way that is fixed and unwilling to change; overly instructive.

Sagacious

Marked by keen understanding and judgment; discerning, wise.

Lugubrious

Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful; dismal.

Trite

Hackneyed or boring from much use: not fresh or original.

Puerile

Behaving in a silly way, not like an adult.

Catalyst

A person or thing that provokes or speeds significant change or action.

Pedestrian

Commonplace, unimaginative.