AP Lit Words

Base: (adj.)the lowest, class were without any moral principles

Hospitable: (adj.) offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange

Congenial: (adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant

Urbane: refined in manner or style, suave

Worldly: experienced and sophisticated; cosmopolitan; secular

Debonair: (adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Suave: smoothly agreeable or polite

Courteous: polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered

Tactful: (adj.) skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

Cordial: (adj.) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery;

 

Convivial: festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

Contentious: quarrelsome, inclined to argue

Sullen: (adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish.

Boorish:(adj.) rude, unrefined; clumsy

Provincial: limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded

Brusque: (adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Obsequious: overly submissive and eager to please; obedient

Petulant: Irritable or short-tempered; easily annoyed

Crude :not carefully or expertly made

Crabby: easily annoyed by unimportant things