APLang week2

Choleric - easily angered

Cinematic - having the qualities of a motion picture

Classical - formal; standard; traditional

Cogent - convincing; reasonable

Colloquial - ordinary and informal (usually refers to conversation)

Conciliatory - agreeable; characterized by appeasement

Condescending - in a patronizing, degrading manner

Contemptuous - scornful, expressing in disgrace

Contentious - involving or likely to cause contention

Convoluted - very complicated or involved

Crepuscular - having to do with shadowy areas (usually has to do with humanity)

Cultured - high degree or taste

Cynical - tendency to believe human behavior is selfish and opportunistic

Decadent - marked by a decay in morals and values; indulgent

Derisive - ridiculing, mocking

Detached - disinterested; unbiased

Didactic - inclined to teach or moralize (often excessively)

Diffident - timid; reserved in manner

Discursive - moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling

Disdainful - scornful