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AP Vocab Smith 5

AP Vocabulary Smith 5

QuestionAnswer
Disparage To criticize
Cavalier   supercilious, insolent
Trite   overused
Solicitous earnestly asking or desiring
Nefarious   abominable, heinous  
Platitude   an empty remark made as if it were important  
Laconic   prone to using few words  
Maudlin   foolishly sentimental
Mercurial   erratic, impulsive  
Tongue-in-cheek   ironically, not sincerely serious
Sinister   wicked, evil
Maladroit   inept, clumsy, bungling
Pedestrian   commonplace, prosaic
Imperious   tyrannical, arrogant
Vitriolic   biting, scathing (criticism or remarks)  
Petulant   showing impatience or irritation  
Munificent   benevolent
Rapacious avaricious, greedy
Banal commonplace, trivial
Rancor deep-seated ill-will (enmity)  
Plaintive mournful
Impervious not easily influenced by ideas/opinions
Harbinger that which forewarns or foretells
Jocular   characterized by joking or jesting
Sanguine   cheerfully optimistic; hopeful
Pragmatic   practical
Derisive   mocking or ridiculing
Bombastic   characterized by pompous language
Discursive   rambling; wandering from one subject to another
Pedantic   making a vain and pretentious show of learning
Strident   cacaphonous
Fawning   flattering in an obsequious manner
Deprecating   (self-deprecating) expressing disapproval
Convivial   jovial—fun-ioving
Vilify   to slander
Created by: Carolxl
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