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RHS AP English
Vocabulary List #6 (Week 6)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decorous | Well mannered; done with good taste |
| Equanimity | quality of being calm and even tempered; composure |
| Propriety | appropriateness of behavior |
| Prudent | exercising good judgment or common sense |
| Serene | Calm |
| Staid | Unemotional, serious |
| Stoic | Indifferent to pleasure or pain |
| Disparage | To speak of in a slighting way or negatively |
| Pejorative | Words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone. |
| Vilify | To describe as villainous; to make vicious statements about |
| Brusque | rudely abrupt |
| Caustic | bitingly sarcastic or witty |
| Fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
| Incorrigible | unable to be reformed |
| Ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| Insolent | insulting in manner or speech |
| Notorious | known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| Pugnacious | combative; belligerent |
| Reprehensible | worthy of blame |
| Deleterious | having harmful effect; injurious |
| Enmity | mutual hatred or ill will |
| Heinous | hatefully evil; abominable |
| Malfeasance | wrongdoing, misconduct |
| Malice | extreme ill-will or spite |