AP Vocab(Full set)

1. not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

• Ambiguous

• Disillusioned

• Aloof

• Morose

1. composure, especially in a difficult situation

• Contemptuous

• Erudite

• Pragmatic

• Equanimity

1. open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

• Ambiguous

• Colloquial

• Pedantic

• Ingratiating

having or showing great knowledge or learning

• Euphemism

• Pedantic

• Erudite

• Pragmatic

1. the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

• Condescending

• Ambivalence

• Euphemism

• Deference

1. the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

• Ambivalence

• Contemptuous

• Dismal

• Euphemism

1. used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

• Innocuous

• Extemporaneous

• Colloquial

• Magnanimity

1. an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.

• Exhortation

• Dismal

• Inscrutability

• Strident

1. done without preparation or planning

• Deference

• Magnanimity

• Dogmatic

• Extemporaneous

showing disrespect/scorn

• Cynical

• Contemptuous

• Ingratiating

• Morose