AP English Vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. needlessly displaying learning, excessively picky.
2. nervous
3. ludicrously eccentric or strange
4. jubilant, triumphant, elated
5. in love with one's self

5 Matching Questions

1. inimical
2. didactic
3. oratorical
4. allusive
5. droll

1. a inclined to teach or moralize
2. b in a style of, an oration, showy in style
3. c unfriendly, hostile
4. d referring to literary works, history etc. (allusion)
5. e humorously add, charmingly amusing, comical

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. satisfied, smug. (negative connotation)
   1. bemused
   2. complacent
   3. acquiescent
   4. exultant
2. educated, scholarly
   1. allusive
   2. exultant
   3. erudite
   4. bemused
3. telling a story
   1. inimical
   2. anecdotal
   3. erudite
   4. droll
4. short lived, transient.
   1. bemused
   2. inimical
   3. ephemeral
   4. anecdotal
5. quarrelsome
   1. contentious
   2. pedantic
   3. lugubrious
   4. grotesque

5 True/False Questions

1. pedagogical → needlessly displaying learning, excessively picky.

   True        False

2. bemused → stupefied, dazed, engrossed, deep in thought.

   True        False

3. lofty → high worded, elevated

   True        False

4. lugubrious → very sad, mournful, dirge like, lamenting

   True        False

5. acquiescent → satisfied, smug. (negative connotation)

   True        False