AP Seminar Vocab List #12

Distant and removed; emotionally cold    

• aloof

• erudite

• laud

• berate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Having or showing profound knowledge (really smart).     

• tepid

• Scintillating

• blithe

• erudite

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(positive) happy and carefree; (negative) lacking or showing appropriate concern    

• turgid

• aloof

• blithe

• discern

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Brilliantly clever (metaphor); brief moments of brilliant flashes of light (actual); has come to also mean “interesting” or “engaging”    

• scintillating

• turgid

• laud

• effusive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Moderately warm; showing or feeling little interest or enthusiasm     

• aloof

• erudite

• disparage

• tepid

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

(literal) swollen by gas or liquid; (metaphorical) overblown as in thinking or being seen as more important than one/it is

• turgid

• laud

• disparage

• blithe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; overly demonstrative    

• berate

• effusive

• scintillating

• tepid

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Express a negative opinion of (has a more negative connotation than criticize)    

• disparage

• aloof

• erudite

• berate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To harshly or angrily censure (fuss at)   

• turgid

• effusive

• berate

• laud

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To praise, glorify, or honor 

• berate

• laud

• blithe

• scintillating

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4