AP Lang Vocabulary

derisive

• when someone has a tendency to make friends easily

• a daring attempt at something

• when handwriting is hard to read

• expressing contempt or ridicule

egotism

• an interest in the qualities of other people

• the practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an undue sense of self-importance

• having little or no ego as a person

• the annoying practice of talking about your family at inopportune times

antagonism; noun

• hostility, active opposition

• actively showing affection for another person or thing

• when people get along well with each other

• this occurs at time in the year when the humidity is high

innate

• a newly formed galaxy originating naturally

• contemplation of actual occurrences

• arising from the ashes

• existing from birth, inborn

__________________ - having mixed feelings or contrasting ideas about something or someone.

________________ - recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

_______________ - erase from surface (or) to make oneself appear insignificant/inconspicuous.

Piquant

• having a gelatinous or gluey quality,
  lacking in easy movement or fluidity

• an erroneous argument dependent
  upon an unsound or illogical
  contention

• stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy
  pungent

• to display clearly, to make evident, to
  provoke

______________ - insidious, cunning in attaining a goal; crafty; art of deception

________________ - to speak or treat slightingly; depreciate, belittle, lower estimation, discredit