Laurente 1
Adeline Laurente
Mrs. Martino
AP Language & Composition
5 April 2012
Vocabulary
1. Apprehensive- uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
2. Colloquial- characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal
3. Didactic- intended for instruction; instructive; intending to teach a moral lesson
4. Disgusted- to cause loathing or nausea in; to offend the good sense, moral taste, etc., of
5. Fanciful- characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance
6. Flippant-frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
7. Humorless- out of humor, displeased; dissatisfied; cross
8. Livid- enraged; furiously angry; feeling or appearing strangulated because of strong emotion
9. Tickled- amused; utterly delighted; pleased
10. Whimsical- given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious