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