Question 1

Austere

Accepted Answer

Grave, serious, sober (sober = serious or solemn)

Question 2

Benevolent

Accepted Answer

Suggestive of goodwill, kindness, generosity

Question 3

Bitter

Accepted Answer

Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

Question 4

Compassionate

Accepted Answer

Sympathetic and showing concern for others

Question 5

Derisive

Accepted Answer

Ridiculing, mocking

Question 6

Disdainful

Accepted Answer

Scornful, feeling or belief that something or someone is worthless or despicable

Question 7

Didactic

Accepted Answer

Speaker or author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

Question 8

Funereal

Accepted Answer

Having the mournful, somber character of a funeral;  sepulchral; gloomy

Question 9

Jovial

Accepted Answer

Happy

Question 10

Lamentable

Accepted Answer

Mournful; marked by regret

Question 11

Learned

Accepted Answer

Scholarly; erudite

Question 12

Malevolent

Accepted Answer

Having or showing a desire to harm another; arising from intense and vicious ill will, 
spite, or hatred; malicious

Question 13

Melancholic

Accepted Answer

Sorrowful

Question 14

Morose

Accepted Answer

Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

Question 15

Pedantic

Accepted Answer

1) Unimaginative and dull; 2) Narrowly or stodgily (Very old-fashioned) or often very ostentatiously learned

Question 16

Reverent

Accepted Answer

Treating a subject with honor and respect

Question 17

Solemn

Accepted Answer

Sad and serious; somber

Question 18

Woeful

Accepted Answer

Wretched, unhappy

Vocab AP Lit: List 1