7231599385 | Abstruse | Concealed or hidden | 0 | |
7263260455 | Aloof | (adj.) withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice) | 1 | |
7263266269 | Assuage | make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense | 2 | |
7263270587 | Augment | to make larger, increase | 3 | |
7263273520 | Aggrandizement | An increase in rank or wealth; growth in power. Exaggeration | 4 | |
7263278271 | Abashedly | Humbly, with humility | 5 | |
7263281491 | Asymmetry | not identical on both sides of a central line | 6 | |
7231599386 | Accusatory | Charging of wrong doing; to accuse | 7 | |
7231599387 | Acrimonious | Bitter feeling | 8 | |
7231599388 | Adulation | Excessive flattery or admiration | 9 | |
7231599389 | Antipathy | A strong feeling of aversion (dislike) | 10 | |
7231599390 | Apathetic | Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern | 11 | |
7231599391 | Awe | Solemn wonder | 12 | |
7263290432 | Audacious | (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 13 | |
7263300813 | Abysmal | extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless | 14 | |
7263303726 | Atrocious | monstrous, shockingly bad, wicked | 15 | |
7231599392 | Bellicose | Warlike manner or temperament | 16 | |
7263310165 | Bombastic | pompous; using inflated language | 17 | |
7263314759 | Benevolent | kindly, charitable | 18 | |
7231599393 | Bitter | Exhibiting strong dislike as a result of pain or grief | 19 | |
7231599394 | Burlesque | Mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration | 20 | |
7231599395 | Callous | Unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others | 21 | |
7231599396 | Candor | Frankness or sincerity of expression | 22 | |
7231599397 | Capricious | Characterized by or subject whim (impulse) | 23 | |
7231599398 | Caustic | Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting | 24 | |
7231599399 | Choleric | Hot tempered; easily angered | 25 | |
7231599400 | Colloquial | Use of slang in writing often to create local color and to provide an informational tone | 26 | |
7231599401 | Condescension | Condescending- a feeling of superiority | 27 | |
7231599402 | Conciliatory | To try to reconcile | 28 | |
7231599403 | Confidential | Done in secret indicating intimacy | 29 | |
7231599404 | Contemplative | Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue | 30 | |
7231599405 | Contemptuous | Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect | 31 | |
7231599406 | Conventional | Lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality | 32 | |
7231599407 | Critical | Finding fault | 33 | |
7231599408 | Cynical | Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people | 34 | |
7263320869 | Chauvinistic | prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind; bigot, biased | 35 | |
7263324759 | Consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | 36 | |
7263329191 | Contrived | Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously artificial; labored | 37 | |
7263334544 | Contrite | extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant | 38 | |
7263340887 | Cloying | sickeningly sweet | 39 | |
7231599409 | Derisive | Ridiculing, mocking | 40 | |
7231599410 | Despondent | Showing extreme discouragement or depression | 41 | |
7231599411 | Detached | standing by itself; unconnected | 42 | |
7231599412 | Disdainful | Scornful | 43 | |
7231599413 | Didactic | Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader | 44 | |
7231599414 | Dogmatic | Characterized by authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved principles | 45 | |
7231599415 | Droll | Amusingly odd or whimsically comical | 46 | |
7263348504 | Disparaging | tending to belittle or bring reproach upon | 47 | |
7263353481 | Deferential | showing respect for another's authority | 48 | |
7263411813 | Diffident | shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved | 49 | |
7231599416 | Earnest | Intense, a sincere state of mind | 50 | |
7263363267 | Ersatz | Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute | 51 | |
7263365665 | Egregious | outstandingly bad; shocking | 52 | |
7231599417 | Elegiac | Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow | 53 | |
7231599418 | Erudite | Learned, polished, scholarly | 54 | |
7231599419 | Esoteric | Only meant to be understood by a specific group of people | 55 | |
7231599420 | Euphoric | Feeling of elation or great joy | 56 | |
7231599421 | Facetious | Playfully jocular, humorous | 57 | |
7231599422 | Fanciful | Using the imagination | 58 | |
7231599423 | Flippant | Lacking proper respect | 59 | |
7231599424 | Forthright | Directly frank without hesitation | 60 | |
7263373112 | Futility | Pointlessness or uselessness | 61 | |
7263375876 | Fluidity | the ability to flow | 62 | |
7231599425 | Frivolous | Lacking in seriousness | 63 | |
7231599426 | Glib | Showing little forethought or preparation | 64 | |
7263380627 | Gravitas | great or very dignified seriousness | 65 | |
7231599427 | Gloomy | Darkness, sadness, rejection | 66 | |
7231599428 | Gothic | Of or relating to a type of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate | 67 | |
7231599429 | Grudging | Reluctant, unwilling | 68 | |
7231599430 | Haughty | Proud and vain to the point of arrogance | 69 | |
7231599431 | Idiomatic | Relating to idiom; the language peculiar to a people; dialect | 70 | |
7231599432 | Idyllic | Simple and carefree | 71 | |
7231599433 | Incisiveness | Penetration; clear and sharp, as in expression | 72 | |
7231599434 | Indifference | State or quality of not caring one way or the other | 73 | |
7231599435 | Indignant | Marked by anger aroused by injustice | 74 | |
7231599436 | Intimate | Very familiar | 75 | |
7231599437 | Invective | Abusive language (calling someone names, that sort of thing) | 76 | |
7263389551 | Insightful | Intuitive; having the ability to understand clearly the inner nature of things | 77 | |
7263395008 | Incongrouous | incompatible (adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible | 78 | |
7263403173 | Introspection | (n.) contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct | 79 | |
7263406960 | Imprudent | not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash, unwise | 80 | |
7231599438 | Judgmental | Authoritative and often having critical opinions | 81 | |
7231599439 | Jovial | Happy | 82 | |
7263420591 | Jingoism | extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. | 83 | |
7231599440 | Laudatory | Of or relating to the expression of praise | 84 | |
7231599441 | Lugubrious | Dark, dramatic, brooding (So Mr. Bowe) | 85 | |
7231599442 | Lyrical | Expression of a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song like | 86 | |
7263426154 | lamenting | regretting deeply; mourning, expressly sorrow | 87 | |
7263431767 | Lambasting | scolding harshly; giving a verbal beating to | 88 | |
7231599443 | Macabre | Having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome | 89 | |
7231599444 | Malicious | Purposely hurtful | 90 | |
7231599445 | Matter- of- Fact | Accepting conditions; not fanciful or emotional | 91 | |
7231599446 | Maudlin | Weak and overly sentimental | 92 | |
7231599447 | Mocking | Treating with contempt or ridicule | 93 | |
7263465501 | Mordant | (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh | 94 | |
7231599448 | Morose | Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent | 95 | |
7231599449 | Nostalgic | Bittersweet longing for persons and things from the past | 96 | |
7231599450 | Objective | An unbiased view-able to leave personal judgement aside | 97 | |
7231599451 | Ominous | Having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster | 98 | |
7231599452 | Optimistic | Hopeful, cheerful | 99 | |
7231599453 | Obsequious | Polite and obedient in order to gain something | 100 | |
7231599454 | Patronizing | Air of condescension | 101 | |
7231599455 | Pedantic | Emphasizing trivial points; narrow minded; insisting on strict adherence to the rules; displaying one's knowledge more than necessary | 102 | |
7231599456 | Pedestrian | Ordinary and dull | 103 | |
7231599457 | Pessimistic | Seeing the worst side of things; no hope | 104 | |
7263438099 | Poignant | profoundly moving; touching | 105 | |
7263444701 | Provocative | tending to excite or stimulate | 106 | |
7263448183 | Polarized | Divided into sharply opposed groups | 107 | |
7263452757 | Pacifism | opposition to all war | 108 | |
7231599458 | Quizzical | Odd, eccentric, amusing | 109 | |
7263459818 | Querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful | 110 | |
7231599459 | Reflective | Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions | 111 | |
7231599460 | Resigned | A feeling of having given oneself over without resistance | 112 | |
7231599461 | Reverent | Treating a subject with honor and respect | 113 | |
7231599462 | Ribald | Offensive in speech or gesture | 114 | |
7231599463 | Ridiculing | Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of | 115 | |
7231599464 | Sanguineous | Optimistic, cheerful | 116 | |
7231599465 | Sarcastic | Sneering, caustic- saying the opposite of what is meant | 117 | |
7231599466 | Sardonic | Scornful and bitterly sarcastic | 118 | |
7231599467 | Satiric | Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach | 119 | |
7231599468 | Scathing | Harshly cynical | 120 | |
7231599469 | Scornful | Full of contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or untrustworthy | 121 | |
7231599470 | Sentimental | Influenced by tender feelings; affecting the emotions | 122 | |
7231599471 | Sincere | Without deceit or pretense; genuine | 123 | |
7231599472 | Solemn | Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection | 124 | |
7263471415 | Self-Aggrandizing | n. exaggerating one's own purpose or power | 125 | |
7231599473 | Strident | Harsh sounding; grating, shrill | 126 | |
7231599474 | Subjective | Of, relating to, or constituting a subject; of, relating to, or arising within one's self or mind in contrast to what is outside; personal | 127 | |
7231599475 | Vituperative | Containing or characterized by wordy abuse | 128 | |
7263476678 | Vitriolic | (adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) | 129 | |
7263480777 | Veneration | great respect | 130 | |
7263483506 | Vexed | 131 | ||
7231599476 | Whimsical | Odd, strange, fantastic; fun | 132 | |
7231599477 | Wistful | Full of timorous longing and unfulfilled desire | 133 | |
7231599478 | Wry | Marked by a cleaver twist; often with a hint of irony | 134 |
AP Language and Composition Tone Vocabulary Flashcards
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