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AP Language - Tone Words Sets 1, 2, & 3 Flashcards

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11394536858reconditedealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter0
11394536859languidlacking energy; weak1
11394536860clinicalefficient and unemotional; coldly detached2
11394536861unorthodoxbreaking with convention or tradition3
11394536862syllogisticdetermining whether a conclusion follows from two statements that are assumed to be true4
11394536863audaciousfearless and daring5
11394536864sagaciouswise; having keen perception and sound judgement6
11394536865philosophicwise, thoughtful7
11394536866oracularwise and prophetic; brief and mysterious (remarks)8
11394536867insinuatingsuggesting or implying9
11394536868indulgentyielding to the wishes or demands of others10
11394536869amorousExpressing love or the state of being in love11
11394536870fancifulwhimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality12
11394536871meditativegiven to contemplation or deep thought13
11394536872restrainedcontrolled, restricted14
11394536873reminscentreflecting on the past15
11394536874admonitorygiving or conveying a warning or reprimand16
11394536875uneqivocalleaving no doubt or misunderstanding17
11394536876incredulousdisbelieving, skeptical18
11394536877didacticintended to instruct19
11394554714temperatemild; moderate; restrained20
11394557535stoicalself-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain21
11394561128cynicaldoubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives22
11394566536ribaldirreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language23
11394569875belligerentgiven to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive;24
11394577669surlybad-tempered and unfriendly25
11394577670forebodingmarked by fear, ominous26
11394588420querulouspeevish, complaining, fretful27
11394592982derisiveexpressing contempt or ridicule28
11394592983reprovingreprimand or censure29

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