6024362880 | Poignant | Affecting the emotions | 0 | |
6024362881 | Patronizing | Offensively condescending | 1 | |
6024362882 | Incredulous | Skeptical; declined to believe | 2 | |
6024362883 | Forthright | Direct; straightforward | 3 | |
6024362884 | Unabashed | Boldly certain of one's position; unashamed | 4 | |
6024362885 | Wry | Twisted or perverse ( sense of humor ) | 5 | |
6024362886 | Pretentious | Making an exaggerated outward show; pompous | 6 | |
6024362887 | Brazen | Shameless; bold; insolent; definant | 7 | |
6024362888 | Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings about someone/something | 8 | |
6024362889 | Incensed | Indignant; outraged | 9 | |
6024362890 | Pragmatic | Practical | 10 | |
6024362891 | Pompous | Characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance | 11 | |
6024362892 | Reticent | Reserved; reluctant | 12 | |
6024362893 | Indignant | Feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base | 13 | |
6024362894 | Contemptuous | Scornful; disrespectful; showing disdain | 14 | |
6024362895 | Caustic | Severely critical or sarcastic | 15 | |
6024362896 | Malicious | Spiteful | 16 | |
6024362897 | Didactic | Instructive; too lecture-driven; preachy | 17 | |
6024362898 | Seductive | Enticing; captivating | 18 | |
6024362899 | Whimsical | Spontaneously fanciful or playful | 19 | |
6135211607 | Somber | Extremely serious; grave; depressing | 20 | |
6135211608 | Satiric | Taunting; cutting; binding | 21 | |
6135211609 | Urgent | Requiring immediate action or attention | 22 | |
6135211610 | Mock-heroic | An imitation or burlesque or something heroic | 23 | |
6135211611 | Diffident | Lacking confidence in ones own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy | 24 | |
6135211612 | Ironic | Conveying a meaning that is the opposite if its literal meaning; sarcastic | 25 | |
6135211613 | Petty | Of little or no importance or consequence | 26 | |
6135211614 | Elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation | 27 | |
6135211615 | Disdainful | Scornful; contemptuous; haughty | 28 | |
6135211616 | Lugubrious | Exxagerately mornful | 29 | |
6135211617 | Insipid | Uninteresting; bland | 30 | |
6135211618 | Impartial | Fair; not biased | 31 | |
6135211619 | Moraliatic | Characterized by the attempt to regulate the morals of others | 32 | |
6135211620 | Taunting | Provoking; mocking; ridiculing | 33 | |
6135211621 | Turgid | Inflated; overblown; pompous | 34 | |
6135211622 | Sardonic | Biting; contemptuous; sneering | 35 | |
6135211623 | Insolent | Boldly rude or disrespectful | 36 | |
6135211624 | Effusive | Unduly demonstrative; overly emotional | 37 | |
6135211625 | Sentimental | Nostalgic; weekly emotional | 38 | |
6135211626 | Contentious | Quarrelsome; characterized by argument or controversy | 39 |
AP LITERATURE - Tone Definitions (Sieffert) Flashcards
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