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AP Literature Tone Words 3 2018-2019 Flashcards

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10704276966pedanticExcessively scholarly or bookish, ostentatious about one's learning0
10704276967pensiveDreamily thoughtful, usually marked by some sadness1
10704276968pessimisticExpecting the worst, having a negative outlook2
10704276969petulantUnreasonably ill tempered, peevish3
10704276970philosophicalCalm and stoical in the face of difficulty or disappointment4
10704276971poignantProfoundly moving, evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret5
10704276972pompousSelf-important6
10704276973pretentiousAttempting to impress, full of pretense7
10704276974reflectiveThoughtful, deliberating, meditative8
10704276975reverentShowing or feeling all, respect or veneration9
10704276976ribaldCoarsely mocking, vulgar, lewd10
10704276977saccharineOverly sweet or sentimental calm, cloying11
10704276978sanguineCheerfully optimistic, confident, hopeful12
10704276979sarcasticCutting, mockery, intended to wound13
10704276980sardonicScornfully mocking, disdainfully humorous, skeptical, sarcastic14
10704276981sentimentalSwayed by feeling, excessively emotional, controlled by feeling rather than thought15
10704276982solemnDeeply earnest, marked by ceremony or ritual16
10704276983somberDismal, gloomy, dark, dull17
10704276984vituperativeHarshly and abusively censorious, condemnatory18
10704276985whimsicalFanciful, unpredictable, subject to change and whim19
10704276986wryDryly humorous, ironic and amusing20

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