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AP Literature Tone Words 3 2019-2020 Flashcards

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14872903050pedanticExcessively scholarly or bookish, ostentatious about one's learning0
14872903051pensiveDreamily thoughtful, usually marked by some sadness1
14872903052pessimisticExpecting the worst, having a negative outlook2
14872903053petulantUnreasonably ill tempered, peevish3
14872903054philosophicalCalm and stoical in the face of difficulty or disappointment4
14872903055poignantProfoundly moving, evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret5
14872903056pompousSelf-important6
14872903057pretentiousAttempting to impress, full of pretense7
14872903058reflectiveThoughtful, deliberating, meditative8
14872903059reverentShowing or feeling all, respect or veneration9
14872903060ribaldCoarsely mocking, vulgar, lewd10
14872903061saccharineOverly sweet or sentimental calm, cloying11
14872903062sanguineCheerfully optimistic, confident, hopeful12
14872903063sarcasticCutting, mockery, intended to wound13
14872903064sardonicScornfully mocking, disdainfully humorous, skeptical, sarcastic14
14872903065sentimentalSwayed by feeling, excessively emotional, controlled by feeling rather than thought15
14872903066solemnDeeply earnest, marked by ceremony or ritual16
14872903067somberDismal, gloomy, dark, dull17
14872903068vituperativeHarshly and abusively censorious, condemnatory18
14872903069whimsicalFanciful, unpredictable, subject to change and whim19
14872903070wryDryly humorous, ironic and amusing20

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