4218520188 | accusatory | charging of wrong doing | 0 | |
4218520189 | apathetic | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern | 1 | |
4218520190 | awe | solemn wonder | 2 | |
4218520191 | bitter | exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief | 3 | |
4218520192 | cynical | questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people | 4 | |
4218520193 | condescension | a feeling of superiority | 5 | |
4218520194 | callous | unfeeling, insensitive to feelings | 6 | |
4218520195 | contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue | 7 | |
4218520196 | critical | finding fault | 8 | |
4218520197 | choleric | hot-tempered; easily angered | 9 | |
4218520198 | contemptuous | showing or feeling that something is worthless, lacking respect | 10 | |
4218520199 | caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting | 11 | |
4218520200 | conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality and individuality | 12 | |
4218520201 | disdainful | scornful | 13 | |
4218520202 | didactic | sermonizing; attempt at educating, instructing, or indoctrinating | 14 | |
4218520203 | derisive | ridiculing, mocking | 15 | |
4218520204 | earnest | intense, a sincere state of mind | 16 | |
4218520205 | erudite | learned, polished, scholary | 17 | |
4218520206 | fanciful | using the imagination | 18 | |
4218520207 | forthright | directly frank without hesitation | 19 | |
4218520208 | gloomy | dark, sad, rejection | 20 | |
4218520209 | haughty | proud and vain to point of arrogance | 21 | |
4218520210 | indignant | marked by anger aroused by injustice | 22 | |
4218520211 | intimate | very familiar | 23 | |
4218520212 | judgmental | authoritative and often critical opinion | 24 | |
4218520213 | jovial | happy to an extreme | 25 | |
4218520214 | lyrical | expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images, song-like | 26 | |
4218520215 | matter-of-fact | accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional | 27 | |
4218520216 | mocking | treating with contempt or ridicule | 28 | |
4218520217 | morose | gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent | 29 | |
4218520218 | malicious | purposely hurtful | 30 | |
4218520219 | objective | an unbiased view | 31 | |
4218520220 | optimistic | hopeful, cheerful | 32 | |
4218520221 | obsequious | polite and obedient only for hope of gain or favor | 33 | |
4218520222 | patronizing | air of condescension | 34 | |
4218520223 | pessimistic | seeing the worst side of things | 35 | |
4218520224 | quizzical | odd, eccentric, amusing | 36 | |
4218520225 | ribald | offensive in speech or gesture | 37 | |
4218520226 | reverent | treating a subject with honor and respect | 38 | |
4218520227 | ridiculing | slightly contemptuous banter | 39 | |
4218520228 | reflective | illustrating innermost thinking | 40 | |
4218520229 | sarcastic | sneering, caustic | 41 | |
4218520230 | sardonic | scornfully and bitterly sarcastic | 42 | |
4218520231 | sincere | without deceit or pretense; genuine | 43 | |
4218520232 | solemn | deeply earnest, grave | 44 | |
4218520233 | sanguineous | optimistic, cheerful | 45 | |
4218520234 | whimsical | odd, queer, fantastic | 46 | |
4218520235 | antithesis | opposite | 47 | |
4218520236 | pathos | arousing feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, and sorrow in others | 48 | |
4218520237 | juxtaposition | beside, side-by-side | 49 | |
4218520238 | kudos | acclaim or prestige in recognition of achievement | 50 |
AP Literature Tone Words Flashcards
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