6065007058 | Acerbic | acidic; bitter; sharp | ![]() | 0 |
6065007059 | Benevolent | kindly | ![]() | 1 |
6065007060 | Bittersweet | showing a mixture of pain and pleasure | 2 | |
6065007061 | Clinical | highly objective;rigorously scientific; analytical | ![]() | 3 |
6065007062 | Colloquial | using a conversational style; informal conversation | ![]() | 4 |
6065007063 | Condescending | an air of superiority | ![]() | 5 |
6065007064 | Contemptuous | expressing contempt, a lack of respect, or hate | ![]() | 6 |
6065007065 | Cryptic | hidden; mysterious; unknown | ![]() | 7 |
6065007066 | Cynical | an attitude of distrust of people and human nature | 8 | |
6065007067 | Despondent | showing extreme discouragement or depression | ![]() | 9 |
6065007068 | Didactic | in a tone intended to preach a sermon or teach a lesson about life | ![]() | 10 |
6065007069 | disdainful | expressing contempt, dislike, or hate | ![]() | 11 |
6065007070 | Elegiac | mournful; expressing sorrow | ![]() | 12 |
6065007071 | Enigmatic | puzzling; riddle-like | ![]() | 13 |
6065007072 | Euphoric | feeling of elation or great joy | ![]() | 14 |
6065007073 | Facetious | playfully humorous | ![]() | 15 |
6065007074 | Flippant | lacking proper respect | ![]() | 16 |
6065007075 | Frivolous | lacking in seriousness | ![]() | 17 |
6065007076 | Grandiose | characterized by feigned grandeur; pompous | ![]() | 18 |
6065007077 | Hostile | extremely angry | ![]() | 19 |
6065007078 | Iconoclastic | attacking traditional or popular ideas or institutions | ![]() | 20 |
6065007079 | Impartial | attitude of being unbiased | ![]() | 21 |
6065007080 | Indignant | attitude of being angry because of injustice or unworthiness | ![]() | 22 |
6065007081 | Insipid | lacking flavor or zest, flat, unstimulating; vapid | ![]() | 23 |
6065007082 | Irreverent | lacking proper respect or seriousness | ![]() | 24 |
6065007083 | Laconic | terse; concise; succinct | ![]() | 25 |
6065007084 | Laudatory | pertaining to or expressing praise | ![]() | 26 |
6065007085 | Maternal/paternal | like a mother or father; parental | 27 | |
6065007086 | Moralistic | characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude | ![]() | 28 |
6065007087 | Nostalgic | a sentimental yearning for a return to some past period of time | ![]() | 29 |
6065007088 | Obsequious | fawning; full of servile compliance | ![]() | 30 |
6065007089 | Ostentatious | showy; pretentious | ![]() | 31 |
6065007090 | Patronizing | an air of treating someone well because of a feeling of superiority | ![]() | 32 |
6065007091 | Pedantic | unimaginative | ![]() | 33 |
6065007092 | Pithy | precisely meaningful; cogent and terse | ![]() | 34 |
6065007093 | Poignant | affecting the emotions strongly | ![]() | 35 |
6065007094 | Precocious | prematurely developed | ![]() | 36 |
6065007095 | Pretentious | attitude of extreme show to the point of being fake | ![]() | 37 |
6065007096 | Prosaic | not poetic; matter of fact; dull; ordinary | ![]() | 38 |
6065007097 | Ribald | humor that is vulgar or lewd | ![]() | 39 |
6065007098 | Rueful | inspiring pity or compassion; causing or expressing sorrow or regret | ![]() | 40 |
6065007099 | Saccharine | cloyingly sweet | ![]() | 41 |
6065007100 | Sarcastic | ridicule by saying the opposite of what the speaker means | ![]() | 42 |
6065007101 | Somber | conveying a gloomy, dismal, or depressing character or mood | ![]() | 43 |
6065007102 | Sophomoric | immature and over confident | ![]() | 44 |
6065007103 | Supercilious | immature and over confident; behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. | ![]() | 45 |
6065007104 | Suspenseful | pleasant excitement as to the uncertainty of events | ![]() | 46 |
6065007105 | Tranquil | free from disturbance or turmoil | ![]() | 47 |
6065007106 | Vociferous | characterized by loudness and vehemence | ![]() | 48 |
6065007107 | Whimsical | erratic or unpredictable | ![]() | 49 |
6065007108 | Sympathetic | a sensitivity to others' emotions | 50 |
Deon's AP Language & Composition Tone Words (Acerbic - Sympathetic) Flashcards
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