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AP Language Tone List #4 Flashcards

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5332000910acquiescingcomplying or submitting tacitly or passively0
5332021938banteringgood-humored, playful, teasing conversation1
5332024264circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences; cautious2
5332031357confrontationaltending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative3
5332033588didacticdesigned to teach; intended to convey instruction and information; making moral observations4
5332046270empathicshowing emotion based on sensitivity towards others5
5332096165haughtydisdainfully proud; blatantly arrogant6
5332099935inaneempty and insubstantial; lacking point; silly7
5332102023insularcharacterized by isolation; having a narrow provincial viewpoint8
5332104174morosehaving a sullen disposition; marked by gloom9
5332112968pedanticostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details10
5332118030placidserenely free of interrupion or disturbance11
5332120175sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous; mocking; cynical; sneering12
5332122320stoicapparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain13
5332125272vindictivedisposed to seek revenge; vengeful14

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