5332000910 | acquiescing | complying or submitting tacitly or passively | 0 | |
5332021938 | bantering | good-humored, playful, teasing conversation | 1 | |
5332024264 | circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences; cautious | 2 | |
5332031357 | confrontational | tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative | 3 | |
5332033588 | didactic | designed to teach; intended to convey instruction and information; making moral observations | 4 | |
5332046270 | empathic | showing emotion based on sensitivity towards others | 5 | |
5332096165 | haughty | disdainfully proud; blatantly arrogant | 6 | |
5332099935 | inane | empty and insubstantial; lacking point; silly | 7 | |
5332102023 | insular | characterized by isolation; having a narrow provincial viewpoint | 8 | |
5332104174 | morose | having a sullen disposition; marked by gloom | 9 | |
5332112968 | pedantic | ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details | 10 | |
5332118030 | placid | serenely free of interrupion or disturbance | 11 | |
5332120175 | sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous; mocking; cynical; sneering | 12 | |
5332122320 | stoic | apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain | 13 | |
5332125272 | vindictive | disposed to seek revenge; vengeful | 14 |
AP Language Tone List #4 Flashcards
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