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AP Lit Tone Words Flashcards

Well, shoot. For everyone who wasn't in AP Language so therefore do not know any tone words needed on the Lit test.

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6634605724AcerbicAcidic or biting in manner.0
6634605725AdmonishingTo warn gently but earnestly.1
6634605726AmbivalentCoexistence of opposing feelings towards something.2
6634605727AnguishedMental/emotional pain or torment.3
6634605728ArdentPassionate4
6634605729BlitheCarefree and lighthearted.5
6634605730CandidFree from prejudice, impartial6
6634605731CelebratoryHappy7
6634605732ConciliatoryTo overcome the distrust of, appease, compromise8
6634605733ContemplativePondering, questioning in mind.9
6634605734ContriteRepentant, penitent10
6634605735CynicalBelieving the worst in people.11
6634605736DefiantMarked by bold resistance to authority or opposing force.12
6634605737DesolateSparse, lonely, alone13
6634605738Detached DiabolicalFiendish, wicked, with absence of empathy and human emotion14
6634605739ElegiacA lament for the dead.15
6634605740EmbattledPreparing for battle16
6634605741EuphoricHappy, extremely happy and relaxed, joyful17
6634605742ExpectantEagerly anticipating18
6634605743FatalisticSubmissive attitude19
6634605744Impotent RageIntense rage and powerless20
6634605745IndignantRighteously angered at injustice.21
6634605746IntrospectiveDeeply thoughtful about your own situation and feelings.22
6634605747Ironicusing words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning/humorously sarcastic/mocking23
6634605748IrreverentLack of due respect, especially around sacred things.24
6634605749LyricalLike a song25
6634605750MeditativeRelaxed, calm, in serenity, reflective26
6634605751MelancholyThoughtful sadness.27
6634605752NostalgicReminiscing on what has happened, longing for the past.28
6634605753PatronizingTreat as an inferior.29
6634605754PedanticOstentatious display of learning; preachy30
6634605755PithyConcise and full of meaning.31
6634605756PoignantEloquent, emotionally moving.32
6634605757ResignedAcceptance of despair (different from content)33
6634605758ReverentFeelign/showing a profound respect or veneration.34
6634605759RibaldBawdy, humorously vulgar. Campy, trashy.35
6634605760SagaciousHaving/showing keen discernment.36
6634605761SepulchralFunereal37
6634605762UnrepententNot feeling guilty38
6634605763WryDry, sarcastic, mocking.39
6634638343BemusedDeeply thoughtful; perplexed or bewildered40
6634640559BrusqueRudely abrupt and blunt41
6634640560CholericQuickly aroused to anger42
6634647522CondescendingAssuming a tone of superiority and arrogance when addressing those considered inferior; patronizing43
6634652035DerisiveExpressing contempt or ridicule; mocking44
6634652036DidacticExcessively instructive in tone; re: poetry- intended to teach, especially morality45
6634658850EbullientJoyously unrestrained46
6634658851FacetiousBantering or cleverly amusing in tone; treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor47
6634670130ImperiousDisdainful, showing arrogant superiority; from imperial: befitting a supreme ruler48
6634670131ImpetuousRashly impulsive49
6634680435LaudatoryFull of or giving praise50
6634686563OminousThreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments51
6634693428SanguineConfidently optimistic or cheerful; from Latin "sanguis" for blood52
6634693429Laconic(John Grady) concise, terse, succinct, pithy, very brief in statement or expression. From Lakonia, a district around Sparta who were known for being people of action and few words.53
6634698554Stoic(John Grady) Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; tough; impassive; "stoic courage"; "a stoical sufferer"54
6634713030SolicitousShowing hovering attentiveness, anxiety, or concern. Think: a "helicopter parent"55
6634713031StolidEmotionlessness: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions56
6634718858VitriolicBitterly scathing57
6634844452PompousArrogance58
6634863037Uncompromising(Okonkwo) Unbending, impervious to change59
6634879289Naive(every European woman in the late 1800's according to Marlow #yesallwomen) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.60
6645894851Satiricusing a tone of satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding human vice or folly. Think A Modest Proposal, The Onion, etc...61

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