AP Literature Tone words Flashcards

235107091	Accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
235107092	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	1
235107093	awe	solemn wonder	2
235107094	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	3
235107095	cynical	questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	4
235107096	condescension	condescending; a feeling of superiority	5
235107097	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	6
235107098	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	7
235107099	critical	finding fault	8
235107100	choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	9
235107101	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	10
235107102	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	11
235107103	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality and individuality	12
235107104	disdainful	scornful	13
235107105	didactic	author attempts to educate or instruct the reader	14
235107106	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	15
235107107	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	16
235107108	erudite	learned, polished or scholarly	17
235107109	fanciful	using the imagination	18
235107110	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	19
235107111	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	20
235107112	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	21
235107113	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	22
235107114	intimate	very familiar	23
235107115	judgmental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	24
235107116	jovial	happy	25
235107117	lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	26
235107118	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	27
235107119	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	28
235107120	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	29
235107121	malicious	purposely hurtful	30
235107122	objective	an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside	31
235107123	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	32
235107124	obsequious	polite and obedient in order to gain something	33
235107125	patronizing	air of condescension	34
235107126	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	35
235107127	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	36
235107128	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	37
235107129	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	38
235107130	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	39
235107131	reflective	illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	40
235107132	sarcastic	sneering, caustic	41
235107133	sardonic	scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	42
235107134	satiric	ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	43
235107135	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	44
235107136	solemn	deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	45
235107137	sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	46
235107138	whimsical	odd, strange, fantastic; fun	47