AP Language Tone Words Flashcards
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| 5457339145 | Acerbic | acidic; bitter; sharp | 0 | |
| 5457344840 | Benevolent | Kindly | 1 | |
| 5457346651 | Bittersweet | Mixture of pain and pleasure | 2 | |
| 5457349192 | Clinical | analytical, highly objective | 3 | |
| 5457355488 | Colloquial | Conversational style; informal | 4 | |
| 5457364539 | Condescending | Air of Superiority | 5 | |
| 5457370309 | Contemptuous | A lack of respect | 6 | |
| 5457373318 | Cryptic | Hidden, Mysterious | 7 | |
| 5457376225 | Cynical | An attitude of distrust | 8 | |
| 5457379796 | Despondent | Depression or Discouragement | 9 | |
| 5457384183 | Didactic | Sermon like or like a lesson | 10 | |
| 5457389305 | Disdainful | Contempt, dislike or hate | 11 | |
| 5457396331 | Elegiac | Mournful or sorrow | 12 | |
| 5457400468 | Enigmatic | Puzzling or riddle like | 13 | |
| 5457409869 | Euphoric | Great joy or elation | 14 | |
| 5457413664 | Facetious | Playfully humorous | 15 | |
| 5457416721 | Flippant | Lacking proper respect | 16 | |
| 5457420853 | Frivolous | Lacking in seriousness | 17 | |
| 5457436487 | Grandiose | Pompous or feigned grandeur | 18 | |
| 5457444719 | Hostile | Extremely Angry | 19 | |
| 5457450716 | Iconoclastic | Attacking traditional ideas | 20 | |
| 5457466129 | Impartial | Being Unbiased | 21 | |
| 5493017926 | Indignant | Attitude of being angry | 22 | |
| 5493020520 | Insipid | Lacking Flavor or zest | 23 | |
| 5493022966 | Irreverent | Lacking proper | 24 | |
| 5493028358 | Laconic | Terse, concise | 25 | |
| 5493030491 | Laudatory | Expressing praise | 26 | |
| 5493034868 | Maternal | Like a mother or father | 27 | |
| 5493037181 | Moralistic | Conventional moral attitude | 28 | |
| 5493041347 | Nostalgic | Yearning for a return to the past | 29 | |
| 5493044446 | Obsequious | Fawning; Full of servile compliance | 30 | |
| 5493049541 | Ostentatious | Showy; Pretentious | 31 | |
| 5493057094 | Patronizing | Feeling of superiority | 32 | |
| 5493059742 | Pedantic | unimaginative | 33 | |
| 5493061367 | Pithy | Precisely meaningful | 34 | |
| 5493065246 | Poignant | Affecting emotions strongly | 35 | |
| 5493067706 | Precocious | Prematurely developed | 36 | |
| 5493071105 | Pretentious | Attitude of extreme showiness | 37 | |
| 5493076118 | Prosaic | not poetic | 38 | |
| 5493078551 | Ribald | humor that is vulgar | 39 | |
| 5493080897 | Rueful | inspiring pity | 40 | |
| 5493085305 | Saccharine | sweet | 41 | |
| 5493091568 | Sarcastic | ridicule by saying the opposite | 42 | |
| 5493097019 | Somber | gloomy mood | 43 | |
| 5493098872 | Sophomoric | immature | 44 | |
| 5493101371 | Supercilious | Over confident | 45 | |
| 5493103427 | Suspenseful | Pleasant excitement in uncertainty | 46 | |
| 5493109486 | Sympathetic | sensitivity to others emotions | 47 | |
| 5493112439 | Tranquil | free from disturbance | 48 | |
| 5493114701 | Vociferous | loudness | 49 | |
| 5493117155 | Whimsical | erratic | 50 |