AP Literature Tone Words Flashcards

4218520188	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
4218520189	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	1
4218520190	awe	solemn wonder	2
4218520191	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	3
4218520192	cynical	questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	4
4218520193	condescension	a feeling of superiority	5
4218520194	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings	6
4218520195	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	7
4218520196	critical	finding fault	8
4218520197	choleric	hot-tempered; easily angered	9
4218520198	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless, lacking respect	10
4218520199	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	11
4218520200	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality and individuality	12
4218520201	disdainful	scornful	13
4218520202	didactic	sermonizing; attempt at educating, instructing, or indoctrinating	14
4218520203	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	15
4218520204	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	16
4218520205	erudite	learned, polished, scholary	17
4218520206	fanciful	using the imagination	18
4218520207	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	19
4218520208	gloomy	dark, sad, rejection	20
4218520209	haughty	proud and vain to point of arrogance	21
4218520210	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	22
4218520211	intimate	very familiar	23
4218520212	judgmental	authoritative and often critical opinion	24
4218520213	jovial	happy to an extreme	25
4218520214	lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images, song-like	26
4218520215	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	27
4218520216	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	28
4218520217	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	29
4218520218	malicious	purposely hurtful	30
4218520219	objective	an unbiased view	31
4218520220	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	32
4218520221	obsequious	polite and obedient only for hope of gain or favor	33
4218520222	patronizing	air of condescension	34
4218520223	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things	35
4218520224	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	36
4218520225	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	37
4218520226	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	38
4218520227	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter	39
4218520228	reflective	illustrating innermost thinking	40
4218520229	sarcastic	sneering, caustic	41
4218520230	sardonic	scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	42
4218520231	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	43
4218520232	solemn	deeply earnest, grave	44
4218520233	sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	45
4218520234	whimsical	odd, queer, fantastic	46
4218520235	antithesis	opposite	47
4218520236	pathos	arousing feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, and sorrow in others	48
4218520237	juxtaposition	beside, side-by-side	49
4218520238	kudos	acclaim or prestige in recognition of achievement	50