AP Literature Tone words 2016-17 Flashcards

6605140658	Accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
6605140659	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	1
6605140660	awe	solemn wonder	2
6605140662	cynical	distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others. bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.	3
6605140663	condescending	said with a feeling of superiority	4
6605140664	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	5
6605140665	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	6
6605140666	critical	finding fault	7
6605140667	choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	8
6605140668	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	9
6605140669	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	10
6605140670	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality and individuality	11
6605140671	disdainful	scornful	12
6605140672	didactic	author attempts to educate or instruct the reader	13
6605140674	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	14
6605140675	erudite	learned, polished or scholarly	15
6605140676	fanciful	using the imagination	16
6605140677	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	17
6605140678	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	18
6605140679	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	19
6605140680	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	20
6605140681	intimate	very familiar	21
6605140682	judgmental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	22
6605140683	jovial	happy	23
6605140684	lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	24
6605140685	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	25
6605140686	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	26
6605140687	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	27
6605140688	malicious	purposely hurtful	28
6605140689	objective	an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside	29
6605140690	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	30
6605140691	obsequious	polite and obedient in order to gain something	31
6605140692	patronizing	air of condescension	32
6605140693	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	33
6605140694	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	34
6605140695	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	35
6605140696	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	36
6605140697	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	37
6605140698	reflective	illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	38
6605140699	sarcastic	sneering, caustic	39
6605140700	sardonic	scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	40
6605140701	satiric	ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	41
6605140702	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	42
6605140703	solemn	deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	43
6605140704	sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	44
6605140705	whimsical	odd, strange, fantastic; fun	45
6605146673	subjective	based on or influenced by feelings, opinions, attitudes, etc.	46