AP Literature Tone Words Flashcards

3484747303	somber	(adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit	0
3484747304	sinister	(adj.) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm	1
3484747305	murky	(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision	2
3484749535	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	3
3484749536	fawning	attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery	4
3484749537	laudatory	containing or expressing praise	5
3484751621	patronizing	condescending	6
3484751622	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	7
3484753850	vituperative	(adj.) harshly abusive, severely scolding	8
3484756092	vitrolic	bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting	9
3684689369	melancholy	(adj.) sad, gloomy, unhappy; (n.) sadness, gloominess	10
3684689370	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	11
3684691053	foreboding	(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous	12
3684691054	ominous	Menacing; threatening	13
3684691055	candid	Completely honest, straightforward	14
3684692351	resigned	Accepting some condition or action as inevitable	15
3684692352	wry	(adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous	16
3684692353	insolent	Boldly rude or disrespectful	17
3684694277	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion	18
3684694278	benevolent	(adj.) kindly, charitable	19
3684697176	scornful	to have both anger and disgust; contemptuous	20
3684697177	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	21
3684698385	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	22
3684698386	dejected	Downcast or sad; depressed	23
3684698387	incongruous	(adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible	24
3684699451	haughty	Arrogantly superior and disdainful	25
3684701077	exuberant	(adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant	26
3684701078	reverent	deeply respectful	27
3684702750	brash	(adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent	28
3684702751	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	29
3684702752	impish	mischievous	30
3684704370	wistful	(adj.) full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad, pensive	31
3684704371	didactic	Intended to instruct	32
3684704372	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	33
3684706216	quotidian	Daily; everyday, ordinary	34
3684712400	bantering	good-naturedly ridiculin	35
3684712401	caustic	Biting in wit	36
3684714205	condescending	patronizing	37
3684714206	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	38
3684714207	ribald	humorous in a vulgar way	39
3684715690	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	40
3684715691	irreverent	disrespectful	41
3684715708	droll	Amusingly odd	42
3684717034	satiric	Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point	43
3684718049	cynical	(adj) thinking the worst of others' motivations; bitterly pessimistic	44
3684719232	pompous	(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious	45
3684719233	sardonic	(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	46
4319561947	authoritive	able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.	47
4319561948	Disgruntled	Angry or dissatisfied	48
4319561949	Superficial	Existing at the surface	49
4319561950	Poignant	Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	50
4319561951	Obsequious	Obedient or attentive to a servile degree	51
4319561952	Fervent	Having or displaying passionate intensity	52
4319561953	Maudlin	Self pitying or yearly sentimental	53
4319561954	Admonishing	Warning	54
4319561955	Prophetic	Predicting the future	55
4319561956	Callous	Showing an insensitive disregard for others	56
4319561957	Accusatory	Blaming	57
4319561958	Quotidian	Ordinary or occurring every day	58