AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

4935663671	aloof	not emotionally involved, at a distance	0
4935663672	apathetic	uncaring	1
4935663673	ambivalent	having mixed feelings	2
4935663674	audacious	recklessly bold or contemptuous	3
4935663675	belligerent	hostile, or combative	4
4935663676	callous	uncaring, or feeling no emotion	5
4935663677	condescending	air of superiority, talking down to	6
4935663678	contemptuous	lacking respect, derisive	7
4935663679	caustic	harshly sarcastic	8
4935663680	cautionary	prudent forethought	9
4935663681	cynical	doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives	10
4935663682	demoralized	weakened the spirit of	11
4935663683	diffident	reserved, unassertive	12
4935663684	disdainful	scorn, despise	13
4935663685	didactic	intending to instruct; teach a lesson	14
4935663686	derisive	insulting and condescending	15
4935663687	earnest	heartfelt and serious	16
4935663688	effusive	overflowing and demonstrative	17
4935663689	elegiac	sorrowful lamentation	18
4935663690	empathetic	sensitivity, relating to another's emotions	19
4935663691	erudite	scholarly	20
4935663692	forthright	direct and outspoken	21
4935663693	flippant	frivolously disrespectful	22
4935663694	frivolous	carefree and unconcerned	23
4935663695	incredulous	skeptical and unbelieving	24
4935663696	incensed	full of rage	25
4935663697	indignant	self-righteously angry	26
4935663698	intimate	personal and emotional	27
4935663699	jovial	hearty conviviality and good cheer	28
4935663700	laudatory	praise	29
4935663701	lugubrious	mournful, dismal, or gloomy	30
4935663702	morose	ill-humored, very down	31
4935663703	malicious	vicious, wanton, or mischievous	32
4935663704	mordant	caustic or sarcastic in a mean way	33
4935663705	objective	unemotional, unbiased, fair	34
4935663706	obsequious	overly obedient, dutiful	35
4935663707	patronizing	Talking down to, experienced	36
4935663708	pompous	stuck up, better than	37
4935663709	poignant	keen or strong	38
4935663710	provocative	inciting, stimulating, irritating	39
4935663711	quizzical	questioning, ridiculing, or chaffing	40
4935663712	ribald	abusive, or irreverent, scurrilous	41
4935663713	reticent	reluctant or restrained	42
4935663714	reverent	deeply respectful	43
4935663715	reflective	meditative or deliberative	44
4935663716	resigned	passive, accept as inevitable	45
4935663717	sardonic	scornful derision, mocking, cynical	46
4935663718	seductive	enticing, beguiling, captivating	47
4935663719	sentimental	emotional attachment	48
4935663720	vehement	with great energy or exertion, with great emphasis and passion	49
4935663721	volatile	tending or threatening to break out into open violence	50
4935663722	earnest	serious and sincere	51
4935663723	jovial	full of or showing high-spirited merriment, jolly; merry; good-humored	52
4935663724	placid	calm, peaceful	53
4935663725	whimsical	characterized by whim; unpredictable	54
4935663726	wistful	full of longing or unfulfilled desire	55
4935663727	desolate	lonely; forlorn;	56
4935663728	insolent	marked by casual disrespect	57
4935663729	insidious	intended to entrap	58
4935663730	jubilant	joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success	59