AP Literature Tone Words Flashcards

6000224129	judgmental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	0
6000231259	jovial	happy	1
6000234024	lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	2
6000244780	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	3
6000253705	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	4
6000255541	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	5
6000261124	malicious	purposely hurtful	6
6000264273	objective	an unbiased view, able to leave personal judgments aside	7
6000271519	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	8
6000274972	obsequious	polite and obedient in order to gain something	9
6000279339	patronizing	air of condescension	10
6000283332	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	11
6000286221	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	12
6000290851	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	13
6000312428	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	14
6000320178	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	15
6000329569	reflective	illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	16
6000332961	sardonic	scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	17
6000341415	satiric	ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	18
6000347396	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	19
6000349684	solemn	deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	20
6000356581	sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	21
6000361552	whimsical	odd, strange, fantastic; fun	22
6000364931	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	23
6000367462	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	24
6000367463	awe	solemn wonder	25
6000367464	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	26
6000369645	cynical	questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	27
6000373335	condescension; condescending	a feeling of superiority	28
6000373336	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	29
6000374866	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	30
6000374867	critical	finding fault	31
6000376566	choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	32
6000390689	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	33
6000395630	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	34
6000395631	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality	35
6000402630	disdainful	scornful	36
6000402631	didactic	author attempts to educate or instruct the reader	37
6000404991	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	38
6000404992	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	39
6000406911	erudite	learned, polished, scholarly	40
6000406912	fanciful	using the imagination	41
6000408223	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	42
6000408224	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	43
6000409609	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	44
6000417788	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	45
6000417789	intimate	very familiar	46