AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

6546378528	Bombastic	high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated	0
6546378529	Colloquial	used in ordinary or familiar conversation	1
6546378530	Esoteric	intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest	2
6546378531	Euphemistic	a mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive	3
6546378532	Grotesque	comically or repulsively ugly or distorted	4
6546378533	Idiomatic	using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker; informal	5
6546378534	Insipid	lacking vigor or interest	6
6546378535	Jargon	special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand	7
6546378536	Pedantic	overly concerned with formalities	8
6546378537	Picturesque	unusual and vivid	9
6546378538	Pretentious	attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed	10
6546378539	Provincial	lacking refinement	11
6546378540	Sensuous	relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect	12
6546378541	Trite	lacking originality or freshness	13
6546378542	Amiable	having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner	14
6546378543	Elated	very happy and excited	15
6546378544	Exuberant	lively energy and excitement	16
6546378545	Jovial	cheerful and friendly	17
6546378546	Jubilant	feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph	18
6546378547	Reverent	feeling or showing deep and solemn respect	19
6546378548	Agitated	feeling or appearing troubled or nervous	20
6546378549	Brash	self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way	21
6546378550	Choleric	bad-tempered or irritable	22
6546378551	Coarse	rude, crude, or vulgar	23
6546378552	Condemnatory	expressing strong disapproval	24
6546378553	Disgruntled	angry or dissatisfied	25
6546378554	Facetious	treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor	26
6546378555	Haughty	arrogantly superior and disdainful	27
6546378556	Indignant	anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	28
6546378557	Inflammatory	arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings	29
6546378558	Quarrelsome	ready or likely to argue or disagree	30
6546378559	Surly	bad-tempered and unfriendly	31
6546378560	Testy	easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered	32
6546378561	Contemptuous	feeling or showing deep hatred or disapproval	33
6546378562	Droll	having an odd and amusing quality	34
6546378563	Flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	35
6546378564	Insolent	showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect	36
6546378565	Mock-heroic	imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject	37
6546378566	Pompous	affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important	38
6546378567	Quizzical	indicating mild or amused puzzlement	39
6546378568	Ribald	vulgar or indecent in speech	40
6546378569	Sardonic	skeptically humorous	41
6546378570	Apprehensive	anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen	42
6546378571	Foreboding	fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen	43
6546378572	Melancholy	sad and pensive	44
6546378573	Morose	sullen and ill-tempered	45
6546378574	Ominous	giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen	46
6546378575	Poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	47
6546378576	Resigned	having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about	48
6546378577	Staid	serious, boring, or old-fashioned	49
6546378578	Admonitory	giving or conveying a warning or reprimand	50
6546378579	Callous	showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others	51
6546378580	Candid	truthful and straightforward	52
6546378581	Clinical	efficient and unemotional	53
6546378582	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	54
6546378583	Earnest	serious and sincere	55
6546378584	Fervent	having or displaying a passionate intensity	56
6546378585	Forthright	direct and outspoken; straightforward and honest	57
6546378586	Frivolous	carefree and not serious	58
6546378587	Histrionic	overly theatrical or melodramatic	59
6546378588	Incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	60
6546378589	Intimate	Closely acquainted, familiar, close	61
6546378590	Obsequious	too eager to help or obey someone important	62
6546378591	Vexed	annoyed, frustrated, or worried	63
6546378592	Zealous	feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause; enthusiastic	64
6546378593	Fanciful	Whimsical, dreamy, wistful	65
6546378594	Exact	Admitting of no deviation, strict, rigid	66
6546378595	Giddy	Frivolous and lighthearted	67
6546378596	Macab	Death as a subject, dwelling on gruesome	68
6546378597	Caustic	Severely critical or sarcastic	69
6546378598	Disdainful	Scornful, feeling of contempt for anything unworthy	70
6546378599	Scornful	Expressing contempt	71
6546378600	Whimsical	Erratic, unpredictable	72
6546378601	Wry	Devious in corse or purpose, misdirected	73
6546378602	Inquisitive	Curious, seeking knowledge	74
6546378603	Meditative	Absorbed by meditation, calm	75
6546378604	Wistful	Full of yearned but tinged with melancholy	76
6546378605	Lugubrious	Excessively sad, dramatic	77