AP English Literature- Tone Flashcards
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3100712822 | Austere | severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance | 0 | |
3100712823 | Corpulent | (of a person) fat | 1 | |
3100715411 | Derisive | expressing contempt or ridicule | 2 | |
3100715412 | Effeminate | (of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly | 3 | |
3100718473 | Jocund | cheerful and lighthearted | 4 | |
3100720513 | Manifest | clear or obvious to the eye or mind | 5 | |
3100722337 | Ostentatious | characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice | 6 | |
3100722338 | Sanguine | optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation | 7 | |
3100724536 | Strident | loud and harsh; grating | 8 | |
3100727092 | Vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense | 9 | |
3100729730 | Elegiac | (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality | 10 | |
3100729731 | Fecund | producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile | 11 | |
3100731789 | Fortuitous | happening by accident or chance rather than design | 12 | |
3100733532 | Infirmity | physical or mental weakness | 13 | |
3100733533 | Malady | a disease or ailment | 14 | |
3100736805 | Nuance | a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound | 15 | |
3100736806 | Profligate | recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources | 16 | |
3100739967 | Remonstrance | a forcefully reproachful protest | 17 | |
3100746945 | Scintillate | emit flashes of light; sparkle | 18 | |
3100748993 | Vitiate | spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of | 19 |