AP Language and Composition Tone Flashcards

5752111291	benevolent	kindhearted and compassionate	0
5752112626	authoritative	commanding and self-confident; likely to be respected and obeyed	1
5752114320	bombastic	high sounding and high flown yet inflated and pretentious	2
5752116898	bitter	full of anger and resentment	3
5752120680	sentimental	a nostalgic reflective and emotional viewpoint	4
5753294588	sarcasm	ironic or satirical in order to critique	5
5753295234	somber	serious	6
5753296799	subjective	biased, opinionated view on a topic	7
5753297769	pious	showing spirit of REVERENCE for a god or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations	8
5753300028	plaintive	mournful	9
5753301482	poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	10
5753302440	pragmatic	practical	11
5753302925	provocative	someone who deliberately causes a strong reaction	12
5753304599	remote	a place distant from main centers of population, isolation	13
5753306005	reproachful	expressing disapproval or disappointment towards a person or object	14
5753308457	restrained	holding back	15
5753308937	melancholy	overcome with sorrow, gloomy	16
5753309842	inquisitive	curious, eager for knowledge	17
5753310867	irreverent	showing a lack of respect for something that is generally taken serious	18
5753315749	mocking	to attack, treat with ridicule, mimic	19
5753316544	nostalgic	wistful yearning for something (want something to go back)	20
5753318020	objective	unbiased	21
5753318558	outrage	powerful feeling of resentment	22
5753319192	pedantic	excessively concerned with minor details and rules	23
5753320265	facetious	slightly joking often at serious or inappropriate times	24
5753323120	fanciful	indulging in imagination, whimsical	25
5753323675	frivolous	not properly serious or sensible; of little value or importance	26
5753325135	humorous	funny amusing or comical	27
5753326861	didactic	intending to teach	28
5753327610	distraught	deeply upset and agitated	29
5753328365	dyspeptic	irritable due to depression	30
5753329301	elevated	having an intelligent or formal tone	31
5753329833	ambivalent	having mixed feelings; contradictory ideas about something or someone	32
5753331385	audacious	showing a willingness to take bold risks	33
5753332436	antagonistic	showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something	34
5753333907	arrogant	revealing exaggerated sense of one's own importance	35
5753335085	vexed	annoyed	36
5753335086	volatile	unpredictable and erratic; explosive	37
5753336303	zealous	great energy and enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective	38
5753337780	candid	truthful and straightforward	39
5753338449	condescending	patronizing superiority	40
5753339570	contemptuous	expressing disdain; scornful/disrespectful	41
5753341382	dejected	sad and depressed, dispirited	42