AP English Literature and Composition Crash Course Chapter 5 Tone Words Flashcards

7428057936	Didactic	Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.	0
7428057937	Objective	Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.	1
7428057947	Tone	The attitude of the speaker toward another character, a place, an idea, or a thing	2
7559723012	Apprehensive	Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.	3
7559725076	Elegiac	Relating to or characteristic of an elegy (lament for the dead)	4
7559731672	Quizzical	Indicating mild or amused puzzlement.	5
7559738766	Rapturous	Feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.	6
7559742304	Reproachful	Expressing disapproval or disappointment. Synonyms = disapproving, reproving, critical, censorious, disparaging, withering, accusatory, admonitory	7
7559819755	Satiric	sarcastic, critical, and mocking another's weaknesses. Synonyms = mocking, ironic, ironical, satiric, sarcastic, sardonic; More	8
7559859205	Didactic	Synonyms = instructive, instructional, educational, educative, informative, informational, edifying, improving, preceptive, pedagogic, moralistic	9
7559860781	Objective	Synonyms = impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpartisan, disinterested, neutral, uninvolved, even-handed, equitable, fair, fair-minded, just, open-minded, dispassionate, detached, neutral	10
7559862657	Apprehensive	Synonyms = anxious, worried, uneasy, nervous, concerned, agitated, tense, afraid, scared, frightened, fearful	11
7559864637	Elegiac	Synonyms = mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad	12
7559867358	Quizzical	Synonyms = inquiring, questioning, curious; puzzled, perplexed, baffled, mystified; amused, mocking, teasing	13
7559869195	Rapturous	Synonyms = ecstatic, joyful, elated, euphoric, enraptured, on cloud nine, in seventh heaven, transported, enchanted, blissful, happy	14
7559872913	Reproachful	Synonyms = disapproving, reproving, critical, censorious, disparaging, withering, accusatory, admonitory	15
7559878158	Satiric	Synonyms = mocking, ironic, ironical, satiric, sarcastic, sardonic; More	16
7559880284	Solemn	Formal and dignified; Not cheerful or smiling; serious; Characterized by deep sincerity.	17
7559887710	Solemn	Synonyms = dignified, ceremonious, serious, grave, sober, somber, unsmiling, stern, grim, dour, humorless,	18
7559911425	Candid	Truthful and straightforward; frank.	19
7559911426	Candid	Synonyms = frank, outspoken, forthright, blunt, open, honest, truthful, sincere, direct, plain-spoken, straightforward, ingenuous, bluff	20
7559911427	Cynical	1. doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile. 2. Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.	21
7559912378	Cynical	Synonyms = skeptical, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving	22
7559912380	Detached	Synonyms = dispassionate, disinterested, objective, uninvolved, outside, neutral, unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, nonpartisan, separate, disconnected	23
7559912379	Detached	1. Separate or disconnected, in particular. 2. Aloof and objective.	24
7559914560	Melancholic	Synonyms = depressed, sad, gloomy	25
7559914561	Nostalgic	Having a a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations	26
7559914562	Sanctimonious	Making a show of being morally superior to other people.	27
7559916734	Sanctimonious	Synonyms = self-righteous, pious, priggish, churchy, moralizing, preachy, smug, superior, hypocritical, insincere;	28
7559916735	Sardonic	Grimly mocking or cynical.	29
7559916736	Sardonic	Synonyms = mocking, satirical, sarcastic, ironical, darkly ironic	30
7559918098	Speculative	Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.	31
7559918099	Speculative	Synonyms = conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical	32
7559919675	Ambivalent	Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.	33
7559919676	Ambivalent	Synonyms = equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, indecisive, inconclusive, irresolute, of two minds, undecided, torn, in a quandary, on the fence, hesitating, wavering, vacillating, equivocating,	34
7559921411	Caustic	Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way	35
7559921412	Caustic	Sarcastic, cutting, biting, mordant, sharp, bitter, scathing, derisive, sardonic, ironic, scornful, trenchant, acerbic, abrasive, vitriolic, acidulous	36
7559922805	Effusive	Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.	37
7559924029	Effusive	Synonyms = gushing, gushy, unrestrained, extravagant, fulsome, demonstrative, lavish, enthusiastic, lyrical	38
7559927004	Ribald	Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way.	39
7559927005	Ribald	Synonyms = bawdy, coarse, foul-mouthed, lewd, naughty, off-color, racy, rude, base	40
7559928556	Capricious	given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.	41
7559928557	Capricious	Synonyms = fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, mercurial, volatile, unpredictable, temperamental	42
7559929574	Ridiculing	Subjecting (someone or something) to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.	43
7559929575	Ridiculing	Synonyms = derisive, taunting, taunting	44
7559929576	Reverent	Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.	45
7559929577	Reverent	Synonyms = respectful, reverential, admiring, awed, deferential	46
7559931021	Petulant	Childishly sulky or bad-tempered.	47
7559931022	Petulant	Synonyms = peevish, bad-tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, sulky, snappish, crotchety, touchy, tetchy, testy, fractious, grumpy, disgruntled, crabby	48
7559931023	Obsequious	Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.	49
7559932139	Obsequious	Synonyms = servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, groveling, cringing, subservient, submissive, slavish	50
7559932140	Patronizing	Treating with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.	51
7559932141	Patronizing	Synonyms = condescending, disdainful, supercilious	52
7559933597	Earnest	Resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.	53
7559933598	Earnest	Synonyms = serious, solemn, grave, sober, humorless, staid, intense;	54
7559934680	Indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.	55
7559936074	Indignant	Synonyms = aggrieved, resentful, affronted, disgruntled, displeased, cross, angry, mad, annoyed, offended, exasperated, irritated, piqued, nettled, in high dudgeon, chagrined	56
7559936075	Bitter	Angry, hurt, or resentful because of one's bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment.	57
7559936076	Bitter	Synonyms = Resentful, embittered, aggrieved, begrudging, rancorous, spiteful, jaundiced, ill-disposed, sullen, sour, churlish, morose, petulant, peevish, with a chip on one's shoulder	58
7559937082	Conciliatory	Intended or likely to placate (make somebody less angry) or pacify (to make somebody calm down).	59
7559937083	Conciliatory	Synonyms = propitiatory, placatory, appeasing, pacifying, mollifying, peacemaking	60
7559938052	Callous	Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.	61
7559938053	Callous	Synonyms = heartless, unfeeling, uncaring, cold, cold-hearted, hard, hard-hearted, insensitive, lacking compassion, hard-bitten, hard-nosed, hard-edged, unsympathetic	62
7559938054	Choleric	Bad-tempered or irritable.	63
7559938055	Choleric	Synonyms = irascible, irritable, angry, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, testy, cranky, crusty, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, peevish, cross, fractious, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, short-tempered	64
7559939555	Churlish	Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.	65
7559939556	Churlish	Synonyms = rude, ill-mannered, ill-bred, discourteous, impolite, unmannerly, uncivil	66
7559939557	Derisive	Expressing contempt or ridicule.	67
7559939558	Derisive	Synonyms = mocking, jeering, scoffing, teasing, derisory, snide, sneering	68
7559940563	Contemptuous	Showing contempt; scornful.	69
7559940564	Contemptuous	Synonyms = scornful, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, insolent, derisive, mocking	70
7559942952	Accusatory	Casting blame; hinting that somebody has done something wrong	71
7559944748	Obsequious	Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.	72
7559944749	Obsequious	Synonyms = servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, groveling, cringing, subservient, submissive, slavish	73
7559985772	Melancholic	Feeling or expressing pensive sadness.	74
7560036706	Nostalgic	Synonyms = wistful, evocative, romantic, sentimental, maudlin;	75