AP English Language Tone Words Flashcards

5861095661	optimistic	hopeful, cheerful	0
5861103335	objective	an unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside	1
5861110256	solemn	deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	2
5861131348	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	3
5861135617	apathetic	indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	4
5861142165	awe	solemn wonder	5
5861145006	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	6
5861151192	cynical	questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	7
5861157248	condescension; condescending	a feeling of superiority	8
5861159556	callous	unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	9
5861162684	contemplative	studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	10
5861167244	choleric	hot-tempered, easily angered	11
5861171627	contemptuous	showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	12
5861178530	critical	finding fault	13
5861185478	caustic	intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	14
5861187065	conventional	lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality	15
5861194115	disdainful	scornful	16
5861197493	didactic	author attempts to educate or instruct the reader	17
5861202534	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	18
5861206589	earnest	intense, a sincere state of mind	19
5861211193	erudite	learned, polished, scholarly	20
5861215562	fanciful	using imagination	21
5861221323	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	22
5861226771	gloomy	darkness, sadness, rejection	23
5861228555	intimate	very familiar	24
5861231438	judgmental	authoritative and often having critical opinions	25
5861235556	lyrical	expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like	26
5861239967	matter-of-fact	accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional	27
5861242468	mocking	treating with contempt or ridicule	28
5861245651	morose	gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	29
5861249085	obsequious	polite and obedient in order to gain something	30
5861253718	patronizing	air of condescension	31
5861256201	pessimistic	seeing the worst side of things; no hope	32
5861259223	quizzical	odd, eccentric, amusing	33
5861264289	ribald	offensive in speech or gesture	34
5861270547	reverent	treating a subject with honor and respect	35
5861273400	ridiculing	slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	36
5861276759	reflective	illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	37
5861280388	sarcastic	sneering, caustic	38
5861283667	sardonic	scornfully and bitterly sarcastic	39
5861287580	satiric	ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	40
5861290456	sincere	without deceit or pretense; genuine	41
5861293549	sanguineous	optimistic, cheerful	42
5861296540	whimsical	odd, strange, fantastic; fun	43
5861302187	indignant	marked by anger aroused by injustice	44
5861304598	malicious	purposeful hurt	45
5861315854	jovial	happy	46
5861323925	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	47