AP Tone Words #3 Flashcards

4974230547	Obsequious	Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery	0
4974230548	Odious	Unequivocally detestable	1
4974230549	Ominous	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments	2
4974230550	Omnipotent	Having unlimited power	3
4974230551	Patronizing	Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance	4
4974230552	Pedantic	Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning	5
4974230553	Pejorative	Expressing disapproval	6
4974230554	Pernicious	Exceedingly harmful	7
4974230555	Pithy	Concise and full of meaning	8
4974230556	Pompous	Puffed up with vanity	9
4974230557	Poignant	Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings	10
4974230558	Provocative	Serving or tending to excite or stimulate	11
4974230559	Puerile	Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity	12
4974230560	Quizzical	Perplexed	13
4974230561	Recondite	Difficult to penetrate	14
4974230562	Reticent	Reluctant to draw attention to yourself	15
4974230563	Reverent	Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration	16
4974230564	Reflective	Capable of physically throwing back light or sound	17
4974230565	Ribald	Humorously vulgar	18
4974230566	Sardonic	Disdainfully or ironically humorous	19
4974230567	Seductive	Tending to entice into a desired action or state	20
4974230568	Sentimental	Marked by tender, romantic, or nostalgic emotion	21
4974230569	Specious	Plausible but false	22
4974230570	Succinct	Briefly giving the gist of something	23
4974230571	Supercilious	Having or showing arrogant superiority to	24
4974230572	Timorous	Timid by nature or revealing timidity	25
4974230573	Ubiquitous	Being present everywhere at once	26
4974230574	Unctuous	Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating	27
4974230575	Vehement	Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions	28
4974230576	Visceral	Relating to or affecting the internal organs	29
4974230577	Vitriolic	Harsh or corrosive in tone	30
4974230578	Volatile	Substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to vapor	31
4974230579	Zealous	Marked by active interest and enthusiasm	32