AP Language and Composition Tone Vocabulary Flashcards

7231599385	Abstruse	Concealed or hidden	0
7263260455	Aloof	(adj.) withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice)	1
7263266269	Assuage	make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense	2
7263270587	Augment	to make larger, increase	3
7263273520	Aggrandizement	An increase in rank or wealth; growth in power. Exaggeration	4
7263278271	Abashedly	Humbly, with humility	5
7263281491	Asymmetry	not identical on both sides of a central line	6
7231599386	Accusatory	Charging of wrong doing; to accuse	7
7231599387	Acrimonious	Bitter feeling	8
7231599388	Adulation	Excessive flattery or admiration	9
7231599389	Antipathy	A strong feeling of aversion (dislike)	10
7231599390	Apathetic	Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern	11
7231599391	Awe	Solemn wonder	12
7263290432	Audacious	(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring	13
7263300813	Abysmal	extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless	14
7263303726	Atrocious	monstrous, shockingly bad, wicked	15
7231599392	Bellicose	Warlike manner or temperament	16
7263310165	Bombastic	pompous; using inflated language	17
7263314759	Benevolent	kindly, charitable	18
7231599393	Bitter	Exhibiting strong dislike as a result of pain or grief	19
7231599394	Burlesque	Mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration	20
7231599395	Callous	Unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others	21
7231599396	Candor	Frankness or sincerity of expression	22
7231599397	Capricious	Characterized by or subject whim (impulse)	23
7231599398	Caustic	Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting	24
7231599399	Choleric	Hot tempered; easily angered	25
7231599400	Colloquial	Use of slang in writing often to create local color and to provide an informational tone	26
7231599401	Condescension	Condescending- a feeling of superiority	27
7231599402	Conciliatory	To try to reconcile	28
7231599403	Confidential	Done in secret indicating intimacy	29
7231599404	Contemplative	Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue	30
7231599405	Contemptuous	Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect	31
7231599406	Conventional	Lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality	32
7231599407	Critical	Finding fault	33
7231599408	Cynical	Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people	34
7263320869	Chauvinistic	prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind; bigot, biased	35
7263324759	Consternation	feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected	36
7263329191	Contrived	Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously artificial; labored	37
7263334544	Contrite	extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	38
7263340887	Cloying	sickeningly sweet	39
7231599409	Derisive	Ridiculing, mocking	40
7231599410	Despondent	Showing extreme discouragement or depression	41
7231599411	Detached	standing by itself; unconnected	42
7231599412	Disdainful	Scornful	43
7231599413	Didactic	Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader	44
7231599414	Dogmatic	Characterized by authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved principles	45
7231599415	Droll	Amusingly odd or whimsically comical	46
7263348504	Disparaging	tending to belittle or bring reproach upon	47
7263353481	Deferential	showing respect for another's authority	48
7263411813	Diffident	shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved	49
7231599416	Earnest	Intense, a sincere state of mind	50
7263363267	Ersatz	Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute	51
7263365665	Egregious	outstandingly bad; shocking	52
7231599417	Elegiac	Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow	53
7231599418	Erudite	Learned, polished, scholarly	54
7231599419	Esoteric	Only meant to be understood by a specific group of people	55
7231599420	Euphoric	Feeling of elation or great joy	56
7231599421	Facetious	Playfully jocular, humorous	57
7231599422	Fanciful	Using the imagination	58
7231599423	Flippant	Lacking proper respect	59
7231599424	Forthright	Directly frank without hesitation	60
7263373112	Futility	Pointlessness or uselessness	61
7263375876	Fluidity	the ability to flow	62
7231599425	Frivolous	Lacking in seriousness	63
7231599426	Glib	Showing little forethought or preparation	64
7263380627	Gravitas	great or very dignified seriousness	65
7231599427	Gloomy	Darkness, sadness, rejection	66
7231599428	Gothic	Of or relating to a type of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate	67
7231599429	Grudging	Reluctant, unwilling	68
7231599430	Haughty	Proud and vain to the point of arrogance	69
7231599431	Idiomatic	Relating to idiom; the language peculiar to a people; dialect	70
7231599432	Idyllic	Simple and carefree	71
7231599433	Incisiveness	Penetration; clear and sharp, as in expression	72
7231599434	Indifference	State or quality of not caring one way or the other	73
7231599435	Indignant	Marked by anger aroused by injustice	74
7231599436	Intimate	Very familiar	75
7231599437	Invective	Abusive language (calling someone names, that sort of thing)	76
7263389551	Insightful	Intuitive; having the ability to understand clearly the inner nature of things	77
7263395008	Incongrouous	incompatible (adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible	78
7263403173	Introspection	(n.) contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct	79
7263406960	Imprudent	not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash, unwise	80
7231599438	Judgmental	Authoritative and often having critical opinions	81
7231599439	Jovial	Happy	82
7263420591	Jingoism	extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.	83
7231599440	Laudatory	Of or relating to the expression of praise	84
7231599441	Lugubrious	Dark, dramatic, brooding (So Mr. Bowe)	85
7231599442	Lyrical	Expression of a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song like	86
7263426154	lamenting	regretting deeply; mourning, expressly sorrow	87
7263431767	Lambasting	scolding harshly; giving a verbal beating to	88
7231599443	Macabre	Having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome	89
7231599444	Malicious	Purposely hurtful	90
7231599445	Matter- of- Fact	Accepting conditions; not fanciful or emotional	91
7231599446	Maudlin	Weak and overly sentimental	92
7231599447	Mocking	Treating with contempt or ridicule	93
7263465501	Mordant	(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh	94
7231599448	Morose	Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent	95
7231599449	Nostalgic	Bittersweet longing for persons and things from the past	96
7231599450	Objective	An unbiased view-able to leave personal judgement aside	97
7231599451	Ominous	Having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster	98
7231599452	Optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	99
7231599453	Obsequious	Polite and obedient in order to gain something	100
7231599454	Patronizing	Air of condescension	101
7231599455	Pedantic	Emphasizing trivial points; narrow minded; insisting on strict adherence to the rules; displaying one's knowledge more than necessary	102
7231599456	Pedestrian	Ordinary and dull	103
7231599457	Pessimistic	Seeing the worst side of things; no hope	104
7263438099	Poignant	profoundly moving; touching	105
7263444701	Provocative	tending to excite or stimulate	106
7263448183	Polarized	Divided into sharply opposed groups	107
7263452757	Pacifism	opposition to all war	108
7231599458	Quizzical	Odd, eccentric, amusing	109
7263459818	Querulous	peevish, complaining, fretful	110
7231599459	Reflective	Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions	111
7231599460	Resigned	A feeling of having given oneself over without resistance	112
7231599461	Reverent	Treating a subject with honor and respect	113
7231599462	Ribald	Offensive in speech or gesture	114
7231599463	Ridiculing	Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of	115
7231599464	Sanguineous	Optimistic, cheerful	116
7231599465	Sarcastic	Sneering, caustic- saying the opposite of what is meant	117
7231599466	Sardonic	Scornful and bitterly sarcastic	118
7231599467	Satiric	Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach	119
7231599468	Scathing	Harshly cynical	120
7231599469	Scornful	Full of contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or untrustworthy	121
7231599470	Sentimental	Influenced by tender feelings; affecting the emotions	122
7231599471	Sincere	Without deceit or pretense; genuine	123
7231599472	Solemn	Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection	124
7263471415	Self-Aggrandizing	n. exaggerating one's own purpose or power	125
7231599473	Strident	Harsh sounding; grating, shrill	126
7231599474	Subjective	Of, relating to, or constituting a subject; of, relating to, or arising within one's self or mind in contrast to what is outside; personal	127
7231599475	Vituperative	Containing or characterized by wordy abuse	128
7263476678	Vitriolic	(adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)	129
7263480777	Veneration	great respect	130
7263483506	Vexed		131
7231599476	Whimsical	Odd, strange, fantastic; fun	132
7231599477	Wistful	Full of timorous longing and unfulfilled desire	133
7231599478	Wry	Marked by a cleaver twist; often with a hint of irony	134