AP Literature Tone Set One Flashcards

AP Quizlet Game Set Middleton High School

7557397958	Acerbic	Sharp; harsh; biting	0
7557397959	Apathetic	Showing little or no emotion; indifferent	1
7557397960	Ardent	Passionate; zealous; fiery	2
7557397961	Awed	Filled with reverence, dread, wonder	3
7557397962	Bellicose	Warlike; hostile; a synonym to belligerent but usually actively engaged in fighting	4
7557397963	Belligerent	Hostile; aggressive; a synonym to bellicose implying a nature inclined to fight	5
7557397964	Benevolent	Charitable, kind, generous	6
7557397965	Callous	Hardened; unfeeling; indifferent to the suffering of others	7
7557397966	Candid	Honest; open; straightforward	8
7557397967	Caustic	Harsh or corrosive; acerbic	9
7557397968	Condescending	Showing a superior, patronizing attitude	10
7557397969	Contemplative	Deeply thoughtful, reverent	11
7557397970	Contemptuous	Showing disrespectful disapproval; scornful	12
7557397971	Cynical	Skeptical of the motives of others, contemptuously distrustful, distrustful of the sincere motives of others	13
7557397972	Derisive	Mocking, Jeering. A synonym of contempt, this is the act of treating with disrespect	14
7557397973	Didactic	Instructive, inclined to teach often for a moralistic or edifying purpose	15
7557397974	Disdainful	Scornful, haughty, proud. A synonym of contempt (mental judgment), this is the feeling negative mental judgment produces	16
7557397975	Effusive	Unrestrained or profuse and emotional expression; gushy	17
7557397976	Elegiac	Mournful, expressing sorrow or lamentation	18
7557397977	Erudite	Learned or scholarly	19
7557397978	Facetious	Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; a synonym of flippant but taken as more light, less disrespectful	20
7557397979	Fanciful	Imaginative, whimsical	21
7557397980	Flippant	Disrespectfully casual, frivolous. A synonym of facetious, but with more negative, dismissive, disrespectful	22
7557397981	Foreboding	Marked by a sense of impending evil, ominous	23
7557397982	Histrionic	Overly dramatic, affected and behavior or speech	24
7557397983	Incredulous	Expressing disbelief, skeptical	25
7557397984	Indignant	Expressing anger at unjust actions or treatment, expressing offense	26
7557397985	Inflammatory	Arousing strong emotion, especially anger, intending to provoke	27
7557397986	Irreverent	Lacking respect or veneration for what is generally revered or accepted	28
7557397987	Jaded	Unenthusiastic or apathetic, usually as a result of repetition or disappointment, weary	29
7557397988	Jovial	Jolly, good-humored	30
7557397989	Laudatory	Expressing praise or admiration	31
7557397990	Lugubrious	Exaggerated mournful or gloomy, forlorn, miserable	32
7557397991	Malicious	Intending to harm, showing malice	33
7557397992	Maudlin	Foolishly or tearfully sentimental	34