AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

8384465136	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
8384465137	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
8384465138	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
8384465139	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
8384465140	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
8384465141	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
8384465142	animated	lively; spirited	6
8384465143	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
8384465144	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
8384465145	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
8384465146	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
8384465147	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
8384465148	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
8384465149	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
8384465150	benevolent	Kind	14
8384465151	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
8384465152	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
8384465153	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
8384465154	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
8384465155	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
8384465156	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
8384465157	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
8384465158	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
8384465159	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
8384465160	curious	inquisitive	24
8384465161	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
8384465162	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
8384465163	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
8384465164	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
8384465165	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
8384465166	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
8384465167	dignified	worthy of respect	31
8384465168	disheartening	discouraging	32
8384465169	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
8384465170	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
8384465171	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
8384465172	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
8384465173	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
8384465174	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
8384465175	enthusiastic	zealous	39
8384465176	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
8384465177	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
8384465178	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
8384465179	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
8384465180	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
8384465181	frank	honest	45
8384465182	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
8384465183	humble	modest	47
8384465184	humorous	facetious; funny	48
8384465185	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
8384465186	inane	Foolish	50
8384465187	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
8384465188	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
8384465189	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
8384465190	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
8384465191	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
8384465192	irreverent	disrespectful	56
8384465193	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
8384465194	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
8384465195	laudatory	expressing praise	59
8384465196	macabre	horrible; grim	60
8384465197	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
8384465198	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
8384465199	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
8384465200	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
8384465201	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
8384465202	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
8384465203	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
8384465204	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
8384465205	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
8384465206	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
8384465207	outspoken	candid	71
8384465208	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
8384465209	pensive	Thoughtful	73
8384465210	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
8384465211	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
8384465212	pragmatic	Practical	76
8384465213	pretentious	done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious	77
8384465214	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
8384465215	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
8384465216	reverent	deeply respectful	80
8384465217	righteous	morally justified	81
8384465218	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
8384465219	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
8384465220	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
8384465221	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
8384465222	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
8384465223	sincere	earnest	87
8384465224	skeptical	Doubtful	88
8384465225	solemn	serious	89
8384465226	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
8384465227	submissive	docile; meek	91
8384465228	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
8384465229	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
8384465230	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
8384465231	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
8384465232	unassuming	modest	96
8384465233	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
8384465234	vindictive	Revengeful	98
8384465235	witty	Clever or amusing	99