AP Literature Tone Words 2 Flashcards

7834117239	Abashed	ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted	0
7834117240	Abhorring	to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate	1
7834117241	Absurd	ridiculous; silly	2
7834117242	Accusatory	Expressing or implying an accusation	3
7834117243	Acerbic	Sharp; harsh; biting	4
7834117244	Admiring	to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval	5
7834117245	Admonishing	cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding, especially in a mild and good-willed manner; reminding	6
7834117246	Adoring	to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor	7
7834117247	Affectionate	showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love;fondly tender	8
7834117248	Ambiguous	open to having several possible meanings or interpretations	9
7834117249	Ambivalent	uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by the inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or td two opposite or conflicting things	10
7834117250	Amused	pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted	11
7834117251	Antagonistic	acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually hostile; unfriendly	12
7834117252	Anxious	full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous/ earnestly desirous; eager	13
7834117253	Apathetic	having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive	14
7834117254	Apologetic	containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury	15
7834117255	Appreciative	feeling or expressive of gratitude	16
7834117256	Apprehensive	uneasy or fearful about something that might happen	17
7834117257	Approving	to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorable	18
7834117258	Ardent	Passionate; zealous; fiery	19
7834117259	Arrogant	making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud	20
7834117260	Audacious	extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless	21
7834117261	Authoritarian	having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial	22
7834117262	Awed	Filled with reverence, dread, wonder	23
7834117263	Baffled	to confuse, bewilder, or perplex	24
7834117264	Bantering	Good-humored, playful conversation	25
7834117265	Bellicose	Warlike; hostile; inclined to fight	26
7834117266	Belligerent	Hostile; aggressive; inclined to fight	27
7834117267	Bemused	bewildered or confused/ lost in thought; preoccupied	28
7834117268	Benevolent	Charitable, kind, Generous	29
7844082365	Bewildered	Completely puzzled or confused; perplexed	30
7844087542	Biting	nipping; smarting; keen/ cutting; sarcastic	31
7844090192	Bitter	having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes/ characterized by intense antagonism or hostility/ hard to admit or accept	32
7844095890	Blithe	joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful	33
7844105639	Blunt	abrupt in address or manner/ slow in perception or understanding; obtuse	34
7844108419	Bold	not hesitating or fearful in the face of danger or rebuff; courageous and daring; not hesitating to break the rules of propriety; forward; impudent	35
7844112193	Brisk	quick and active; lively/ sharp and stimulating	36
7844116874	Brusque	abrupt in manner; blunt; rough	37
7844119389	Burlesque	an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity	38
7844125831	Callous	Hardened; unfeeling; indifferent to the suffering of others	39
7844127434	Calm	without rough motion; still or nearly still/ free from excitement or passion; tranquil	40
7844133471	Candid	Honest; open; straightforward	41
7844137080	Capricious	flighty; led by whims; erratic	42
7844143464	Casual	without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing	43
7844146780	Caustic	making biting, corrosive comments	44
7844153751	Censorious	severely critical; faultfinding	45
7844157954	Ceremonial	of, pertaining to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual	46
7844161676	Cheerful	characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness	47
7844164813	Childish	of, like, or befitting a child/puerile; weak; silly	48
7844170173	Choleric	extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible	49
7844170174	Clinical	concerned with or based on actual observation and treatment of disease in patients rather than experimentation or theory/ extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical	50
7844179179	Colloquial	characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.	51
7844181906	Comforting	To soothe in time of affliction or distress.	52
7844184794	Comic	funny; humorous	53
7844189065	Commanding	appreciably superior or imposing; winning; sizable	54
7844193830	Compassionate	having or showing compassion	55
7844195522	Complex	characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.	56
7844201049	Complimentary	of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering	57
7844209726	Conceited	having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.	58