AP Lit Tone Words Flashcards

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8087675017	aloof	not emotionally involved, at a distance	0
8087675018	apathetic	uncaring	1
8087675019	ambivalent	having mixed feelings, could go either way	2
8087675020	audacious	recklessly bold or contemptuous;	3
8087675022	callous	uncaring, or feeling no emotion	4
8087675023	condescending	with an air of superiority, talking down to	5
8087675024	contemptuous	lacking respect, derisive	6
8087675025	caustic	harshly sarcastic	7
8087675026	cautionary	prudent forethought	8
8087675027	choleric	easily angered	9
8087675029	cynical	distrustful	10
8087675030	demoralized	discourage	11
8087675031	diffident	reserved, unassertive	12
8087675032	disdainful	scorn, despise	13
8087675033	didactic	intending to instruct	14
8087675034	derisive	insulting and condescending	15
8087675035	earnest	heartfelt and serious	16
8087675036	effusive	overflowing and demonstrative	17
8087675037	enervating	to deprive of force or strength	18
8087675038	elegiac	sorrowful lamentation	19
8087675039	empathetic	sensitivity, relating to another's emotions	20
8087675040	erudite	scholarly	21
8087675041	facetious	sarcastic	22
8087675043	forthright	direct and outspoken	23
8087675044	flippant	frivolously disrespectful	24
8087675045	frivolous	carefree and unconcerned	25
8087675047	hubristic	to be exessively prideful or arrogant (not a real word meaning to pertain to hubris)	26
8087675048	incredulous	skeptical and unbelieving	27
8087675049	incensed	full of rage	28
8087675050	indignant	self-rightously angry	29
8087675051	intimate	personal and emotional	30
8087675053	jovial	hearty conviviality and good cheer	31
8087675054	kowtowing	to act in an obsequious manner	32
8087675056	laissez-faire	laid back, unwilling to get involved	33
8087675057	lugubrious	mournful, dismal, or gloomy	34
8087675058	morose	ill-humored, very down	35
8087675059	malicious	vicious, wanton, or mischievous	36
8087675060	mordant	caustic or sarcastic in a mean way	37
8087675062	obsequious	overly obedient, dutiful, brown-nosing, fawning	38
8087675063	omnipotent	all mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing	39
8087675064	patronizing	Talking down to, conveying experience to one who has none	40
8087675065	pompous	stuck up, considering self better than everyone else	41
8087675066	poignant	producing keen or strong emotion	42
8087675067	provocative	inciting, stimulating, irritating	43
8087675068	quizzical	questioning, ridiculing, or chaffing	44
8087675070	reverent	deeply respectful	45
8087675071	reflective	meditative or deliberative	46
8087675072	resigned	passive, accepting as inevitable	47
8087675074	sardonic	scornful derision, mocking, cynical	48
8087675075	seductive	enticing, beguiling, captivating	49
8087675076	sentimental	emotional attachment	50
8087675077	supercilious	haughty, disdainful or contemptuous	51
8087675079	vehement	with great energy or exertion, with great emphasis and passion	52
8087675080	volatile	tending or threatening to break out into open violence	53