AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

7780624490	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
7780624491	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
7780624492	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
7780624493	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
7780624494	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
7780624495	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
7780624496	animated	lively; spirited	6
7780624497	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
7780624498	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
7780624499	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
7780624500	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
7780624501	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
7780624502	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
7780624503	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
7780624504	benevolent	Kind	14
7780624505	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
7780624506	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling, inured	16
7780624507	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
7780624508	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
7780624509	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
7780624510	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
7780624511	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
7780624512	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
7780624513	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
7780624514	curious	inquisitive	24
7780624515	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
7780624516	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
7780624517	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
7780624518	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
7780624519	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
7780624520	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
7780624521	dignified	worthy of respect	31
7780624522	disheartening	discouraging	32
7780624523	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
7780624524	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
7780624525	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
7780624526	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
7780624527	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
7780624528	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
7780624529	enthusiastic	zealous	39
7780624530	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
7780624531	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
7780624532	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
7780624533	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
7780624534	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
7780624535	frank	honest	45
7780624536	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
7780624537	humble	modest	47
7780624538	humorous	facetious; funny	48
7780624539	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
7780624540	inane	Foolish	50
7780624541	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
7780624542	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
7780624543	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
7780624544	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
7780624545	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
7780624546	irreverent	disrespectful	56
7780624547	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
7780624548	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
7780624549	laudatory	expressing praise	59
7780624550	macabre	horrible; grim	60
7780624551	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
7780624552	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
7780624553	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
7780624554	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
7780624555	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
7780624556	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
7780624557	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
7780624558	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
7780624559	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
7780624560	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
7780624561	outspoken	candid	71
7780624562	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
7780624563	pensive	Thoughtful	73
7780624564	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
7780624565	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
7780624566	pragmatic	Practical	76
7780624567	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
7780624568	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
7780624569	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
7780624570	reverent	deeply respectful	80
7780624571	righteous	morally justified	81
7780624572	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
7780624573	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
7780624574	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
7780624575	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
7780624576	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
7780624577	sincere	earnest	87
7780624578	skeptical	Doubtful	88
7780624579	solemn	serious	89
7780624580	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
7780624581	submissive	docile; meek	91
7780624582	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
7780624583	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
7780624584	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
7780624585	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
7780624586	unassuming	modest	96
7780624587	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
7780624588	vindictive	Revengeful	98
7780624589	witty	Clever or amusing	99