AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

4880506854	Bombastic	high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated	0
4880506855	Colloquial	used in ordinary or familiar conversation	1
4880506856	Esoteric	intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest	2
4880506857	Euphemistic	a mild or pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive	3
4880506858	Grotesque	comically or repulsively ugly or distorted	4
4880506859	Idiomatic	using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker; informal	5
4880506860	Insipid	lacking vigor or interest	6
4880506861	Jargon	special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand	7
4880506862	Pedantic	overly concerned with formalities	8
4880506863	Picturesque	unusual and vivid	9
4880506864	Pretentious	attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed	10
4880506865	Provincial	lacking refinement	11
4880506866	Sensuous	relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect	12
4880506867	Trite	lacking originality or freshness	13
4880506868	Amiable	having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner	14
4880506869	Elated	very happy and excited	15
4880506870	Exuberant	lively energy and excitement	16
4880506871	Jovial	cheerful and friendly	17
4880506872	Jubilant	feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph	18
4880506873	Reverent	feeling or showing deep and solemn respect	19
4880506874	Agitated	feeling or appearing troubled or nervous	20
4880506875	Brash	self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way	21
4880506876	Choleric	bad-tempered or irritable	22
4880506877	Coarse	rude, crude, or vulgar	23
4880506878	Condemnatory	expressing strong disapproval	24
4880506879	Disgruntled	angry or dissatisfied	25
4880506880	Facetious	treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor	26
4880506881	Haughty	arrogantly superior and disdainful	27
4880506882	Indignant	anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	28
4880506883	Inflammatory	arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings	29
4880506884	Quarrelsome	ready or likely to argue or disagree	30
4880506885	Surly	bad-tempered and unfriendly	31
4880506886	Testy	easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered	32
4880506887	Contemptuous	feeling or showing deep hatred or disapproval	33
4880506888	Droll	Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.	34
4880506889	Flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	35
4880506890	Insolent	showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect	36
4880506891	Mock-heroic	imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject	37
4880506892	Pompous	affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important	38
4880506893	Quizzical	indicating mild or amused puzzlement	39
4880506894	Ribald	vulgar or indecent in speech	40
4880506895	Sardonic	skeptically humorous	41
4880506896	Apprehensive	anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen	42
4880506897	Foreboding	fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen	43
4880506898	Melancholy	sad and pensive	44
4880506899	Morose	sullen and ill-tempered	45
4880506900	Ominous	giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen	46
4880506901	Poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	47
4880506902	Resigned	having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about	48
4880506903	Staid	serious, boring, or old-fashioned	49
4880506904	Admonitory	giving or conveying a warning or reprimand	50
4880506905	Callous	showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others	51
4880506906	Candid	truthful and straightforward	52
4880506907	Clinical	efficient and unemotional	53
4880506908	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	54
4880506909	Earnest	serious and sincere	55
4880506910	Fervent	having or displaying a passionate intensity	56
4880506911	Forthright	direct and outspoken; straightforward and honest	57
4880506912	Frivolous	carefree and not serious	58
4880506913	Histrionic	overly theatrical or melodramatic	59
4880506914	Incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	60
4880506915	Intimate	Closely acquainted, familiar, close	61
4880506916	Obsequious	too eager to help or obey someone important	62
4880506917	Vexed	annoyed, frustrated, or worried	63
4880506918	Zealous	feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause; enthusiastic	64
4880507714	Fanciful	Whimsical, dreamy, wistful	65
4880554814	Exact	Admitting of no deviation, strict, rigid	66
4880587004	Giddy	Frivolous and lighthearted	67
4880591194	Macab	Death as a subject, dwelling on gruesome	68
4880599242	Caustic	Severely critical or sarcastic	69
4880603377	Disdainful	Scornful, feeling of contempt for anything unworthy	70
4880610111	Scornful	Expressing contempt	71
4880615556	Whimsical	Erratic, unpredictable	72
4880617767	Wry	Devious in corse or purpose, misdirected	73
4880624035	Inquisitive	Curious, seeking knowledge	74
4880625114	Meditative	Absorbed by meditation, calm	75
4880627225	Wistful	Full of yearned but tinged with melancholy	76
4887832693	Lugubrious	Excessively sad, dramatic	77