AP Literature Tone Vocabulary Words Flashcards

4733202594	Satiric	exposing to ridicule, denouncing, or deriding a vice or folly	0
4733203826	Whimsical	capricious; unpredictable	1
4733204360	Learned	scholarly; showing knowledge acquired by experience or study	2
4733214616	Informative	giving information; instructive	3
4733215149	Somber	extremely serious; grave	4
4733215778	Urgent	insistent; compelling or requiring immediate attention	5
4733216512	Confident	having strong belief or assurance; sure	6
4733218826	Mock-heroic	satirizing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action	7
4733219648	Objective	unbiased; not influenced by personal feeling or prejudice	8
4733220291	Diffident	timid	9
4733220821	Ironic	contradictory; exploiting then contrast between the literal and the actual, or between what is said and what is meant or understood	10
4733223154	Didactic	intended for instruction; intended to lecture or to teach a moral lesson	11
4733225249	Petty	ungenerous in trivial or trifling matters	12
4733225958	Factual	based on facts	13
4733226988	Restrained	controlled or repressed	14
4733227703	Elegiac	expressing sorrow or melancholy	15
4733228870	Disdainful	lack of respect	16
4733229512	Lugubrious	mournful or gloomy, espically in an exaggerated manner	17
4733230227	Pedantic	ostentatious in learning	18
4733232383	Indignant	expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base	19
4733237134	Bantering	characterized by good-nature exchange of light or playful remarks	20
4733239185	Flippant	frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking	21
4733241182	Condescending	implying a descent from dignity or superiority	22
4733241658	Patronizing	displaying an offensively condescending manner	23
4733245224	Facetious	not meant to be taken seriously or literally	24
4733245648	Clinical	dispassionately analytical; unemotionally critical	25
4733247108	Inflammatory	intending to arouse anger, hostility, or passion	26
4733247459	Benevolent	characterized by goodwill or kindly feelings; charitable	27
4733248817	Burlesque	involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of solemn subjects	28
4733255920	Fanciful	led by fantasy or imagination rather than reason	29
4733256676	Detached	unbiased; disengaged	30
4733264663	Cynical	distrusting the motives or sincerity of others; pessimistic	31
4733271810	Incisive	clear and direct; keen; penetrating	32
4733272495	Allusive	containing or given to references either directly or implied	33
4733276402	Scornful	derisive	34
4733276933	Effusive	extravagantly demonstrative	35
4733277337	Colloquial	informal; conversational; casual	36
4733277675	Compassionate	sympathetic	37
4733278424	Impartial	fair	38
4733279783	Insipid	vapid; bland	39
4733280826	Pretentious	characterized by the assumption of dignity, importance, or artistic distinction, ostentatious	40
4733285882	Vibrant	lively; energetic	41
4733289343	Irreverent	lacking reverence or respect	42
4733292250	Sentimental	expressive of or appealing to the tender emotions; mawkish; maudlin	43
4733293718	Moralistic	concerned with regulating morals	44
4733294323	Complimentary	admiration	45
4733295213	Contemptuous	scornful	46
4733295989	Sympathetic	looking upon with favor	47
4733296692	Taunting	showing reproach or scorn with sarcasm or an insulting manner	48
4733297917	Concerned	interested or affected	49
4733298156	Turgid	bombastic	50
4733299155	Sardonic	bitter irony	51
4733299838	Contentious	quarrelsome; causing or involved in argument or controversy	52
4733300537	Insolent	boldly rude	53
4733301238	Candid	frank; honest; outspoken	54