AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9918456879	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9918456880	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9918456881	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9918456882	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9918456883	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9918456884	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9918456885	animated	lively; spirited	6
9918456886	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9918456887	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9918456888	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9918456889	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9918456890	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9918456891	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9918456892	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9918456893	benevolent	Kind	14
9918456894	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9918456895	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9918456896	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9918456897	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9918456898	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9918456899	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9918456900	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9918456901	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9918456902	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9918456903	curious	inquisitive	24
9918456904	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9918456905	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9918456906	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9918456907	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9918456908	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9918456909	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9918456910	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9918456911	disheartening	discouraging	32
9918456912	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9918456913	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9918456914	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9918456915	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9918456916	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9918456917	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9918456918	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9918456919	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9918456920	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9918456921	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9918456922	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9918456923	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9918456924	frank	honest	45
9918456925	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9918456926	humble	modest	47
9918456927	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9918456928	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9918456929	inane	Foolish	50
9918456930	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9918456931	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9918456932	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9918456933	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9918456934	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9918456935	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9918456936	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9918456937	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9918456938	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9918456939	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9918456940	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9918456941	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9918456942	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9918456943	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9918456944	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9918456945	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9918456946	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9918456947	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9918456948	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9918456949	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9918456950	outspoken	candid	71
9918456951	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9918456952	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9918456953	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9918456954	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9918456955	pragmatic	Practical	76
9918456956	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
9918456957	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9918456958	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9918456959	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9918456960	righteous	morally justified	81
9918456961	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9918456962	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9918456963	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9918456964	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9918456965	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9918456966	sincere	earnest	87
9918456967	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9918456968	solemn	serious	89
9918456969	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9918456970	submissive	docile; meek	91
9918456971	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9918456972	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9918456973	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9918456974	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9918456975	unassuming	modest	96
9918456976	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9918456977	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9918456978	witty	Clever or amusing	99