AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

8525573905	Abhorrent	Hateful	0
8525580596	Acrimonious	Stinging, bitter in temper or tone	1
8525583891	Allusive	working by suggestion rather than explicit mention	2
8525590639	Angst-ridden	Seriously affected by a feeling of dread or anxiety	3
8525594296	Antipathy	Strong dislike	4
8525598258	Audacious	Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring	5
8525600739	Aversive	Irritating or unpleasant	6
8525614317	Benevolent	Kindly; favorable towards	7
8525627731	Brusque	(adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities	8
8525629955	Burlesque	Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject	9
8525633860	Bewildered	Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements	10
8525639845	Caustic	Severely critical or sarcastic	11
8525642710	Choleric	(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered	12
8525652574	Colloquial	Informal language	13
8525662103	Conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	14
8525666327	Contemptuous	Haughty; scornful	15
8525668934	Credulous	gullible; ready to believe anything	16
8525678798	Callous	Emotionally hardened; insensitive; unfeeling	17
8525681144	Contrite	Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	18
8525683082	Derisive	Expressing ridicule	19
8525685838	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	20
8525688145	Diffident	lacking self-confidence	21
8525692053	Disconsolate	Hopelessly sad	22
8525696381	Dismal	miserable, dreary	23
8525706407	earnest	marked by deep sincerity and serious intent	24
8525711261	effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	25
8525738742	elegiac	expressing sorrow often for something past	26
8638064016	erudite	scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic	27
8638069642	euphonious	pleasing in sound	28
8638074004	exhortative	intending to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings	29
8638309890	facetious	(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously	30
8638403824	fatuous	silly, foolish	31
8638416276	fervent	characterized by intense emotion	32
8638424484	flippant	(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	33
8638432609	funereal	solemn as befitting a funeral	34
8638440178	grave	serious; dignified; formal	35
8638442672	grim	gloomy, harsh, and frightening	36
8638447911	haughty	arrogant, condescending	37
8638452118	hostile	unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive	38
8638456573	idyllic	charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful	39
8638460083	imperious	arrogantly domineering or overbearing	40
8638462765	inane	(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value	41
8638483311	incisive	sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter	42
8638491877	incredulous	(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical	43
8638498408	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	44
8638502892	insipid	lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating	45
8638517921	insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful	46
8638530683	irascible	irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross	47
8638549478	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	48
8638563015	jingoistic	overly patriotic	49
8638570863	jocund	cheerful and lighthearted	50
8638577439	laudatory	containing or expressing praise	51
8638599592	lugubrious	excessively mournful	52
8638603359	lyrical	Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination.	53
8638607661	macabre	(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject	54
8638611602	maudlin	overly emotional	55
8638614672	morose	(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable	56
8638620895	nostalgic	wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick	57
8638628614	narcissistic	conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	58
8638633116	obsequious	overly submissive and eager to please	59
8638637104	pedantic	marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects	60
8638641950	pensive	engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought	61
8638647219	petulant	(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset	62
8638651619	pithy	(adj.) short but full of meaning and point	63
8638658414	patronizing	treating with condescension; acting superior	64
8638661651	pretentious	pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured	65
8638667903	qualmish	adj. slightly ill	66
8638671505	rancorous	showing deep-seated resentment	67
8638676792	repugnant	(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful	68
8638684100	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	69
8638687247	ribald	(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language	70
8638691860	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	71
8638694558	sardonic	cynical; scornfully mocking	72
8638701049	saturnine	gloomy; sluggish	73
8638704019	scathing	harshly critical	74
8638707935	sullen	(adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish.	75
8638713388	servile	submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior	76
8638719148	simpering	wearing a childish grin	77
8638722464	taunting	sarcastically challenging or insulting	78
8638726019	terse	brief and to the point	79
8638730795	timorous	timid, fearful	80
8638735299	trepidation	fear, apprehension	81
8638742720	vehement	forceful; furious	82
8638745652	vexed	troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances	83
8638751153	vitriolic	bitter, sarcastic	84
8638756422	vivacious	lively, sprightly, full of energy	85
8638760564	vituperative	using or containing harsh, abusive censure	86
8638765562	venerating	regard with great respect	87
8638769686	wistful	vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful	88
8638774452	zealous	fervent; fanatical	89