AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

10186747110	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
10186747111	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
10186747112	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
10186747113	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
10186747114	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
10186747115	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
10186747116	animated	lively; spirited	6
10186747117	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
10186747118	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
10186747119	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
10186747120	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
10186747121	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
10186747122	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
10186747123	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
10186747124	benevolent	Kind	14
10186747125	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
10186747126	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
10186747127	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
10186747128	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
10186747129	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
10186747130	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
10186747131	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
10186747132	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
10186747133	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
10186747134	curious	inquisitive	24
10186747135	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
10186747136	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
10186747137	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
10186747138	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
10186747139	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
10186747140	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
10186747141	dignified	worthy of respect	31
10186747142	disheartening	discouraging	32
10186747143	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
10186747144	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
10186747145	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
10186747146	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
10186747147	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
10186747148	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
10186747149	enthusiastic	zealous	39
10186747150	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
10186747151	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
10186747152	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
10186747153	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
10186747154	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
10186747155	frank	honest	45
10186747156	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
10186747157	humble	modest	47
10186747158	humorous	facetious; funny	48
10186747159	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
10186747160	inane	Foolish	50
10186747161	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
10186747162	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
10186747163	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
10186747164	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
10186747165	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
10186747166	irreverent	disrespectful	56
10186747167	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
10186747168	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
10186747169	laudatory	expressing praise	59
10186747170	macabre	horrible; grim	60
10186747171	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
10186747172	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
10186747173	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
10186747174	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
10186747175	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
10186747176	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
10186747177	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
10186747178	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
10186747179	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
10186747180	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
10186747181	outspoken	candid	71
10186747182	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
10186747183	pensive	Thoughtful	73
10186747184	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
10186747185	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
10186747186	pragmatic	Practical	76
10186747187	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
10186747188	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
10186747189	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
10186747190	reverent	deeply respectful	80
10186747191	righteous	morally justified	81
10186747192	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
10186747193	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
10186747194	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
10186747195	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
10186747196	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
10186747197	sincere	earnest	87
10186747198	skeptical	Doubtful	88
10186747199	solemn	serious	89
10186747200	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
10186747201	submissive	docile; meek	91
10186747202	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
10186747203	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
10186747204	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
10186747205	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
10186747206	unassuming	modest	96
10186747207	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
10186747208	vindictive	Revengeful	98
10186747209	witty	Clever or amusing	99