AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

9910456951	Abhorrent	Hateful	0
9910456952	Acrimonious	Stinging, bitter in temper or tone	1
9910456953	Allusive	working by suggestion rather than explicit mention	2
9910456954	Angst-ridden	Seriously affected by a feeling of dread or anxiety	3
9910456955	Antipathy	Strong dislike	4
9910456956	Audacious	Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring	5
9910456957	Aversive	Irritating or unpleasant	6
9910456958	Benevolent	Kindly; favorable towards	7
9910456959	Brusque	(adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities	8
9910456960	Burlesque	Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject	9
9910456961	Bewildered	Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements	10
9910456962	Caustic	Severely critical or sarcastic	11
9910456963	Choleric	(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered	12
9910456964	Colloquial	Informal language	13
9910456965	Conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	14
9910456966	Contemptuous	Haughty; scornful	15
9910456967	Credulous	gullible; ready to believe anything	16
9910456968	Callous	Emotionally hardened; insensitive; unfeeling	17
9910456969	Contrite	Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	18
9910456970	Derisive	Expressing ridicule	19
9910456971	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	20
9910456972	Diffident	lacking self-confidence	21
9910456973	Disconsolate	Hopelessly sad	22
9910456974	Dismal	miserable, dreary	23
9910456975	earnest	marked by deep sincerity and serious intent	24
9910456976	effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	25
9910456977	elegiac	expressing sorrow often for something past	26
9910456978	erudite	scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic	27
9910456979	euphonious	pleasing in sound	28
9910456980	exhortative	intending to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings	29
9910456981	facetious	(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously	30
9910456982	fatuous	silly, foolish	31
9910456983	fervent	characterized by intense emotion	32
9910456984	flippant	(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	33
9910456985	funereal	solemn as befitting a funeral	34
9910456986	grave	serious; dignified; formal	35
9910456987	grim	gloomy, harsh, and frightening	36
9910456988	haughty	arrogant, condescending	37
9910456989	hostile	unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive	38
9910456990	idyllic	charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful	39
9910456991	imperious	arrogantly domineering or overbearing	40
9910456992	inane	(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value	41
9910456993	incisive	sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter	42
9910456994	incredulous	(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical	43
9910456995	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	44
9910456996	insipid	lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating	45
9910456997	insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful	46
9910456998	irascible	irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross	47
9910456999	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	48
9910457000	jingoistic	overly patriotic	49
9910457001	jocund	cheerful and lighthearted	50
9910457002	laudatory	containing or expressing praise	51
9910457003	lugubrious	excessively mournful	52
9910457004	lyrical	Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination.	53
9910457005	macabre	(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject	54
9910457006	maudlin	overly emotional	55
9910457007	morose	(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable	56
9910457008	nostalgic	wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick	57
9910457009	narcissistic	conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	58
9910457010	obsequious	overly submissive and eager to please	59
9910457011	pedantic	marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects	60
9910457012	pensive	engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought	61
9910457013	petulant	(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset	62
9910457014	pithy	(adj.) short but full of meaning and point	63
9910457015	patronizing	treating with condescension; acting superior	64
9910457016	pretentious	pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured	65
9910457017	qualmish	adj. slightly ill	66
9910457018	rancorous	showing deep-seated resentment	67
9910457019	repugnant	(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful	68
9910457020	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	69
9910457021	ribald	(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language	70
9910457022	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	71
9910457023	sardonic	cynical; scornfully mocking	72
9910457024	saturnine	gloomy; sluggish	73
9910457025	scathing	harshly critical	74
9910457026	sullen	(adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish.	75
9910457027	servile	submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior	76
9910457028	simpering	wearing a childish grin	77
9910457029	taunting	sarcastically challenging or insulting	78
9910457030	terse	brief and to the point	79
9910457031	timorous	timid, fearful	80
9910457032	trepidation	fear, apprehension	81
9910457033	vehement	forceful; furious	82
9910457034	vexed	troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances	83
9910457035	vitriolic	bitter, sarcastic	84
9910457036	vivacious	lively, sprightly, full of energy	85
9910457037	vituperative	using or containing harsh, abusive censure	86
9910457038	venerating	regard with great respect	87
9910457039	wistful	vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful	88
9910457040	zealous	fervent; fanatical	89