AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9834635574	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9834635575	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9834635576	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9834635577	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9834635578	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9834635579	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9834635580	animated	lively; spirited	6
9834635581	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9834635582	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9834635583	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9834635584	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9834635585	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9834635586	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9834635587	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9834635588	benevolent	Kind	14
9834635589	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9834635590	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9834635591	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9834635592	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9834635593	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9834635594	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9834635595	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9834635596	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9834635597	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9834635598	curious	inquisitive	24
9834635599	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9834635600	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9834635601	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9834635602	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9834635603	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9834635604	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9834635605	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9834635606	disheartening	discouraging	32
9834635607	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9834635608	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9834635609	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9834635610	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9834635611	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9834635612	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9834635613	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9834635614	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9834635615	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9834635616	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9834635617	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9834635618	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9834635619	frank	honest	45
9834635620	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9834635621	humble	modest	47
9834635622	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9834635623	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9834635624	inane	Foolish	50
9834635625	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9834635626	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9834635627	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9834635628	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9834635629	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9834635630	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9834635631	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9834635632	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9834635633	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9834635634	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9834635635	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9834635636	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9834635637	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9834635638	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9834635639	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9834635640	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9834635641	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9834635642	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9834635643	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9834635644	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9834635645	outspoken	candid	71
9834635646	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9834635647	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9834635648	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9834635649	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9834635650	pragmatic	Practical	76
9834635651	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
9834635652	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9834635653	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9834635654	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9834635655	righteous	morally justified	81
9834635656	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9834635657	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9834635658	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9834635659	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9834635660	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9834635661	sincere	earnest	87
9834635662	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9834635663	solemn	serious	89
9834635664	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9834635665	submissive	docile; meek	91
9834635666	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9834635667	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9834635668	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9834635669	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9834635670	unassuming	modest	96
9834635671	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9834635672	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9834635673	witty	Clever or amusing	99