AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9942000358	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9942000359	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9942000360	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9942000361	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9942000362	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9942000363	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9942000364	animated	lively; spirited	6
9942000365	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9942000366	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9942000367	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9942000368	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9942000369	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9942000370	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9942000371	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9942000372	benevolent	Kind	14
9942000373	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9942000374	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9942000375	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9942000376	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9942000377	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9942000378	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9942000379	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9942000380	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9942000381	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9942000382	curious	inquisitive	24
9942000383	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9942000384	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9942000385	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9942000386	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9942000387	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9942000388	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9942000389	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9942000390	disheartening	discouraging	32
9942000391	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9942000392	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9942000393	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9942000394	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9942000395	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9942000396	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9942000397	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9942000398	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9942000399	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9942000400	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9942000401	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9942000402	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9942000403	frank	honest	45
9942000404	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9942000405	humble	modest	47
9942000406	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9942000407	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9942000408	inane	Foolish	50
9942000409	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9942000410	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9942000411	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9942000412	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9942000413	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9942000414	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9942000415	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9942000416	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9942000417	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9942000418	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9942000419	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9942000420	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9942000421	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9942000422	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9942000423	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9942000424	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9942000425	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9942000426	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9942000427	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9942000428	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9942000429	outspoken	candid	71
9942000430	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9942000431	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9942000432	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9942000433	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9942000434	pragmatic	Practical	76
9942000435	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
9942000436	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9942000437	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9942000438	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9942000439	righteous	morally justified	81
9942000440	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9942000441	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9942000442	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9942000443	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9942000444	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9942000445	sincere	earnest	87
9942000446	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9942000447	solemn	serious	89
9942000448	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9942000449	submissive	docile; meek	91
9942000450	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9942000451	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9942000452	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9942000453	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9942000454	unassuming	modest	96
9942000455	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9942000456	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9942000457	witty	Clever or amusing	99