AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9753050316	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9753050317	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9753050318	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9753050319	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9753050320	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9753050321	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9753050322	animated	lively; spirited	6
9753050323	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9753050324	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9753050325	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9753050326	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9753050327	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9753050328	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9753050329	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9753050330	benevolent	Kind	14
9753050331	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9753050332	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9753050333	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9753050334	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9753050335	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9753050336	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9753050337	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9753050338	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9753050339	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9753050340	curious	inquisitive	24
9753050341	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9753050342	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9753050343	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9753050344	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9753050345	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9753050346	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9753050347	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9753050348	disheartening	discouraging	32
9753050349	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9753050350	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9753050351	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9753050352	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9753050353	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9753050354	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9753050355	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9753050356	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9753050357	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9753050358	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9753050359	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9753050360	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9753050361	frank	honest	45
9753050362	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9753050363	humble	modest	47
9753050364	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9753050365	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9753050366	inane	Foolish	50
9753050367	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9753050368	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9753050369	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9753050370	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9753050371	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9753050372	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9753050373	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9753050374	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9753050375	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9753050376	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9753050377	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9753050378	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9753050379	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9753050380	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9753050381	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9753050382	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9753050383	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9753050384	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9753050385	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9753050386	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9753050387	outspoken	candid	71
9753050388	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9753050389	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9753050390	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9753050391	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9753050392	pragmatic	Practical	76
9753050393	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
9753050394	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9753050395	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9753050396	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9753050397	righteous	morally justified	81
9753050398	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9753050399	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9753050400	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9753050401	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9753050402	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9753050403	sincere	earnest	87
9753050404	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9753050405	solemn	serious	89
9753050406	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9753050407	submissive	docile; meek	91
9753050408	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9753050409	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9753050410	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9753050411	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9753050412	unassuming	modest	96
9753050413	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9753050414	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9753050415	witty	Clever or amusing	99