AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9559145959	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9559145960	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9559145961	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9559145962	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9559145963	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9559145964	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9559145965	animated	lively; spirited	6
9559145966	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9559145967	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9559145968	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9559145969	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9559145970	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9559145971	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9559145972	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9559145973	benevolent	Kind	14
9559145974	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9559145975	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9559145976	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9559145977	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9559145978	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9559145979	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9559145980	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9559145981	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9559145982	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9559145983	curious	inquisitive	24
9559145984	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9559145985	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9559145986	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9559145987	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9559145988	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9559145989	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9559145990	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9559145991	disheartening	discouraging	32
9559145992	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9559145993	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9559145994	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9559145995	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9559145996	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9559145997	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9559145998	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9559145999	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9559146000	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9559146001	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9559146002	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9559146003	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9559146004	frank	honest	45
9559146005	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9559146006	humble	modest	47
9559146007	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9559146008	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9559146009	inane	Foolish	50
9559146010	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9559146011	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9559146012	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9559146013	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9559146014	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9559146015	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9559146016	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9559146017	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9559146018	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9559146019	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9559146020	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9559146021	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9559146022	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9559146023	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9559146024	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9559146025	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9559146026	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9559146027	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9559146028	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9559146029	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9559146030	outspoken	candid	71
9559146031	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9559146032	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9559146033	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9559146034	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9559146035	pragmatic	Practical	76
9559146036	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
9559146037	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9559146038	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9559146039	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9559146040	righteous	morally justified	81
9559146041	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9559146042	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9559146043	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9559146044	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9559146045	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9559146046	sincere	earnest	87
9559146047	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9559146048	solemn	serious	89
9559146049	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9559146050	submissive	docile; meek	91
9559146051	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9559146052	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9559146053	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9559146054	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9559146055	unassuming	modest	96
9559146056	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9559146057	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9559146058	witty	Clever or amusing	99