AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9950715115	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9950715116	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9950715117	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9950715118	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9950715119	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9950715120	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9950715121	animated	lively; spirited	6
9950715122	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9950715123	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9950715124	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9950715125	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9950715126	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9950715127	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9950715128	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9950715129	benevolent	Kind	14
9950715130	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9950715131	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9950715132	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9950715133	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9950715134	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9950715135	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9950715136	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9950715137	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9950715138	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9950715139	curious	inquisitive	24
9950715140	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9950715141	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9950715142	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9950715143	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9950715144	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9950715145	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9950715146	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9950715147	disheartening	discouraging	32
9950715148	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9950715149	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9950715150	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9950715151	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9950715152	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9950715153	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9950715154	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9950715155	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9950715156	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9950715157	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9950715158	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9950715159	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9950715160	frank	honest	45
9950715161	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9950715162	humble	modest	47
9950715163	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9950715164	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9950715165	inane	Foolish	50
9950715166	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9950715167	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9950715168	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9950715169	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9950715170	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9950715171	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9950715172	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9950715173	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9950715174	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9950715175	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9950715176	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9950715177	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9950715178	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9950715179	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9950715180	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9950715181	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9950715182	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9950715183	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9950715184	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9950715185	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9950715186	outspoken	candid	71
9950715187	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9950715188	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9950715189	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9950715190	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9950715191	pragmatic	Practical	76
9950715192	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
9950715193	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9950715194	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9950715195	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9950715196	righteous	morally justified	81
9950715197	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9950715198	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9950715199	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9950715200	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9950715201	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9950715202	sincere	earnest	87
9950715203	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9950715204	solemn	serious	89
9950715205	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9950715206	submissive	docile; meek	91
9950715207	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9950715208	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9950715209	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9950715210	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9950715211	unassuming	modest	96
9950715212	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9950715213	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9950715214	witty	Clever or amusing	99