AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

9932491671	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
9932491672	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
9932491673	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
9932491674	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
9932491675	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
9932491676	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
9932491677	animated	lively; spirited	6
9932491678	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
9932491679	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
9932491680	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
9932491681	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
9932491682	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
9932491683	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
9932491684	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
9932491685	benevolent	Kind	14
9932491686	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
9932491687	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
9932491688	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
9932491689	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
9932491690	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
9932491691	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
9932491692	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
9932491693	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
9932491694	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
9932491695	curious	inquisitive	24
9932491696	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
9932491697	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
9932491698	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
9932491699	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
9932491700	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
9932491701	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
9932491702	dignified	worthy of respect	31
9932491703	disheartening	discouraging	32
9932491704	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
9932491705	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
9932491706	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
9932491707	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
9932491708	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
9932491709	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
9932491710	enthusiastic	zealous	39
9932491711	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
9932491712	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
9932491713	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
9932491714	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
9932491715	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
9932491716	frank	honest	45
9932491717	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
9932491718	humble	modest	47
9932491719	humorous	facetious; funny	48
9932491720	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
9932491721	inane	Foolish	50
9932491722	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
9932491723	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
9932491724	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
9932491725	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
9932491726	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
9932491727	irreverent	disrespectful	56
9932491728	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
9932491729	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
9932491730	laudatory	expressing praise	59
9932491731	macabre	horrible; grim	60
9932491732	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
9932491733	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
9932491734	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
9932491735	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
9932491736	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
9932491737	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
9932491738	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
9932491739	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
9932491740	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
9932491741	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
9932491742	outspoken	candid	71
9932491743	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
9932491744	pensive	Thoughtful	73
9932491745	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
9932491746	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
9932491747	pragmatic	Practical	76
9932491748	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
9932491749	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
9932491750	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
9932491751	reverent	deeply respectful	80
9932491752	righteous	morally justified	81
9932491753	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
9932491754	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
9932491755	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
9932491756	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
9932491757	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
9932491758	sincere	earnest	87
9932491759	skeptical	Doubtful	88
9932491760	solemn	serious	89
9932491761	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
9932491762	submissive	docile; meek	91
9932491763	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
9932491764	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
9932491765	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
9932491766	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
9932491767	unassuming	modest	96
9932491768	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
9932491769	vindictive	Revengeful	98
9932491770	witty	Clever or amusing	99