AP Language Tone Words Flashcards
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| 6028337993 | eulogistic | adj. involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually for the dead | 0 | |
| 6028344434 | grave | adj. serious or solemn; somber | 1 | |
| 6028348081 | pensive | adj. dreamily or wistfully thoughtful | 2 | |
| 6028354463 | venerative | adj. regarding with reverence, awe, respect | 3 | |
| 6028397323 | fervent | adj. exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling; having or showing warmth or great intensity of spirit | 4 | |
| 6028405208 | giddy | adj. lightheartedly silly; frivolous | 5 | |
| 6028408920 | laudatory | adj. containing or expressing praise | 6 | |
| 6028413443 | elegiac | adj. of, or relating to, or involving mourning or expressing sorrow or lamentation | 7 | |
| 6028420757 | banter | trans. v. to speak or address in a witty or teasing manner; to speak or address in a way that is good-humored or playful | 8 | |
| 6028428709 | cynical | adj. contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives; tending to believe that human behavior is selfish and opportunistic | 9 | |
| 6028441564 | derisive | adj. ridiculing, mocking; expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn | 10 | |
| 6028449214 | facetious | adj. not meant to be taken seriously or literally; amusing, humorous; joking or jesting often inappropriately | 11 | |
| 6028457274 | farcicial | adj. ludicrous, absurd, comedic with high exaggeration | 12 | |
| 6028463950 | flippant | adj. lacking proper respect or seriousness; disrespectfully casual; shallow | 13 |