AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

7361699816	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	0
7361699817	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	1
7361699818	admiring	regarding with approval or respect	2
7361699819	aggressive	assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack; hostile	3
7361699820	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	4
7361699821	amused	pleasurably entertained	5
7361699822	animated	lively; spirited	6
7361699823	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	7
7361699824	apologetic	sorry; showing regret	8
7361699825	appreciative	expressing or feeling thankfulness	9
7361699826	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	10
7361699827	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	11
7361699828	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	12
7361699829	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	13
7361699830	benevolent	Kind	14
7361699831	bitter	exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief	15
7361699832	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	16
7361699833	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	17
7361699834	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	18
7361699835	compassionate	Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.	19
7361699836	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	20
7361699837	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	21
7361699838	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	22
7361699839	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	23
7361699840	curious	inquisitive	24
7361699841	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	25
7361699842	defensive	Protecting oneself from something.	26
7361699843	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	27
7361699844	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	28
7361699845	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	29
7361699846	detached	Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof	30
7361699847	dignified	worthy of respect	31
7361699848	disheartening	discouraging	32
7361699849	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	33
7361699850	docile	Easy to teach or manage; obedient	34
7361699851	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	35
7361699852	earnest	Serious and sincere	36
7361699853	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	37
7361699854	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	38
7361699855	enthusiastic	zealous	39
7361699856	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	40
7361699857	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	41
7361699858	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	42
7361699859	forceful	Vehement; compelling	43
7361699860	formal	following rules or customs, often in an exact and proper way	44
7361699861	frank	honest	45
7361699862	grim	a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain	46
7361699863	humble	modest	47
7361699864	humorous	facetious; funny	48
7361699865	impartial	unbiased, fair	49
7361699866	inane	Foolish	50
7361699867	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	51
7361699868	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	52
7361699869	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	53
7361699870	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	54
7361699871	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
7361699872	irreverent	disrespectful	56
7361699873	jaded	Worn out; wearied	57
7361699874	judgmental	critical; disapproving	58
7361699875	laudatory	expressing praise	59
7361699876	macabre	horrible; grim	60
7361699877	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	61
7361699878	mocking	in an insincere or pretending manner	62
7361699879	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	63
7361699880	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	64
7361699881	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	65
7361699882	nostalgic	longing for the past	66
7361699883	objective	Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased	67
7361699884	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	68
7361699885	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	69
7361699886	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	70
7361699887	outspoken	candid	71
7361699888	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	72
7361699889	pensive	Thoughtful	73
7361699890	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	74
7361699891	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	75
7361699892	pragmatic	Practical	76
7361699893	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
7361699894	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	78
7361699895	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	79
7361699896	reverent	deeply respectful	80
7361699897	righteous	morally justified	81
7361699898	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	82
7361699899	sarcastic	caustic; ironic	83
7361699900	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	84
7361699901	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	85
7361699902	sentimental	A term that describes characters' excessive emotional response to experience.	86
7361699903	sincere	earnest	87
7361699904	skeptical	Doubtful	88
7361699905	solemn	serious	89
7361699906	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	90
7361699907	submissive	docile; meek	91
7361699908	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	92
7361699909	sympathetic	Compassionate	93
7361699910	thoughtful	pensive; reflective	94
7361699911	tolerent	open-minded, accepting of others	95
7361699912	unassuming	modest	96
7361699913	urgent	compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands	97
7361699914	vindictive	Revengeful	98
7361699915	witty	Clever or amusing	99