AP Language & Composition Tone Words (Acerbic - Sympathetic) Flashcards
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| 5392906793 | Acerbic | acidic; bitter; sharp |  | 0 |
| 5392906794 | Benevolent | kindly |  | 1 |
| 5392906795 | Bittersweet | showing a mixture of pain and pleasure | 2 | |
| 5392906796 | Clinical | highly objective;rigorously scientific; analytical |  | 3 |
| 5392906797 | Colloquial | using a conversational style; informal conversation |  | 4 |
| 5392906798 | Condescending | an air of superiority |  | 5 |
| 5392906799 | Contemptuous | expressing contempt, a lack of respect, or hate |  | 6 |
| 5392906800 | Cryptic | hidden; mysterious; unknown |  | 7 |
| 5392906801 | Cynical | an attitude of distrust of people and human nature | 8 | |
| 5392906802 | Despondent | showing extreme discouragement or depression |  | 9 |
| 5392906803 | Didactic | in a tone intended to preach a sermon or teach a lesson about life |  | 10 |
| 5392906804 | disdainful | expressing contempt, dislike, or hate |  | 11 |
| 5392906805 | Elegiac | mournful; expressing sorrow |  | 12 |
| 5392906806 | Enigmatic | puzzling; riddle-like |  | 13 |
| 5392906807 | Euphoric | feeling of elation or great joy |  | 14 |
| 5392906808 | Facetious | playfully humorous |  | 15 |
| 5392906809 | Flippant | lacking proper respect |  | 16 |
| 5392906810 | Frivolous | lacking in seriousness |  | 17 |
| 5392906811 | Grandiose | characterized by feigned grandeur; pompous |  | 18 |
| 5392906812 | Hostile | extremely angry |  | 19 |
| 5392906813 | Iconoclastic | attacking traditional or popular ideas or institutions |  | 20 |
| 5392906814 | Impartial | attitude of being unbiased |  | 21 |
| 5392906815 | Indignant | attitude of being angry because of injustice or unworthiness |  | 22 |
| 5392906816 | Insipid | lacking flavor or zest, flat, unstimulating; vapid |  | 23 |
| 5392906817 | Irreverent | lacking proper respect or seriousness |  | 24 |
| 5392906818 | Laconic | terse; concise; succinct |  | 25 |
| 5392906819 | Laudatory | pertaining to or expressing praise |  | 26 |
| 5392906820 | Maternal/paternal | like a mother or father; parental | 27 | |
| 5392906821 | Moralistic | characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude |  | 28 |
| 5392906822 | Nostalgic | a sentimental yearning for a return to some past period of time |  | 29 |
| 5392906823 | Obsequious | fawning; full of servile compliance |  | 30 |
| 5392906824 | Ostentatious | showy; pretentious |  | 31 |
| 5392906825 | Patronizing | an air of treating someone well because of a feeling of superiority |  | 32 |
| 5392906826 | Pedantic | unimaginative |  | 33 |
| 5392906827 | Pithy | precisely meaningful; cogent and terse |  | 34 |
| 5392906828 | Poignant | affecting the emotions strongly |  | 35 |
| 5392906829 | Precocious | prematurely developed |  | 36 |
| 5392906830 | Pretentious | attitude of extreme show to the point of being fake |  | 37 |
| 5392906831 | Prosaic | not poetic; matter of fact; dull; ordinary |  | 38 |
| 5392906832 | Ribald | humor that is vulgar or lewd |  | 39 |
| 5392906833 | Rueful | inspiring pity or compassion; causing or expressing sorrow or regret |  | 40 |
| 5392906834 | Saccharine | cloyingly sweet |  | 41 |
| 5392906835 | Sarcastic | ridicule by saying the opposite of what the speaker means |  | 42 |
| 5392906836 | Somber | conveying a gloomy, dismal, or depressing character or mood |  | 43 |
| 5392906837 | Sophomoric | immature and over confident |  | 44 |
| 5392906838 | Supercilious | immature and over confident; behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. |  | 45 |
| 5392906839 | Suspenseful | pleasant excitement as to the uncertainty of events |  | 46 |
| 5392906840 | Tranquil | free from disturbance or turmoil |  | 47 |
| 5392906841 | Vociferous | characterized by loudness and vehemence |  | 48 |
| 5392906842 | Whimsical | erratic or unpredictable |  | 49 |
| 5392906843 | Sympathetic | a sensitivity to others' emotions | 50 |