AP LITERATURE TONE ADJECTIVES Flashcards

8302322093	abashed	ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted	0
8302322094	abhorring	regarding with disgust and hatred	1
8302322095	acerbic	sharp and forthright	2
8302322096	ambivalent	having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	3
8302322097	apathetic	showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm or concern	4
8302322098	belligerent	hostile and aggressive	5
8302322099	bemused	puzzled, confused or bewildered	6
8302322100	blithe	showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper	7
8302322101	brisk	sharp or abrupt	8
8302322102	brusque	abrupt or offhand in speech or manner	9
8302322103	choleric	bad tempered or irritable	10
8302322104	clandestine	kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit	11
8302322105	colloquial	used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary	12
8302322106	conciliatory	intended or likely to placate or pacify	13
8302322107	contemptuous	showing contempt; scornful	14
8302322108	contentious	causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial	15
8302322109	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule	16
8302322110	desolate	bleak and dismal	17
8302322111	despondent	in low spirits from loss of hope or courage	18
8302322112	didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	19
8302322113	diffident	modest or shy because of a lack of self confidence	20
8302322114	ebullient	cheerful and full of energy	21
8302322115	effusive	expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner	22
8302322116	elegiac	relating to or characteristic of an elegy	23
8302322117	eulogostic	pertaining to or containing eulogy	24
8302322118	euphoric	characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness	25
8302322119	facetious	treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant	26
8302322120	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	27
8302322121	holier than thou	characterized by an attitude of moral superiority	28
8302322122	incisive	accurate and sharply focused	29
8302322123	incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	30
8302322124	inflammatory	arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings	31
8302322125	introspective	characterized by or given to introspection	32
8302322126	irreverent	showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously	33
8302322127	jocund	cheerful and light-hearted	34
8302322128	languid	slow and relaxed	35
8302322129	laudatory	expressing praise or commendation	36
8302322130	lethargic	sluggish and apathetic	37
8302322131	lugubrious	looking or sounding sad or dismal	38
8302322132	lyrical	expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way	39
8302322133	pedantic	narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned	40
8302322134	pithy	concise and forcefully expressive	41
8302322135	plaintive	sounding sad and mournful	42
8302322136	poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret	43
8302322137	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	44
8302322138	risible	such as to provoke laughter	45
8302322139	sanctimonious	making a show of being morally superior to other people	46
8302322140	sangine	optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation	47
8302322141	sardonic	grimly mocking or cynical	48
8302322142	sepulchral	gloomy, dismal	49
8302322067	stolid	calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation	50
8302322068	strident	presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way	51
8302322069	timorous	showing or suffering from nervousness, fear or a lack of confidence	52
8302322070	understated	presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way	53
8302322071	venerative	?	54
8302322072	vitriolic	filled with bitter criticism or malice	55
8302322073	wry	using or expressing dry, especially mocking humor	56