AP Language : Vocab Week 4 - Tone Words Flashcards
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| 10953496883 | vituperative (vit-TOO-per-uh-tiv) | 1) The author is verbally abusive to his/her subject and/or the readers. 2) 3) |  | 0 |
| 10953499941 | sardonic (sar-DON-ick) | 1) The author is sarcastic, mocking, and bitter. 2) 3) | 1 | |
| 10953499942 | disingenuous (dis-in-JEN-yoo-us) | 1) The author is hiding his/her true purpose, perhaps hypocritically. 2) 3) | 2 | |
| 10953500049 | fanciful (FAN-siff-full) | 1) The author is playful or imaginative, not totally grounded in reality. 2) 3) | 3 | |
| 10953513125 | choleric (KOLL-er-ick) | 1) The author is irritated or angry or hateful about his subject. 2) 3) | 4 | |
| 10961248435 | allusive (uh-LOO-siv) | 1) The author refers indirectly to another work. 2) 3) | 5 | |
| 10961248436 | audacious (aw-DAY-shus) | 1) The author is bold, reckless, going farther than expected. 2) 3) | 6 | |
| 10961249009 | bantering (BAN-ter-ing) | 1) The author is teasing or joking playfully. 2) 3) | 7 | |
| 10961249010 | frank (FRAYNK) | 1) The author is honest, candid, volunteering information rather than making the reader wait. 2) 3) | 8 | |
| 10961249702 | incisive (in-SY-siv) | 1) The author's conclusions are piercing, cutting into the subject in a new, sharp way. 2) 3) |  | 9 |