AP Tone Words #1 Flashcards
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| 6448603106 | Acerbic | adj. Sour or bitter in taste |  | 0 |
| 6448603107 | Aloof | adj. Remote in manner |  | 1 |
| 6448603108 | Apprehensive | adj. In fear or dread or possible evil or harm |  | 2 |
| 6448603109 | Apathetic | adj. Showing little or no emotion or animation |  | 3 |
| 6448603110 | Ambivalent | adj. Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow |  | 4 |
| 6448603111 | Audacious | adj. Disposed to venture or take risks |  | 5 |
| 6448603112 | Banal | adj. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |  | 6 |
| 6448603113 | Bellicose | adj. Having or showing a ready disposition to fight |  | 7 |
| 6448603114 | Brusque | adj. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness |  | 8 |
| 6448603115 | Bucolic | adj. Devoted to raising sheep or cattle. Rustic |  | 9 |
| 6448603116 | Callous | adj. Emotionally hardened |  | 10 |
| 6448603117 | Candid | adj. Openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness |  | 11 |
| 6448603118 | Capricious | adj. Determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity |  | 12 |
| 6448603119 | Conciliatory | adj. Making or willing to make concessions |  | 13 |
| 6448603120 | Condescending | adj. Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance |  | 14 |
| 6448603121 | Contemptuous | adj. Expressing extreme scorn |  | 15 |
| 6448603122 | Caustic | adj. Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action |  | 16 |
| 6448603123 | Cautionary | adj. Serving to warn |  | 17 |
| 6448603124 | Choleric | adj. Characterized by anger |  | 18 |
| 6448603125 | Churlish | adj. Having a bad disposition; surly |  | 19 |
| 6448603126 | Cynical | adj. Believing the worst of human nature and motives |  | 20 |
| 6448603127 | Demoralized | adj. Made less hopeful or enthusiastic |  | 21 |
| 6448603128 | Demure | adj. Affectedly shy especially in a playful or provocative way |  | 22 |
| 6448603129 | Diffident | adj. Showing modest reserve |  | 23 |
| 6448603130 | Dilatory | adj. Wasting time |  | 24 |
| 6448603131 | Disdainful | adj. Showing arrogant superiority to those one views as unworthy |  | 25 |
| 6448603132 | Didactic | adj. Instructive; especially excessively |  | 26 |
| 6448603133 | Derisive | adj. Expressing contempt or ridicule |  | 27 |
| 6448603134 | Earnest | adj. Characterized by a firm, humorless belief in one's opinions |  | 28 |
| 6448603135 | Ebullient | adj. Joyously unrestrained |  | 29 |
| 6448603136 | Eclectic | adj. Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas |  | 30 |
| 6448603137 | Effusive | adj. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm |  | 31 |
| 6448603138 | Enervating | adj. Causing weakness or debilitation |  | 32 |