AP Language Tone Words Flashcards

10530588432	Abhorrent	Hateful	0
10530588433	Acrimonious	Stinging, bitter in temper or tone	1
10530588434	Allusive	working by suggestion rather than explicit mention	2
10530588435	Angst-ridden	Seriously affected by a feeling of dread or anxiety	3
10530588436	Antipathy	Strong dislike	4
10530588437	Audacious	Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring	5
10530588438	Aversive	Irritating or unpleasant	6
10530588439	Benevolent	Kindly; favorable towards	7
10530588440	Brusque	(adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities	8
10530588441	Burlesque	Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject	9
10530588442	Bewildered	Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements	10
10530588443	Caustic	Severely critical or sarcastic	11
10530588444	Choleric	(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered	12
10530588445	Colloquial	Informal language	13
10530588446	Conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	14
10530588447	Contemptuous	Haughty; scornful	15
10530588448	Credulous	gullible; ready to believe anything	16
10530588449	Callous	Emotionally hardened; insensitive; unfeeling	17
10530588450	Contrite	Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant	18
10530588451	Derisive	Expressing ridicule	19
10530588452	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive	20
10530588453	Diffident	lacking self-confidence	21
10530588454	Disconsolate	Hopelessly sad	22
10530588455	Dismal	miserable, dreary	23
10530588456	earnest	marked by deep sincerity and serious intent	24
10530588457	effusive	emotionally unrestrained; gushy	25
10530588458	elegiac	expressing sorrow often for something past	26
10530588459	erudite	scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic	27
10530588460	euphonious	pleasing in sound	28
10530588461	exhortative	intending to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings	29
10530588462	facetious	(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously	30
10530588463	fatuous	silly, foolish	31
10530588464	fervent	characterized by intense emotion	32
10530588465	flippant	(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	33
10530588466	funereal	solemn as befitting a funeral	34
10530588467	grave	serious; dignified; formal	35
10530588468	grim	gloomy, harsh, and frightening	36
10530588469	haughty	arrogant, condescending	37
10530588470	hostile	unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive	38
10530588471	idyllic	charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful	39
10530588472	imperious	arrogantly domineering or overbearing	40
10530588473	inane	(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value	41
10530588474	incisive	sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter	42
10530588475	incredulous	(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical	43
10530588476	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	44
10530588477	insipid	lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating	45
10530588478	insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful	46
10530588479	irascible	irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross	47
10530588480	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	48
10530588481	jingoistic	overly patriotic	49
10530588482	jocund	cheerful and lighthearted	50
10530588483	laudatory	containing or expressing praise	51
10530588484	lugubrious	excessively mournful	52
10530588485	lyrical	Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination.	53
10530588486	macabre	(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject	54
10530588487	maudlin	overly emotional	55
10530588488	morose	(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable	56
10530588489	nostalgic	wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick	57
10530588490	narcissistic	conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	58
10530588491	obsequious	overly submissive and eager to please	59
10530588492	pedantic	marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects	60
10530588493	pensive	engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought	61
10530588494	petulant	(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset	62
10530588495	pithy	(adj.) short but full of meaning and point	63
10530588496	patronizing	treating with condescension; acting superior	64
10530588497	pretentious	pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured	65
10530588498	qualmish	adj. slightly ill	66
10530588499	rancorous	showing deep-seated resentment	67
10530588500	repugnant	(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful	68
10530588501	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	69
10530588502	ribald	(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language	70
10530588503	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	71
10530588504	sardonic	cynical; scornfully mocking	72
10530588505	saturnine	gloomy; sluggish	73
10530588506	scathing	harshly critical	74
10530588507	sullen	(adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish.	75
10530588508	servile	submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior	76
10530588509	simpering	wearing a childish grin	77
10530588510	taunting	sarcastically challenging or insulting	78
10530588511	terse	brief and to the point	79
10530588512	timorous	timid, fearful	80
10530588513	trepidation	fear, apprehension	81
10530588514	vehement	forceful; furious	82
10530588515	vexed	troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances	83
10530588516	vitriolic	bitter, sarcastic	84
10530588517	vivacious	lively, sprightly, full of energy	85
10530588518	vituperative	using or containing harsh, abusive censure	86
10530588519	venerating	regard with great respect	87
10530588520	wistful	vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful	88
10530588521	zealous	fervent; fanatical	89