AP LITERATURE TONE WORDS UNIT ONE Flashcards
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| 7966242965 | Abashed | ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted | 0 | |
| 7966247131 | Abhorring | to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate | 1 | |
| 7966252727 | Abstruse | difficult to understand | 2 | |
| 7966256848 | Absurd | ridiculous; silly | 3 | |
| 7966264244 | Accusing | to charge with the fault, offense, or crime | 4 | |
| 7966269733 | Acerbic | harsh or severe, as of temper or expression | 5 | |
| 7966280074 | Admiring | to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval | 6 | |
| 7966285005 | Admonishing | cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding, especially in a mild and good-willed manner; reminding | 7 | |
| 7966415213 | Adoring | to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor. | 8 | |
| 7966420211 | Affectionate | showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender | 9 | |
| 7966434455 | Afraid | Fearful | 10 | |
| 7966438238 | Ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations | 11 | |
| 7966440931 | Ambivalent | uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things | 12 | |
| 7966486251 | Amused | pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted | 13 | |
| 7966490539 | Angry | When someone takes the last cookie | 14 | |
| 7966498870 | Annoyed | To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts | 15 | |
| 7966505474 | Antagonistic | acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually/ hostile; unfriendly | 16 | |
| 7966507613 | Anxious | full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous/ earnestly desirous; eager | 17 | |
| 7966530383 | Apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive | 18 | |
| 7966513728 | Apologetic | containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury | 19 | |
| 7966545483 | Appreciative | feeling or expressive of gratitude | 20 | |
| 7966555148 | Apprehensive | uneasy or fearful about something that might happen | 21 | |
| 7966574852 | Approving | to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably | 22 | |
| 7966578289 | Ardent | characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent; intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous; vehement; fierce | 23 | |
| 7966584153 | Arrogant | making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud | 24 | |
| 7966591087 | Audacious | extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless | 25 | |
| 7966593847 | Authoritarian | having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority | 26 |