AP Language - Tone Words Sets 1, 2, & 3 Flashcards
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11394536858 | recondite | dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter | 0 | |
11394536859 | languid | lacking energy; weak | 1 | |
11394536860 | clinical | efficient and unemotional; coldly detached | 2 | |
11394536861 | unorthodox | breaking with convention or tradition | 3 | |
11394536862 | syllogistic | determining whether a conclusion follows from two statements that are assumed to be true | 4 | |
11394536863 | audacious | fearless and daring | 5 | |
11394536864 | sagacious | wise; having keen perception and sound judgement | 6 | |
11394536865 | philosophic | wise, thoughtful | 7 | |
11394536866 | oracular | wise and prophetic; brief and mysterious (remarks) | 8 | |
11394536867 | insinuating | suggesting or implying | 9 | |
11394536868 | indulgent | yielding to the wishes or demands of others | 10 | |
11394536869 | amorous | Expressing love or the state of being in love | 11 | |
11394536870 | fanciful | whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality | 12 | |
11394536871 | meditative | given to contemplation or deep thought | 13 | |
11394536872 | restrained | controlled, restricted | 14 | |
11394536873 | reminscent | reflecting on the past | 15 | |
11394536874 | admonitory | giving or conveying a warning or reprimand | 16 | |
11394536875 | uneqivocal | leaving no doubt or misunderstanding | 17 | |
11394536876 | incredulous | disbelieving, skeptical | 18 | |
11394536877 | didactic | intended to instruct | 19 | |
11394554714 | temperate | mild; moderate; restrained | 20 | |
11394557535 | stoical | self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain | 21 | |
11394561128 | cynical | doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives | 22 | |
11394566536 | ribald | irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language | 23 | |
11394569875 | belligerent | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; | 24 | |
11394577669 | surly | bad-tempered and unfriendly | 25 | |
11394577670 | foreboding | marked by fear, ominous | 26 | |
11394588420 | querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful | 27 | |
11394592982 | derisive | expressing contempt or ridicule | 28 | |
11394592983 | reproving | reprimand or censure | 29 |