AP Language: Tone Words, AP Language: Tone Words Flashcards

13218639178	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	0
13218639179	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	1
13218639180	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	2
13218639181	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	3
13218639182	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	4
13218639183	benevolent	Kind	5
13218639184	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	6
13218639185	candid	Impartial and honest in speech	7
13218639186	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	8
13218639187	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	9
13218639188	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	10
13218639189	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	11
13218639190	dignified	worthy of respect	12
13218639191	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	13
13218639192	dogmatic	dictatorial in one's opinions; stubborn	14
13218639193	earnest	Serious and sincere	15
13218639194	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	16
13218639195	frank	honest	17
13218639196	irreverent	disrespectful	18
13218639197	laudatory	expressing praise	19
13218639198	macabre	horrible; grim	20
13218639199	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	21
13218639200	pensive	Thoughtful	22
13218639201	pretentious	done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious	23
13218639202	reverent	deeply respectful	24
13218639206	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	25
13218639207	benevolent	well meaning and kindly	26
13218639208	zealous	having or showing zeal (passion)	27
13218639209	poignant	evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret; ie: moving, rending	28
13218639210	somber	having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness	29
13218639211	accusatory	charging of wrong doing	30
13218639212	acerbic	bitter, sharp in taste or temper	31
13218639215	ambivalent	Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once	32
13218639216	amused	pleasurably entertained	33
13218639217	animated	lively; spirited	34
13218639218	apathetic	Feeling or showing little emotion; indifferent	35
13218639221	ardent	Enthusiastic or passionate	36
13218639222	arrogant	haughty, too convinced of one's own importance	37
13218639223	assertive	Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self	38
13218639224	belligerent	Hostile and aggressive	39
13218639225	benevolent	Kind	40
13218639227	callous	Emotionally hardened, unfeeling	41
13218639229	celebratory	congratulatory, honoring	42
13218639231	concerned	feeling or showing worry or solicitude	43
13218639232	conciliatory	Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile	44
13218639233	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	45
13218639234	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	46
13218639236	cynical	believing that people act only out of selfish motives; bitterly pessimistic	47
13218639238	defiant	Boldly resistant or challenging	48
13218639239	demeaning	causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others; degrading	49
13218639240	derisive	expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking	50
13218639242	dignified	worthy of respect	51
13218639243	disheartening	discouraging	52
13218639244	disparaging	disapproving; belittle	53
13218639247	earnest	Serious and sincere	54
13218639248	egotistical	excessively self-centered; conceited	55
13218639249	empathetic	identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives	56
13218639251	evasive	not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit	57
13218639252	facetious	humorous, not meant seriously; sarcastic	58
13218639253	flippant	Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy	59
13218639260	impartial	unbiased, fair	60
13218639261	inane	Foolish	61
13218639262	incensed	angered at something unjust or wrong	62
13218639263	incredulous	Disbelieving, skeptical	63
13218639264	indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	64
13218639265	intimate	marked by close acquaintance	65
13218639268	jaded	Worn out; wearied	66
13218639270	laudatory	expressing praise	67
13218639271	macabre	horrible; grim	68
13218639272	malicious	Intended to hurt or harm	69
13218639274	mourning	the act of showing sorrow or grief	70
13218639275	naive	lacking sophistication or experience	71
13218639276	narcissistic	Conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration	72
13218639277	nostalgic	longing for the past	73
13218639279	obsequious	Overly submissive and eager to please	74
13218639280	optimistic	Hopeful, cheerful	75
13218639281	outraged	angered at something unjust or wrong	76
13218639282	outspoken	candid	77
13218639283	patronizing	Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior	78
13218639284	pensive	Thoughtful	79
13218639285	pessimistic	a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable.	80
13218639286	philosophical	calm and wise; reasonable Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality	81
13218639287	pragmatic	Practical	82
13218639288	pretentious	done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious	83
13218639289	resentful	angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly	84
13218639290	resigned	accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive	85
13218639291	reverent	deeply respectful	86
13218639293	satirical	criticizing through ridicule	87
13218639295	scathing	bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm	88
13218639296	scornful	contemptuous; disdainful	89
13218639300	solemn	serious	90
13218639301	subjective	Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings	91
13218639302	submissive	docile; meek	92
13218639303	sulking	sad, pouting, usually silent	93
13218639304	sympathetic	Compassionate	94
13218639307	unassuming	modest	95
13218639309	vindictive	Revengeful	96