AP Language - Tones Flashcards

14338798753	ambivalent	Having mixed feelings	0
14338798754	wry	humorously sarcastic or mocking	1
14338798755	forthright	(adj.) frank, direct, straightforward	2
14338798756	indifferent	Having no preference	3
14338798757	effusive	emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative	4
14338798758	tentative	not certain	5
14338798759	judgmental	critical; disapproving	6
14338798760	self-deprecating	modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so	7
14338798761	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	8
14338798762	bemused	bewildered or confused	9
14338798763	inflammatory	Arousing anger or strong emotion	10
14338798764	ominous	threatening	11
14338798765	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	12
14338798766	whimsical	(adj.) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable	13
14338798767	bittersweet	showing a mixture of pain and pleasure	14
14338798768	foreboding	a feeling of evil to come	15
14338798769	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	16
14338798770	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	17
14338798771	hostile	unfriendly	18
14338798772	provacative	tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desir or appetite; irritating, annoying	19
14338798773	rapt	deeply engrossed or absorbed	20
14338798774	didactic	instructive	21
14338798775	reverent	deeply respectful	22
14338798776	scornful	feeling or expressing contempt or derision	23
14338798777	grave	very serious	24
14338798778	bewildered	confused	25
14338798779	laudatory	expressing praise	26
14338798780	placid	calm	27
14338798781	lugubrious	mournful; gloomy	28
14338798782	melancholy	sad	29
14338798783	sardonic	grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	30
14338798784	detached	aloof; indifferent	31
14338798785	polemical	controversial; argumentative	32
14338798786	reflective	thoughtful	33
14338798787	fervent	eager; earnest	34
14338798788	nostalgic	having a longing for things past	35
14338798789	facetious	comical; jocular; flippant	36
14338798790	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	37
14338798791	pensive	thoughtful	38
14338798792	incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	39
14338798793	curt	rudely brief	40
14338798794	evasive	deliberately vague or ambiguous	41
14338798795	apprehensive	fearful or anxious, especially about the future	42
14338798796	belligerent	hostile and aggressive	43
14338798797	fatalistic	the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate	44
14338798798	self-assured	confident	45
14338798799	acerbic	biting, bitter in tone or taste	46
14338798800	frantic	wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion	47
14338798801	antagonistic	hostile	48
14338798802	conciliatory	intended or likely to placate or pacify	49
14338798803	jovial	cheerful and friendly	50
14338798804	irreverent	disrespectful	51
14338798805	poignant	emotionally moving	52
14338798806	irate	angry; enraged	53
14338798807	contentious	quarrelsome, inclined to argue	54
14338798808	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
14338798809	deferential	respectful	56
14338798810	incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	57
14338798811	objective	unbiased; not subjective	58
14338798812	Exasperated	frustrated; annoyed	59
14338798813	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	60
14338798814	moralistic	characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude	61
14338798815	wistful	vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful	62
14338798816	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	63
14338798817	apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	64
14338798818	fervent	eager; earnest	65
14338798819	introspective	contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings	66
14338798820	caustic	biting in wit	67
14338798821	impartial	unbiased; neutral	68
14338798822	serene	calm, peaceful	69
14338798823	aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	70
14338798824	bantering	playful teasing	71
14338798825	cynical	doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives	72
14338798826	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	73
14338798827	morose	gloomy	74
14338798828	zealous	enthusiastic	75
14338798829	plaintive	expressing sorrow	76
14338798830	mirthful	merry or amusing	77
14338798831	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	78
14338798832	ribald	humorous in a vulgar way	79