AP Language - Tones Flashcards

14975231327	ambivalent	Having mixed feelings	0
14975231328	wry	humorously sarcastic or mocking	1
14975231329	forthright	(adj.) frank, direct, straightforward	2
14975231330	indifferent	Having no preference	3
14975231331	effusive	emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative	4
14975231332	tentative	not certain	5
14975231333	judgmental	critical; disapproving	6
14975231334	self-deprecating	modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so	7
14975231335	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	8
14975231336	bemused	bewildered or confused	9
14975231337	inflammatory	Arousing anger or strong emotion	10
14975231338	ominous	threatening	11
14975231339	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	12
14975231340	whimsical	(adj.) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable	13
14975231341	bittersweet	showing a mixture of pain and pleasure	14
14975231342	foreboding	a feeling of evil to come	15
14975231343	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	16
14975231344	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	17
14975231345	hostile	unfriendly	18
14975231346	provacative	tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desir or appetite; irritating, annoying	19
14975231347	rapt	deeply engrossed or absorbed	20
14975231348	didactic	instructive	21
14975231349	reverent	deeply respectful	22
14975231350	scornful	feeling or expressing contempt or derision	23
14975231351	grave	very serious	24
14975231352	bewildered	confused	25
14975231353	laudatory	expressing praise	26
14975231354	placid	calm	27
14975231355	lugubrious	mournful; gloomy	28
14975231356	melancholy	sad	29
14975231357	sardonic	grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	30
14975231358	detached	aloof; indifferent	31
14975231359	polemical	controversial; argumentative	32
14975231360	reflective	thoughtful	33
14975231361	fervent	eager; earnest	34
14975231362	nostalgic	having a longing for things past	35
14975231363	facetious	comical; jocular; flippant	36
14975231364	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	37
14975231365	pensive	thoughtful	38
14975231366	incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	39
14975231367	curt	rudely brief	40
14975231368	evasive	deliberately vague or ambiguous	41
14975231369	apprehensive	fearful or anxious, especially about the future	42
14975231370	belligerent	hostile and aggressive	43
14975231371	fatalistic	the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate	44
14975231372	self-assured	confident	45
14975231373	acerbic	biting, bitter in tone or taste	46
14975231374	frantic	wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion	47
14975231375	antagonistic	hostile	48
14975231376	conciliatory	intended or likely to placate or pacify	49
14975231377	jovial	cheerful and friendly	50
14975231378	irreverent	disrespectful	51
14975231379	poignant	emotionally moving	52
14975231380	irate	angry; enraged	53
14975231381	contentious	quarrelsome, inclined to argue	54
14975231382	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
14975231383	deferential	respectful	56
14975231384	incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	57
14975231385	objective	unbiased; not subjective	58
14975231386	Exasperated	frustrated; annoyed	59
14975231387	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	60
14975231388	moralistic	characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude	61
14975231389	wistful	vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful	62
14975231390	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	63
14975231391	apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	64
14975231392	fervent	eager; earnest	65
14975231393	introspective	contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings	66
14975231394	caustic	biting in wit	67
14975231395	impartial	unbiased; neutral	68
14975231396	serene	calm, peaceful	69
14975231397	aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	70
14975231398	bantering	playful teasing	71
14975231399	cynical	doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives	72
14975231400	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	73
14975231401	morose	gloomy	74
14975231402	zealous	enthusiastic	75
14975231403	plaintive	expressing sorrow	76
14975231404	mirthful	merry or amusing	77
14975231405	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	78
14975231406	ribald	humorous in a vulgar way	79