AP Language - Tones Flashcards

14796389470	ambivalent	Having mixed feelings	0
14796389471	wry	humorously sarcastic or mocking	1
14796389472	forthright	(adj.) frank, direct, straightforward	2
14796389473	indifferent	Having no preference	3
14796389474	effusive	emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative	4
14796389475	tentative	not certain	5
14796389476	judgmental	critical; disapproving	6
14796389477	self-deprecating	modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so	7
14796389478	reticent	not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily	8
14796389479	bemused	bewildered or confused	9
14796389480	inflammatory	Arousing anger or strong emotion	10
14796389481	ominous	threatening	11
14796389482	condescending	possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing	12
14796389483	whimsical	(adj.) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable	13
14796389484	bittersweet	showing a mixture of pain and pleasure	14
14796389485	foreboding	a feeling of evil to come	15
14796389486	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	16
14796389487	flippant	not showing a serious or respectful attitude	17
14796389488	hostile	unfriendly	18
14796389489	provacative	tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desir or appetite; irritating, annoying	19
14796389490	rapt	deeply engrossed or absorbed	20
14796389491	didactic	instructive	21
14796389492	reverent	deeply respectful	22
14796389493	scornful	feeling or expressing contempt or derision	23
14796389494	grave	very serious	24
14796389495	bewildered	confused	25
14796389496	laudatory	expressing praise	26
14796389497	placid	calm	27
14796389498	lugubrious	mournful; gloomy	28
14796389499	melancholy	sad	29
14796389500	sardonic	grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic	30
14796389501	detached	aloof; indifferent	31
14796389502	polemical	controversial; argumentative	32
14796389503	reflective	thoughtful	33
14796389504	fervent	eager; earnest	34
14796389505	nostalgic	having a longing for things past	35
14796389506	facetious	comical; jocular; flippant	36
14796389507	indignant	feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	37
14796389508	pensive	thoughtful	38
14796389509	incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	39
14796389510	curt	rudely brief	40
14796389511	evasive	deliberately vague or ambiguous	41
14796389512	apprehensive	fearful or anxious, especially about the future	42
14796389513	belligerent	hostile and aggressive	43
14796389514	fatalistic	the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate	44
14796389515	self-assured	confident	45
14796389516	acerbic	biting, bitter in tone or taste	46
14796389517	frantic	wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion	47
14796389518	antagonistic	hostile	48
14796389519	conciliatory	intended or likely to placate or pacify	49
14796389520	jovial	cheerful and friendly	50
14796389521	irreverent	disrespectful	51
14796389522	poignant	emotionally moving	52
14796389523	irate	angry; enraged	53
14796389524	contentious	quarrelsome, inclined to argue	54
14796389525	ironic	satiric; unexpected	55
14796389526	deferential	respectful	56
14796389527	incredulous	disbelieving, skeptical	57
14796389528	objective	unbiased; not subjective	58
14796389529	Exasperated	frustrated; annoyed	59
14796389530	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	60
14796389531	moralistic	characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude	61
14796389532	wistful	vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful	62
14796389533	forthright	directly frank without hesitation	63
14796389534	apathetic	feeling or showing little emotion	64
14796389535	fervent	eager; earnest	65
14796389536	introspective	contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings	66
14796389537	caustic	biting in wit	67
14796389538	impartial	unbiased; neutral	68
14796389539	serene	calm, peaceful	69
14796389540	aloof	not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant	70
14796389541	bantering	playful teasing	71
14796389542	cynical	doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives	72
14796389543	contemptuous	Feeling hatred; scornful	73
14796389544	morose	gloomy	74
14796389545	zealous	enthusiastic	75
14796389546	plaintive	expressing sorrow	76
14796389547	mirthful	merry or amusing	77
14796389548	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	78
14796389549	ribald	humorous in a vulgar way	79