AP English Language and Composition Tone Words by Definition Flashcards

10973384769	eulogistic	involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually for the dead	0
10973384770	grave	something serious or solemn	1
10973384771	pensive	dreamily thoughtful	2
10973384772	pious	displaying a reverence for God	3
10973384773	venerative	regarding with reverence	4
10973384774	fervent	warmth; intensity of spirit	5
10973384775	giddy	frivolous; lighthearted	6
10973384776	laudatory	containing and expressing praise	7
10973384777	elegiac	of, relating to, or involving mourning or expressing sorrow	8
10973384778	lugubrious	mournful, dismal, gloomy, especially to a ludicrous degree	9
10973384779	bantering	good-humored, playful in conversation	10
10973384780	cynical	tendency to believe human behavior is selfish and opportunistic	11
10973384781	derisive	ridiculing, mocking	12
10973384782	facetious	lightly amusing; unserious; frivolous, especially at the wrong time	13
10973384783	farcical	comedic with high exaggeration	14
10973384784	flippant	lacking in seriousness; disrespectfully casual; uncaring	15
10973384785	ludicrous	ridiculous; laughable; outlandish; silly	16
10973384786	mock-heroic	satiric imitation of heroic traits	17
10973384787	sardonic	scornfully or cynically mocking; sarcastic	18
10973384788	satiric	characterized by satire	19
10973384789	wry	satiric; bitter	20
10973384790	choleric	easily angered	21
10973384791	indignant	marked by anger; aroused by justice	22
10973384792	inflammatory	likely to stir up anger or trouble	23
10973384793	vexed	annoyed; irritated; distressed	24
10973384794	blithe	joyous, merry, glad	25
10973384795	euphoric	beyond earthly happiness	26
10973384796	jocund	cheery, joyful, and happy	27
10973384797	whimsical	playful; humorous or fanciful; unpredictable	28
10973384798	bemused	preoccupied; deep in thought	29
10973384799	expectant	having expectations	30
10973384800	antagonistic	hostile, unfriendly	31
10973384801	belligerent	aggressively hostile; warlike	32
10973384802	vitriolic	scathing or bitter	33
10973384803	apprehensive	uneasy about the future	34
10973384804	diffident	timid; reserved in manner	35
10973384805	fatalistic	in the belief that everything is predetermined and out of our hands	36
10973384806	foreboding	to have inward conviction of	37
10973384807	stark	plain; harsh; bleak or grim	38
10973384808	timorous	timid	39
10973384809	effusive	unrestrained and excessive in emotional expression	40
10973384810	picturesque	strikingly expressive or vivid	41
10973384811	sentimental	colored by emotion rather than realism	42
10973384812	convoluted	very complicated or involved	43
10973384813	abstract	theoretical; without reference to specifics	44
10973384814	allusive	characterized by indirect references	45
10973384815	classical	formal; standard; traditional	46
10973384816	cogent	convincing; reasonable	47
10973384817	cultured	high degree or taste	48
10973384818	epistolary	involving letters	49
10973384819	erudite	learned; scholarly	50
10973384820	idiomatic	peculiar to a particular language	51
10973384821	urbane	sophisticated	52
10973384822	acerbic	sharp or sour	53
10973384823	bombastic	pretentious and pompous	54
10973384824	brusque	blunt	55
10973384825	callous	emotionally hardened	56
10973384826	condescending	in a patronizing, degrading manner	57
10973384827	contemptuous	scornful, expressing in disgrace	58
10973384828	contentious	involving or likely to cause contention	59
10973384829	disdainful	scornful	60
10973384830	evasive	tending or intending to evade	61
10973384831	haughty	proud and vain to the point of arrogance	62
10973384832	iconoclastic	inclined to attack cherished beliefs and emotions	63
10973384833	imperious	arrogantly domineering; overbearing	64
10973384834	insolent	rude; not showing proper respect; arrogant	65
10973384835	irreverent	showing disrespect for things that are normally respected	66
10973384836	patronizing	to treat in a condescending manner	67
10973384837	petulant	easily irritated or annoyed	68
10973384838	pretentious	exaggerated show of dignity or importance	69
10973384839	provocative	tending to provoke	70
10973384840	strident	loud, harsh, and unpleasantly noisy	71
10973384841	aloof	indifferent, disinterested	72
10973384842	banal	pointless and uninteresting	73
10973384843	detached	disinterested; unbiased	74
10973384844	objective	uninfluenced by emotions	75
10973384845	restrained	held back; deprived	76
10973384846	stolid	having or revealing little emotion	77
10973384847	turgid	pompous; excessively ornate or complex in style or language	78
10973384848	ambiguous	doubtful, uncertain from obscurity or indistinctiveness	79
10973384849	incredulous	unbelieving	80
10973384850	skeptical	showing doubt	81
10973384851	tentative	in an unsure state of mind	82
10973384852	ambivalent	mixture of opposite feelings	83
10973384853	obscure	not clearly expressed; ambiguous or vague	84
10973384854	pedantic	concerned with unimportant details	85
10973384855	austere	stern; strict; frugal	86
10973384856	didactic	inclined to teach or moralize (often excessively)	87
10973384857	moralistic	concerned with principles of morality	88
10973384858	puritanical	strict or severe in matters of morality	89
10973384859	candid	open and sincere; straightforward; honest	90
10973384860	colloquial	ordinary and informal (usually refers to conversation)	91
10973384861	homespun	simple and homely	92
10973384862	insipid	vapid; bland	93
10973384863	lucid	easily understood; clear	94
10973384864	mundane	ordinary; common; everyday	95
10973384865	terse	effectively concise; brief	96
10973384866	audacious	fearless; recklessly daring; unrestrained; insolent	97
10973384867	baroque	elaborate; ornamental	98
10973384868	cinematic	having the qualities of a motion picture	99
10973384869	conciliatory	agreeable; characterized by appeasement	100
10973384870	crepuscular	having to do with shadowy areas (usually has to do with humanity)	101
10973384871	decadent	marked by a decay in morals and values; indulgent	102
10973384872	discursive	moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling	103
10973384873	evocative	having the ability to call forth memories or other responses	104
10973384874	lethargic	slow; sluggish	105
10973384875	petty	lesser; minor	106
10973384876	provincial	limited in perspective; self-centered	107
10973384877	prurient	preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts	108
10973384878	self-concerning	aware of oneself as an individual; not confident	109
10973384879	sepulchral	pertaining to burial	110
10973384880	transitory	short-lived; temporary	111
10973384881	trite	stale; worn out; overused	112
10973384882	zealous	highly motivated; fervent	113