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AP Literature Tone Vocab
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Subjects
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english
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ap
,
literature
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
quizzical
mordant
sardonic
reverent
2. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
malicious
sentimental
ambivalent
frivolous
3. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
morose
gauche
resigned
obsequious
4. Boorish - rude
disdainful
morose
churlish
malicious
5. To act in an obsequious manner
kowtowing
pompous
flippant
derisive
6. Insulting and condescending
diffident
Facetious
Choleric
derisive
7. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
disdainful
jovial
enervating
sardonic
8. Carefree and unconcerned
frivolous
cautionary
reticent
effusive
9. Immature or childish
jejune
aloof
morose
patronizing
10. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
patronizing
seductive
ribald
Choleric
11. Praise
laudatory
churlish
enervating
morose
12. Uncaring
apathetic
audacious
reticent
indignant
13. Scholarly
callous
contemptuous
erudite
volatile
14. Sarcastic
Facetious
apathetic
reverent
demoralized
15. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
supercilious
enervating
effusive
vehement
16. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
poignant
contemptuous
empathetic
frivolous
17. To deprive of force or strength
enervating
reflective
ambivalent
jovial
18. Sorrowful lamentation
volatile
caustic
incensed
elegiac
19. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
omnipotent
obsequious
didactic
jejune
20. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
flippant
aloof
didactic
churlish
21. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
fatuous
mordant
effusive
cynical
22. Overflowing and demonstrative
malicious
effusive
flippant
elegiac
23. Reluctant or restrained
obsequious
reticent
effusive
poignant
24. Harshly sarcastic
supercilious
caustic
laudatory
sardonic
25. Lacking respect - derisive
jejune
contemptuous
unctuous
cynical
26. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
apathetic
incredulous
reticent
vehement
27. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
callous
kowtowing
incredulous
effusive
28. Foolish or insane
Facetious
Nihilistic
fatuous
kowtowing
29. Frivolously disrespectful
incensed
flippant
Bellicose
laissez-faire
30. Heartfelt and serious
ribald
laissez-faire
indignant
earnest
31. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
frivolous
Choleric
audacious
quizzical
32. Ill-humored - very down
vehement
morose
mordant
ambivalent
33. Personal and emotional
reticent
churlish
intimate
laudatory
34. Discourage
aloof
kowtowing
demoralized
omnipotent
35. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
contemptuous
supercilious
provocative
mordant
36. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
provocative
audacious
resigned
unctuous
37. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
quizzical
reverent
elegiac
obsequious
38. With an air of superiority - talking down to
sardonic
condescending
omnipotent
incensed
39. Full of rage
incensed
sentimental
flippant
kowtowing
40. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
pompous
lugubrious
quizzical
callous
41. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
pompous
gauche
empathetic
condescending
42. Inclined or eager to fight
empathetic
laudatory
Bellicose
fatuous
43. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
malicious
omnipotent
caustic
jejune
44. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
gauche
laissez-faire
fatuous
kowtowing
45. Intending to instruct
didactic
enervating
indignant
cynical
46. Passive - accepting as inevitable
Facetious
resigned
obsequious
quizzical
47. Reserved - unassertive
gauche
obsequious
diffident
reflective
48. Easily angered
quizzical
volatile
patronizing
Choleric
49. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
jovial
laudatory
morose
lugubrious
50. Skeptical and unbelieving
supercilious
incredulous
erudite
pompous