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AP Literature Tone Vocab
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Subjects
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english
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ap
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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. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
omnipotent
quizzical
Nihilistic
contemptuous
2. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
audacious
poignant
intimate
frivolous
3. Full of rage
mordant
enervating
Facetious
incensed
4. Overflowing and demonstrative
aloof
omnipotent
effusive
frivolous
5. To act in an obsequious manner
kowtowing
unctuous
reverent
ambivalent
6. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
jovial
elegiac
effusive
sardonic
7. Intending to instruct
sentimental
ribald
didactic
malicious
8. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
erudite
omnipotent
provocative
empathetic
9. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
disdainful
intimate
quizzical
Choleric
10. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
ambivalent
cynical
Bellicose
elegiac
11. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
vehement
incredulous
Nihilistic
mordant
12. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
sentimental
incredulous
fatuous
volatile
13. Carefree and unconcerned
effusive
provocative
caustic
frivolous
14. Praise
laudatory
condescending
aloof
Nihilistic
15. Deeply respectful
disdainful
malicious
reverent
obsequious
16. Smug - oily (verbally that is) or excessively pious
incensed
erudite
empathetic
unctuous
17. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
Bellicose
provocative
condescending
pompous
18. Scorn - despise
sentimental
unctuous
earnest
disdainful
19. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
pompous
condescending
seductive
unctuous
20. Reluctant or restrained
reticent
demoralized
incredulous
unctuous
21. Sorrowful lamentation
supercilious
elegiac
aloof
jejune
22. Passive - accepting as inevitable
diffident
ribald
unctuous
resigned
23. Ill-humored - very down
incensed
cynical
morose
resigned
24. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
mordant
fatuous
erudite
provocative
25. Easily angered
intimate
seductive
Choleric
aloof
26. Meditative or deliberative
sardonic
reflective
fatuous
incredulous
27. To deprive of force or strength
gauche
derisive
disdainful
enervating
28. Harshly sarcastic
caustic
flippant
erudite
diffident
29. Skeptical and unbelieving
audacious
incredulous
resigned
Nihilistic
30. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
cynical
flippant
supercilious
hubristic
31. Direct and outspoken
laudatory
forthright
callous
Bellicose
32. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
reverent
frivolous
jejune
hubristic
33. Boorish - rude
mordant
elegiac
churlish
diffident
34. Foolish or insane
callous
sardonic
fatuous
jovial
35. Self-rightously angry
cautionary
kowtowing
indignant
incensed
36. Inclined or eager to fight
frivolous
caustic
hubristic
Bellicose
37. Heartfelt and serious
earnest
aloof
erudite
Choleric
38. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
frivolous
disdainful
laissez-faire
vehement
39. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
mordant
vehement
pompous
empathetic
40. Prudent forethought
callous
provocative
jovial
cautionary
41. Insulting and condescending
effusive
malicious
gauche
derisive
42. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
gauche
churlish
aloof
condescending
43. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
incensed
derisive
diffident
provocative
44. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
didactic
obsequious
audacious
cautionary
45. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
jovial
audacious
frivolous
kowtowing
46. Personal and emotional
malicious
condescending
incredulous
intimate
47. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
ribald
empathetic
disdainful
poignant
48. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
jejune
callous
reverent
empathetic
49. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
gauche
unctuous
condescending
flippant
50. Scholarly
vehement
erudite
fatuous
cynical