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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. Reluctant or restrained
poignant
reticent
callous
gauche
2. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
condescending
malicious
frivolous
reflective
3. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
provocative
lugubrious
caustic
elegiac
4. Scorn - despise
callous
unctuous
disdainful
enervating
5. Scholarly
callous
erudite
omnipotent
Facetious
6. Boorish - rude
laissez-faire
reticent
flippant
churlish
7. Meditative or deliberative
reflective
aloof
poignant
incredulous
8. Frivolously disrespectful
callous
flippant
seductive
obsequious
9. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
empathetic
lugubrious
resigned
diffident
10. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
reticent
omnipotent
sardonic
earnest
11. Ill-humored - very down
laudatory
morose
Nihilistic
seductive
12. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
patronizing
jejune
unctuous
resigned
13. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
derisive
ambivalent
cautionary
audacious
14. Direct and outspoken
patronizing
cynical
forthright
poignant
15. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
lugubrious
volatile
morose
hubristic
16. Discourage
effusive
demoralized
Choleric
reticent
17. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
effusive
ambivalent
jejune
frivolous
18. Inclined or eager to fight
Bellicose
incredulous
demoralized
incensed
19. Overflowing and demonstrative
vehement
effusive
jejune
fatuous
20. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
contemptuous
sardonic
caustic
cautionary
21. Reserved - unassertive
flippant
diffident
jovial
derisive
22. Emotional attachment
jejune
sentimental
contemptuous
enervating
23. To act in an obsequious manner
intimate
reverent
laissez-faire
kowtowing
24. Full of rage
kowtowing
sardonic
incensed
poignant
25. Skeptical and unbelieving
quizzical
forthright
incredulous
churlish
26. Personal and emotional
contemptuous
lugubrious
intimate
enervating
27. Intending to instruct
sardonic
flippant
lugubrious
didactic
28. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
reticent
unctuous
disdainful
pompous
29. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
laudatory
unctuous
poignant
flippant
30. With an air of superiority - talking down to
patronizing
ambivalent
audacious
condescending
31. Lacking respect - derisive
enervating
lugubrious
contemptuous
effusive
32. Prudent forethought
Nihilistic
cautionary
Bellicose
derisive
33. Easily angered
pompous
Choleric
reverent
didactic
34. Praise
jejune
churlish
laudatory
enervating
35. Sorrowful lamentation
elegiac
poignant
cynical
fatuous
36. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
gauche
empathetic
unctuous
Nihilistic
37. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
demoralized
obsequious
elegiac
ribald
38. Insulting and condescending
jovial
ribald
derisive
laissez-faire
39. Passive - accepting as inevitable
elegiac
resigned
laudatory
unctuous
40. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
Bellicose
churlish
didactic
mordant
41. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
laudatory
demoralized
ribald
enervating
42. Foolish or insane
frivolous
incensed
volatile
fatuous
43. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
mordant
kowtowing
lugubrious
omnipotent
44. Deeply respectful
resigned
poignant
Nihilistic
reverent
45. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
volatile
callous
sardonic
earnest
46. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
caustic
seductive
resigned
enervating
47. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
volatile
reticent
churlish
laissez-faire
48. Self-rightously angry
churlish
seductive
indignant
ambivalent
49. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
cynical
ribald
vehement
malicious
50. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
cautionary
jovial
kowtowing
caustic