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