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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. Sarcastic
provocative
elegiac
Facetious
condescending
2. Insulting and condescending
obsequious
derisive
frivolous
vehement
3. Frivolously disrespectful
reticent
flippant
quizzical
indignant
4. Passive - accepting as inevitable
resigned
quizzical
sardonic
enervating
5. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
supercilious
erudite
laissez-faire
quizzical
6. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
cautionary
vehement
pompous
forthright
7. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
seductive
pompous
morose
intimate
8. Skeptical and unbelieving
incredulous
Nihilistic
ambivalent
intimate
9. Heartfelt and serious
earnest
hubristic
lugubrious
kowtowing
10. Boorish - rude
sardonic
supercilious
churlish
Choleric
11. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
earnest
quizzical
seductive
audacious
12. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
jovial
diffident
erudite
demoralized
13. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
flippant
lugubrious
cynical
morose
14. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
patronizing
laissez-faire
jovial
incensed
15. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
poignant
sardonic
derisive
cynical
16. Ill-humored - very down
mordant
morose
gauche
jovial
17. With an air of superiority - talking down to
cynical
jejune
condescending
incredulous
18. Praise
audacious
quizzical
laudatory
diffident
19. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
seductive
lugubrious
ribald
incensed
20. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
obsequious
Bellicose
mordant
contemptuous
21. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
contemptuous
quizzical
omnipotent
supercilious
22. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
volatile
diffident
patronizing
provocative
23. Uncaring
laudatory
mordant
apathetic
laissez-faire
24. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
caustic
mordant
hubristic
pompous
25. To act in an obsequious manner
indignant
frivolous
kowtowing
audacious
26. Meditative or deliberative
reflective
earnest
obsequious
apathetic
27. Reluctant or restrained
reticent
enervating
demoralized
Nihilistic
28. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
volatile
laudatory
vehement
malicious
29. Intending to instruct
frivolous
didactic
aloof
gauche
30. Inclined or eager to fight
Bellicose
provocative
omnipotent
laudatory
31. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
frivolous
gauche
poignant
apathetic
32. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
cynical
disdainful
enervating
aloof
33. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
resigned
pompous
ambivalent
reflective
34. Overflowing and demonstrative
effusive
omnipotent
reticent
hubristic
35. Immature or childish
obsequious
earnest
jejune
ribald
36. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
churlish
diffident
callous
Bellicose
37. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
obsequious
vehement
didactic
cynical
38. Reserved - unassertive
flippant
diffident
reflective
forthright
39. Carefree and unconcerned
frivolous
seductive
disdainful
callous
40. Direct and outspoken
frivolous
intimate
forthright
erudite
41. Scorn - despise
mordant
disdainful
pompous
sentimental
42. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
seductive
malicious
cynical
Choleric
43. Full of rage
disdainful
erudite
incensed
morose
44. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
hubristic
contemptuous
volatile
sardonic
45. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
sardonic
volatile
seductive
reticent
46. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
condescending
frivolous
gauche
effusive
47. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
pompous
provocative
ambivalent
indignant
48. Lacking respect - derisive
demoralized
resigned
cautionary
contemptuous
49. Self-rightously angry
contemptuous
volatile
indignant
laissez-faire
50. Smug - oily (verbally that is) or excessively pious
unctuous
cautionary
empathetic
callous