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AP Literature Tone Vocab
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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.
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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. Frivolously disrespectful
flippant
disdainful
audacious
patronizing
2. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
earnest
Bellicose
unctuous
vehement
3. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
reflective
sardonic
cautionary
hubristic
4. To deprive of force or strength
condescending
didactic
earnest
enervating
5. With an air of superiority - talking down to
Nihilistic
incredulous
condescending
earnest
6. Heartfelt and serious
incensed
vehement
earnest
quizzical
7. Prudent forethought
fatuous
morose
incredulous
cautionary
8. Scorn - despise
didactic
elegiac
disdainful
indignant
9. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
laissez-faire
callous
sentimental
Nihilistic
10. Direct and outspoken
forthright
supercilious
cynical
gauche
11. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
aloof
kowtowing
morose
reflective
12. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
malicious
ribald
jejune
provocative
13. Intending to instruct
patronizing
earnest
provocative
didactic
14. Easily angered
vehement
derisive
Choleric
empathetic
15. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
vehement
poignant
diffident
incredulous
16. Passive - accepting as inevitable
omnipotent
vehement
caustic
resigned
17. Deeply respectful
cautionary
incensed
Choleric
reverent
18. Immature or childish
jejune
apathetic
didactic
omnipotent
19. Inclined or eager to fight
Bellicose
provocative
ambivalent
earnest
20. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
lugubrious
fatuous
kowtowing
audacious
21. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
contemptuous
pompous
incensed
quizzical
22. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
unctuous
kowtowing
lugubrious
enervating
23. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
aloof
incredulous
cynical
flippant
24. Ill-humored - very down
erudite
laudatory
hubristic
morose
25. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
seductive
quizzical
aloof
ambivalent
26. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
mordant
laissez-faire
pompous
derisive
27. Insulting and condescending
lugubrious
poignant
intimate
derisive
28. Uncaring
reticent
condescending
audacious
apathetic
29. Boorish - rude
condescending
elegiac
obsequious
churlish
30. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
laudatory
malicious
callous
hubristic
31. Lacking respect - derisive
forthright
contemptuous
enervating
frivolous
32. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
reverent
ribald
unctuous
patronizing
33. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
churlish
disdainful
empathetic
diffident
34. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
cynical
cautionary
seductive
supercilious
35. Skeptical and unbelieving
jejune
laissez-faire
incredulous
hubristic
36. Personal and emotional
forthright
Bellicose
intimate
fatuous
37. Full of rage
incensed
Nihilistic
intimate
gauche
38. Harshly sarcastic
caustic
Choleric
intimate
lugubrious
39. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
erudite
Choleric
reticent
malicious
40. Reserved - unassertive
indignant
lugubrious
diffident
apathetic
41. Overflowing and demonstrative
audacious
derisive
effusive
erudite
42. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
Facetious
malicious
mordant
hubristic
43. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
ribald
mordant
supercilious
unctuous
44. Meditative or deliberative
contemptuous
caustic
laissez-faire
reflective
45. To act in an obsequious manner
intimate
seductive
kowtowing
forthright
46. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
resigned
jovial
obsequious
aloof
47. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
fatuous
elegiac
provocative
pompous
48. Emotional attachment
sentimental
reticent
enervating
flippant
49. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
omnipotent
empathetic
caustic
effusive
50. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
frivolous
reverent
volatile
obsequious