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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. Overflowing and demonstrative
forthright
malicious
enervating
effusive
2. Discourage
demoralized
cynical
supercilious
audacious
3. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
disdainful
pompous
elegiac
quizzical
4. Harshly sarcastic
kowtowing
cautionary
ambivalent
caustic
5. Sarcastic
Facetious
malicious
contemptuous
cynical
6. Reluctant or restrained
reticent
incredulous
Choleric
Facetious
7. Praise
pompous
erudite
laudatory
earnest
8. With an air of superiority - talking down to
condescending
churlish
frivolous
poignant
9. Deeply respectful
hubristic
reverent
morose
apathetic
10. To deprive of force or strength
diffident
enervating
Choleric
effusive
11. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
laissez-faire
hubristic
poignant
condescending
12. Personal and emotional
reflective
frivolous
lugubrious
intimate
13. Frivolously disrespectful
Nihilistic
intimate
lugubrious
flippant
14. Passive - accepting as inevitable
audacious
provocative
resigned
hubristic
15. Heartfelt and serious
Choleric
earnest
obsequious
fatuous
16. Direct and outspoken
forthright
ambivalent
condescending
laudatory
17. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
ribald
derisive
disdainful
Bellicose
18. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
reverent
provocative
empathetic
Bellicose
19. Reserved - unassertive
diffident
Bellicose
effusive
kowtowing
20. Meditative or deliberative
Choleric
enervating
intimate
reflective
21. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
malicious
seductive
volatile
jovial
22. Uncaring
apathetic
patronizing
didactic
intimate
23. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
provocative
diffident
vehement
didactic
24. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
caustic
frivolous
unctuous
ambivalent
25. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
callous
disdainful
incredulous
patronizing
26. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
Bellicose
diffident
Choleric
jovial
27. Carefree and unconcerned
elegiac
enervating
ambivalent
frivolous
28. Skeptical and unbelieving
cautionary
volatile
contemptuous
incredulous
29. Lacking respect - derisive
didactic
contemptuous
kowtowing
Nihilistic
30. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
ribald
condescending
laissez-faire
gauche
31. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
didactic
poignant
callous
morose
32. Easily angered
malicious
erudite
Choleric
indignant
33. Scorn - despise
audacious
derisive
vehement
disdainful
34. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
Facetious
reverent
derisive
malicious
35. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
sardonic
cynical
unctuous
poignant
36. Scholarly
pompous
effusive
poignant
erudite
37. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
laudatory
frivolous
seductive
omnipotent
38. Boorish - rude
patronizing
effusive
derisive
churlish
39. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
quizzical
pompous
demoralized
laissez-faire
40. Ill-humored - very down
contemptuous
kowtowing
morose
incredulous
41. To act in an obsequious manner
patronizing
volatile
obsequious
kowtowing
42. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
reverent
sentimental
vehement
sardonic
43. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
provocative
pompous
Choleric
omnipotent
44. Foolish or insane
fatuous
gauche
intimate
enervating
45. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
resigned
volatile
malicious
Nihilistic
46. Prudent forethought
cautionary
ambivalent
volatile
jovial
47. Self-rightously angry
Nihilistic
provocative
indignant
poignant
48. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
omnipotent
demoralized
poignant
mordant
49. Insulting and condescending
derisive
kowtowing
churlish
poignant
50. Immature or childish
provocative
jejune
obsequious
aloof