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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. Frivolously disrespectful
resigned
flippant
indignant
disdainful
2. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
malicious
resigned
aloof
frivolous
3. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
quizzical
flippant
mordant
reverent
4. To act in an obsequious manner
obsequious
laissez-faire
cynical
kowtowing
5. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
elegiac
ribald
obsequious
hubristic
6. Scholarly
omnipotent
erudite
callous
volatile
7. Smug - oily (verbally that is) or excessively pious
enervating
unctuous
forthright
callous
8. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
mordant
incredulous
jejune
audacious
9. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
caustic
gauche
empathetic
earnest
10. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
Nihilistic
poignant
fatuous
pompous
11. Reluctant or restrained
frivolous
cautionary
diffident
reticent
12. Personal and emotional
Choleric
unctuous
intimate
jovial
13. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
diffident
frivolous
volatile
pompous
14. Praise
churlish
laudatory
empathetic
jejune
15. Carefree and unconcerned
frivolous
indignant
demoralized
erudite
16. Uncaring
apathetic
jejune
lugubrious
empathetic
17. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
callous
aloof
patronizing
erudite
18. Emotional attachment
reverent
sentimental
Facetious
demoralized
19. With an air of superiority - talking down to
demoralized
earnest
condescending
unctuous
20. Intending to instruct
volatile
intimate
pompous
didactic
21. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
provocative
omnipotent
jovial
supercilious
22. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
unctuous
effusive
incredulous
pompous
23. Skeptical and unbelieving
incredulous
condescending
forthright
Facetious
24. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
didactic
flippant
hubristic
ambivalent
25. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
hubristic
caustic
diffident
effusive
26. Overflowing and demonstrative
cynical
provocative
churlish
effusive
27. Discourage
patronizing
demoralized
hubristic
pompous
28. Passive - accepting as inevitable
cynical
malicious
poignant
resigned
29. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
mordant
unctuous
hubristic
intimate
30. Immature or childish
jejune
intimate
seductive
callous
31. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
fatuous
vehement
reverent
patronizing
32. Inclined or eager to fight
elegiac
seductive
malicious
Bellicose
33. Deeply respectful
jejune
reticent
obsequious
reverent
34. Lacking respect - derisive
reticent
callous
contemptuous
cautionary
35. Boorish - rude
poignant
seductive
churlish
incensed
36. Full of rage
sentimental
incensed
Facetious
demoralized
37. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
effusive
incensed
supercilious
volatile
38. Ill-humored - very down
morose
sentimental
provocative
fatuous
39. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
Facetious
cynical
laudatory
volatile
40. Direct and outspoken
forthright
provocative
reverent
indignant
41. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
obsequious
jejune
laissez-faire
Bellicose
42. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
jovial
Choleric
lugubrious
effusive
43. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
sardonic
fatuous
provocative
forthright
44. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
resigned
jejune
frivolous
vehement
45. Easily angered
sardonic
churlish
resigned
Choleric
46. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
lugubrious
laissez-faire
Nihilistic
aloof
47. Harshly sarcastic
audacious
vehement
hubristic
caustic
48. Foolish or insane
contemptuous
sentimental
ambivalent
fatuous
49. Insulting and condescending
derisive
volatile
cautionary
supercilious
50. Self-rightously angry
patronizing
indignant
poignant
seductive