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