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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.
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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. Self-rightously angry
effusive
indignant
laissez-faire
lugubrious
2. Overflowing and demonstrative
effusive
contemptuous
unctuous
volatile
3. Full of rage
erudite
incensed
derisive
apathetic
4. Emotional attachment
erudite
earnest
sentimental
jovial
5. Easily angered
callous
poignant
Choleric
cautionary
6. Skeptical and unbelieving
incredulous
reverent
audacious
condescending
7. Reserved - unassertive
contemptuous
laudatory
diffident
pompous
8. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
cynical
kowtowing
pompous
provocative
9. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
jovial
kowtowing
quizzical
empathetic
10. Intending to instruct
didactic
pompous
contemptuous
ribald
11. Passive - accepting as inevitable
resigned
elegiac
sentimental
morose
12. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
cautionary
hubristic
malicious
mordant
13. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
ribald
resigned
incensed
forthright
14. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
contemptuous
cynical
empathetic
Facetious
15. To act in an obsequious manner
earnest
kowtowing
empathetic
audacious
16. Frivolously disrespectful
flippant
patronizing
omnipotent
sardonic
17. Insulting and condescending
derisive
laudatory
Bellicose
seductive
18. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
derisive
callous
Choleric
obsequious
19. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
sentimental
ambivalent
resigned
gauche
20. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
ribald
obsequious
omnipotent
condescending
21. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
cautionary
pompous
empathetic
audacious
22. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
audacious
laudatory
demoralized
caustic
23. Scholarly
erudite
obsequious
gauche
vehement
24. Uncaring
intimate
condescending
pompous
apathetic
25. Lacking respect - derisive
contemptuous
jejune
apathetic
churlish
26. Foolish or insane
cautionary
apathetic
laissez-faire
fatuous
27. Harshly sarcastic
reverent
laissez-faire
caustic
frivolous
28. Direct and outspoken
frivolous
quizzical
laissez-faire
forthright
29. Sarcastic
incredulous
earnest
Facetious
reticent
30. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
lugubrious
omnipotent
pompous
volatile
31. Sorrowful lamentation
elegiac
mordant
contemptuous
patronizing
32. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
forthright
volatile
poignant
fatuous
33. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
reflective
reticent
derisive
sardonic
34. Discourage
derisive
patronizing
demoralized
elegiac
35. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
Nihilistic
diffident
resigned
aloof
36. Meditative or deliberative
disdainful
poignant
incredulous
reflective
37. Deeply respectful
morose
incensed
lugubrious
reverent
38. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
supercilious
Bellicose
reverent
derisive
39. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
didactic
poignant
kowtowing
churlish
40. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
Bellicose
hubristic
vehement
didactic
41. Ill-humored - very down
morose
Facetious
fatuous
erudite
42. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
erudite
demoralized
kowtowing
patronizing
43. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
gauche
cautionary
elegiac
laudatory
44. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
kowtowing
forthright
omnipotent
laudatory
45. Praise
laissez-faire
cautionary
laudatory
kowtowing
46. Heartfelt and serious
caustic
callous
audacious
earnest
47. Personal and emotional
intimate
earnest
Facetious
laudatory
48. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
jejune
aloof
empathetic
vehement
49. Reluctant or restrained
indignant
reflective
reticent
reverent
50. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
reverent
malicious
aloof
reflective