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