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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. Insulting and condescending
lugubrious
derisive
omnipotent
didactic
2. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
apathetic
poignant
jovial
hubristic
3. Sorrowful lamentation
audacious
empathetic
enervating
elegiac
4. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
pompous
laissez-faire
gauche
reflective
5. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
malicious
omnipotent
frivolous
jovial
6. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
quizzical
pompous
malicious
cautionary
7. Deeply respectful
reverent
hubristic
callous
churlish
8. Intending to instruct
sentimental
diffident
didactic
Bellicose
9. Lacking respect - derisive
mordant
condescending
contemptuous
reticent
10. Passive - accepting as inevitable
cautionary
resigned
erudite
derisive
11. Reserved - unassertive
vehement
sentimental
diffident
empathetic
12. With an air of superiority - talking down to
lugubrious
cynical
condescending
provocative
13. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
sardonic
morose
laudatory
resigned
14. Harshly sarcastic
obsequious
intimate
pompous
caustic
15. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
seductive
pompous
sentimental
didactic
16. Uncaring
jovial
gauche
ribald
apathetic
17. Foolish or insane
fatuous
Choleric
aloof
gauche
18. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
Facetious
obsequious
vehement
incredulous
19. Meditative or deliberative
ambivalent
reflective
lugubrious
diffident
20. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
audacious
reverent
caustic
aloof
21. Self-rightously angry
jovial
derisive
indignant
condescending
22. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
hubristic
jovial
ambivalent
unctuous
23. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
incredulous
disdainful
unctuous
supercilious
24. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
reverent
jovial
cynical
gauche
25. Scholarly
poignant
erudite
malicious
fatuous
26. Carefree and unconcerned
incensed
callous
frivolous
laudatory
27. Reluctant or restrained
mordant
malicious
provocative
reticent
28. Sarcastic
gauche
derisive
Facetious
sentimental
29. Easily angered
intimate
Choleric
apathetic
supercilious
30. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
quizzical
resigned
empathetic
indignant
31. Heartfelt and serious
earnest
poignant
reticent
Bellicose
32. Inclined or eager to fight
flippant
reflective
Nihilistic
Bellicose
33. Immature or childish
erudite
ambivalent
jejune
omnipotent
34. To deprive of force or strength
enervating
poignant
obsequious
supercilious
35. Full of rage
churlish
incensed
elegiac
cynical
36. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
Nihilistic
unctuous
sardonic
indignant
37. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
cautionary
laissez-faire
gauche
hubristic
38. Frivolously disrespectful
indignant
enervating
churlish
flippant
39. Emotional attachment
mordant
unctuous
pompous
sentimental
40. Overflowing and demonstrative
supercilious
effusive
volatile
jovial
41. Prudent forethought
hubristic
audacious
cautionary
erudite
42. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
earnest
lugubrious
Facetious
seductive
43. Boorish - rude
unctuous
Choleric
empathetic
churlish
44. Discourage
Facetious
poignant
audacious
demoralized
45. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
intimate
hubristic
unctuous
volatile
46. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
sardonic
intimate
indignant
vehement
47. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
cynical
Bellicose
Nihilistic
unctuous
48. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
frivolous
empathetic
indignant
quizzical
49. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
omnipotent
ribald
cautionary
poignant
50. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
caustic
patronizing
provocative
unctuous