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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. Scholarly
Facetious
reticent
erudite
churlish
2. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
intimate
audacious
obsequious
effusive
3. To deprive of force or strength
laudatory
aloof
enervating
audacious
4. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
diffident
jovial
sardonic
demoralized
5. Deeply respectful
didactic
incensed
reverent
earnest
6. Harshly sarcastic
reverent
caustic
audacious
obsequious
7. Full of rage
lugubrious
aloof
incensed
volatile
8. Overflowing and demonstrative
effusive
callous
Nihilistic
seductive
9. Emotional attachment
Facetious
sentimental
caustic
intimate
10. Foolish or insane
elegiac
derisive
lugubrious
fatuous
11. Prudent forethought
malicious
poignant
cautionary
empathetic
12. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
incensed
lugubrious
jejune
Nihilistic
13. Meditative or deliberative
malicious
fatuous
reflective
hubristic
14. Heartfelt and serious
morose
cynical
callous
earnest
15. Intending to instruct
patronizing
earnest
jejune
didactic
16. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
reverent
empathetic
poignant
frivolous
17. Carefree and unconcerned
effusive
elegiac
frivolous
derisive
18. Smug - oily (verbally that is) or excessively pious
ribald
empathetic
unctuous
obsequious
19. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
unctuous
earnest
lugubrious
ribald
20. Skeptical and unbelieving
incredulous
mordant
condescending
laissez-faire
21. Ill-humored - very down
morose
vehement
seductive
Facetious
22. To act in an obsequious manner
aloof
sardonic
incredulous
kowtowing
23. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
sardonic
laissez-faire
contemptuous
reflective
24. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
quizzical
erudite
caustic
derisive
25. Uncaring
apathetic
reflective
enervating
didactic
26. Inclined or eager to fight
apathetic
elegiac
vehement
Bellicose
27. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
Choleric
resigned
flippant
supercilious
28. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
vehement
incredulous
diffident
incensed
29. Scorn - despise
pompous
sentimental
frivolous
disdainful
30. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
churlish
provocative
erudite
jejune
31. Reluctant or restrained
demoralized
reticent
cynical
enervating
32. Personal and emotional
Bellicose
incredulous
laudatory
intimate
33. Sarcastic
indignant
frivolous
Facetious
Nihilistic
34. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
obsequious
frivolous
sentimental
didactic
35. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
seductive
sentimental
patronizing
flippant
36. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
sardonic
enervating
malicious
contemptuous
37. Direct and outspoken
aloof
sentimental
forthright
audacious
38. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
incredulous
gauche
indignant
kowtowing
39. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
erudite
derisive
apathetic
mordant
40. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
cynical
aloof
ribald
pompous
41. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
frivolous
derisive
disdainful
callous
42. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
sardonic
pompous
laudatory
gauche
43. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
supercilious
kowtowing
ambivalent
caustic
44. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
lugubrious
malicious
Bellicose
diffident
45. Easily angered
cautionary
Bellicose
incensed
Choleric
46. Praise
empathetic
cynical
laudatory
earnest
47. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
contemptuous
omnipotent
earnest
disdainful
48. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
sardonic
diffident
reticent
aloof
49. Boorish - rude
churlish
jovial
enervating
omnipotent
50. Discourage
pompous
seductive
flippant
demoralized