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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. Smug - oily (verbally that is) or excessively pious
unctuous
enervating
ribald
Facetious
2. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
resigned
incredulous
empathetic
laissez-faire
3. Prudent forethought
laissez-faire
cautionary
reverent
elegiac
4. Deeply respectful
Bellicose
reverent
ambivalent
laissez-faire
5. Direct and outspoken
elegiac
contemptuous
forthright
condescending
6. Passive - accepting as inevitable
quizzical
reflective
seductive
resigned
7. Intending to instruct
didactic
ribald
demoralized
cynical
8. Producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
effusive
poignant
morose
reflective
9. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
reverent
elegiac
cynical
hubristic
10. Insulting and condescending
derisive
elegiac
supercilious
apathetic
11. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
derisive
effusive
cynical
ribald
12. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
fatuous
gauche
kowtowing
volatile
13. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
kowtowing
patronizing
intimate
callous
14. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
sardonic
elegiac
mordant
erudite
15. Praise
laudatory
unctuous
elegiac
malicious
16. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
flippant
omnipotent
contemptuous
resigned
17. To act in an obsequious manner
forthright
omnipotent
aloof
kowtowing
18. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
volatile
morose
apathetic
laissez-faire
19. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
hubristic
reticent
erudite
jovial
20. Uncaring
malicious
apathetic
contemptuous
reflective
21. Self-rightously angry
indignant
fatuous
contemptuous
morose
22. With an air of superiority - talking down to
condescending
laissez-faire
cautionary
indignant
23. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
poignant
gauche
patronizing
ambivalent
24. Overflowing and demonstrative
apathetic
patronizing
effusive
vehement
25. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
cynical
derisive
ambivalent
pompous
26. Full of rage
unctuous
earnest
incensed
volatile
27. Heartfelt and serious
callous
effusive
laissez-faire
earnest
28. Harshly sarcastic
kowtowing
volatile
intimate
caustic
29. Discourage
demoralized
churlish
seductive
enervating
30. Immature or childish
caustic
sardonic
churlish
jejune
31. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
malicious
churlish
incredulous
diffident
32. Personal and emotional
incredulous
kowtowing
sentimental
intimate
33. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
sardonic
derisive
volatile
sentimental
34. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
volatile
patronizing
sentimental
condescending
35. Sarcastic
didactic
Facetious
Choleric
provocative
36. To deprive of force or strength
aloof
disdainful
supercilious
enervating
37. Frivolously disrespectful
pompous
ribald
flippant
obsequious
38. Reserved - unassertive
pompous
hubristic
morose
diffident
39. Carefree and unconcerned
effusive
enervating
frivolous
sentimental
40. Scorn - despise
morose
fatuous
disdainful
incensed
41. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
churlish
morose
obsequious
frivolous
42. Totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
forthright
Nihilistic
omnipotent
patronizing
43. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
pompous
quizzical
seductive
didactic
44. Lacking respect - derisive
kowtowing
caustic
contemptuous
didactic
45. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
disdainful
lugubrious
provocative
intimate
46. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
morose
jovial
earnest
empathetic
47. Ill-humored - very down
aloof
audacious
morose
poignant
48. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
contemptuous
pompous
mordant
aloof
49. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
supercilious
jovial
kowtowing
obsequious
50. Sorrowful lamentation
frivolous
incensed
flippant
elegiac