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AP Literature Tone Vocab
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Subjects
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english
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ap
,
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. Ill-humored - very down
cautionary
Nihilistic
indignant
morose
2. Reserved - unassertive
callous
kowtowing
diffident
reticent
3. Stuck up - considering self better than everyone else
flippant
pompous
condescending
aloof
4. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
poignant
caustic
incredulous
empathetic
5. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
cynical
lugubrious
diffident
demoralized
6. Inclined or eager to fight
fatuous
Bellicose
cautionary
reverent
7. Carefree and unconcerned
sentimental
cynical
frivolous
forthright
8. Distrustful (like Grant R.)
cautionary
elegiac
cynical
empathetic
9. Personal and emotional
apathetic
intimate
provocative
derisive
10. Reluctant or restrained
diffident
reticent
ribald
callous
11. Harshly sarcastic
reverent
jovial
lugubrious
caustic
12. Laid back - unwilling to get involved
obsequious
Choleric
supercilious
laissez-faire
13. Easily angered
effusive
Choleric
patronizing
forthright
14. Skeptical and unbelieving
condescending
incredulous
unctuous
ribald
15. Sorrowful lamentation
unctuous
elegiac
supercilious
jovial
16. With an air of superiority - talking down to
provocative
derisive
contemptuous
condescending
17. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
audacious
indignant
frivolous
churlish
18. Intending to instruct
jejune
didactic
empathetic
laissez-faire
19. Praise
ribald
laudatory
reverent
erudite
20. To deprive of force or strength
sardonic
churlish
laudatory
enervating
21. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
pompous
cautionary
mordant
unctuous
22. Direct and outspoken
kowtowing
forthright
sardonic
fatuous
23. Foolish or insane
supercilious
resigned
fatuous
didactic
24. Meditative or deliberative
reflective
reverent
didactic
contemptuous
25. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
morose
caustic
ambivalent
vehement
26. Lacking respect - derisive
diffident
audacious
caustic
contemptuous
27. To act in an obsequious manner
morose
kowtowing
mordant
intimate
28. Smug - oily (verbally that is) or excessively pious
fatuous
indignant
provocative
unctuous
29. Sarcastic
unctuous
kowtowing
ambivalent
Facetious
30. Full of rage
callous
seductive
incensed
mordant
31. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
diffident
obsequious
laissez-faire
resigned
32. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
sardonic
patronizing
apathetic
omnipotent
33. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
sentimental
hubristic
contemptuous
erudite
34. Discourage
demoralized
mordant
incensed
forthright
35. Insulting and condescending
derisive
incensed
patronizing
volatile
36. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
didactic
forthright
provocative
sardonic
37. Emotional attachment
sentimental
demoralized
churlish
aloof
38. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
hubristic
vehement
obsequious
frivolous
39. Deeply respectful
callous
churlish
reverent
incredulous
40. Tending or threatening to break out into open violence
erudite
volatile
derisive
obsequious
41. Frivolously disrespectful
Bellicose
disdainful
sardonic
flippant
42. Immature or childish
apathetic
callous
jejune
provocative
43. Self-rightously angry
poignant
derisive
indignant
morose
44. Prudent forethought
caustic
Choleric
morose
cautionary
45. Boorish - rude
churlish
Facetious
reflective
volatile
46. Questioning - ridiculing - or chaffing
derisive
quizzical
vehement
contemptuous
47. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
sardonic
volatile
derisive
jejune
48. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
gauche
ambivalent
earnest
contemptuous
49. Overflowing and demonstrative
lugubrious
effusive
kowtowing
aloof
50. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
diffident
morose
erudite
omnipotent