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