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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. Sorrowful lamentation
elegiac
caustic
incensed
enervating
2. Reluctant or restrained
Facetious
caustic
reticent
incredulous
3. Uncaring - or feeling no emotion
forthright
Choleric
ambivalent
callous
4. Self-rightously angry
patronizing
indignant
flippant
incensed
5. Skeptical and unbelieving
incredulous
gauche
quizzical
laissez-faire
6. Praise
resigned
laudatory
sardonic
audacious
7. Frivolously disrespectful
empathetic
ambivalent
omnipotent
flippant
8. Talking down to - conveying experience to one who has none
demoralized
caustic
poignant
patronizing
9. Boorish - rude
lugubrious
sentimental
churlish
fatuous
10. Reserved - unassertive
diffident
contemptuous
hubristic
poignant
11. Heartfelt and serious
reticent
disdainful
quizzical
earnest
12. Carefree and unconcerned
erudite
resigned
apathetic
frivolous
13. Sarcastic
Facetious
ribald
callous
sentimental
14. Harshly sarcastic
cautionary
caustic
forthright
seductive
15. Intending to instruct
didactic
hubristic
sardonic
supercilious
16. Full of rage
jovial
condescending
incensed
patronizing
17. All mighty or infinite in power; all-knowing
intimate
empathetic
omnipotent
laudatory
18. To deprive of force or strength
kowtowing
omnipotent
enervating
reticent
19. Discourage
demoralized
derisive
pompous
effusive
20. Enticing - beguiling - captivating
pompous
fatuous
seductive
Facetious
21. Inciting - stimulating - irritating
provocative
elegiac
flippant
volatile
22. To be exessively prideful or arrogant
cautionary
hubristic
malicious
fatuous
23. Insulting and condescending
derisive
incensed
ribald
forthright
24. Lacking respect - derisive
contemptuous
flippant
elegiac
sardonic
25. Recklessly bold or contemptuous;
audacious
quizzical
Nihilistic
jejune
26. Sensitivity - relating to another's emotions
demoralized
derisive
empathetic
Facetious
27. Immature or childish
jejune
reflective
malicious
contemptuous
28. Foolish or insane
forthright
laudatory
ambivalent
fatuous
29. Passive - accepting as inevitable
fatuous
resigned
intimate
laudatory
30. Inclined or eager to fight
diffident
lugubrious
Bellicose
disdainful
31. Ill-humored - very down
morose
obsequious
provocative
cautionary
32. Direct and outspoken
sentimental
forthright
condescending
derisive
33. With great energy or exertion - with great emphasis and passion
quizzical
churlish
vehement
forthright
34. Having mixed feelings - could go either way
resigned
ambivalent
laudatory
seductive
35. Personal and emotional
intimate
diffident
vehement
caustic
36. Meditative or deliberative
poignant
reflective
demoralized
laudatory
37. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy
morose
lugubrious
poignant
forthright
38. To act in an obsequious manner
audacious
reverent
kowtowing
fatuous
39. Hearty conviviality and good cheer
Choleric
resigned
erudite
jovial
40. Abusive - or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
reflective
effusive
ribald
forthright
41. Lacking social grace - sensitivity or acuteness
malicious
erudite
hubristic
gauche
42. Haughty - disdainful or contemptuous
Nihilistic
audacious
supercilious
laudatory
43. Scornful derision - mocking - cynical
contemptuous
didactic
sardonic
vehement
44. Vicious - wanton - or mischievous
disdainful
flippant
malicious
enervating
45. Not emotionally involved - at a distance
aloof
frivolous
obsequious
ribald
46. Emotional attachment
empathetic
sentimental
obsequious
churlish
47. Uncaring
incensed
contemptuous
apathetic
laissez-faire
48. Overly obedient - dutiful - brown-nosing - fawning
forthright
volatile
obsequious
reticent
49. Caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
reflective
laudatory
incensed
mordant
50. Deeply respectful
cynical
fatuous
reverent
earnest