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