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AP Style Tone Words
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Subjects
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 24 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. Disdainfully or ironically humorous
sardonic
caustic
laconic
obsequious
2. Instructive (especially excessively)
satiric
erudite
speculative
didactic
3. Feeling great rapture or delight
elegiac
choleric
rapturous
obsequious
4. Make insensitive or callous
didactic
ribald
churlish
callous
5. Humorously vulgar
flippant
churlish
ribald
erudite
6. Showing inappropriate levity
didactic
laconic
erudite
flippant
7. Belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest
self-depreciating
caustic
sanctimonious
elegiac
8. Not based on fact or investigation
speculative
self-depreciating
churlish
sanctimonious
9. Brief and to the point - brief and to the point
caustic
ribald
terse
sardonic
10. Expressing sorrow often for something past
rapturous
obsequious
callous
elegiac
11. Excessively or hypocritically pious
acerbic
terse
sanctimonious
choleric
12. Brief and to the point
laconic
derisive
conciliatory
caustic
13. Characterized by directness in manner or speech
sardonic
caustic
obsequious
forthright
14. Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
flippant
colloquial
didactic
obsequious
15. Exposing human folly to ridicule
erudite
caustic
satiric
conciliatory
16. Overcoming animosity or hostility
choleric
flippant
sardonic
conciliatory
17. Harsh or corrosive in tone
elegiac
churlish
acerbic
laconic
18. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
rapturous
colloquial
derisive
poignant
19. Abusing vocally
derisive
erudite
conciliatory
churlish
20. Quickly aroused to anger
choleric
didactic
colloquial
rapturous
21. Having a bad disposition
churlish
conciliatory
didactic
caustic
22. Having or showing profound knowledge
erudite
laconic
sanctimonious
self-depreciating
23. Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
satiric
acerbic
colloquial
caustic
24. Arousing affect
poignant
obsequious
self-depreciating
sanctimonious