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