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