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