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