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AP Lang Tone Vocab Flashcards

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Abstract

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theoretical, without reference to any specifics

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Absurd

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contrary to logic, but sometimes artistically viable

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Affected

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assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others

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Ambiguous

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having two or more possible meanings

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Analytical

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inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts

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Anecdotal

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involving short narratives of interesting events

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Archaic

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in the style of an earlier period

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Austere

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stern, strict, frugal, unadorned

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Banal

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pointless

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Baroque

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elaborate, grotesque, and ornamental

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Bizarre

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unusually strange or odd

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Bland

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undisturbing, unemotional, and uninteresting

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Bombastic

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pretentious and pompous

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Breezy

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quick-paced, but sometimes superficial

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Childish

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immature (when applied to adults or to writing)

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Cinematic

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having the qualities of a motion picture

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Classical

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formal, enduring, and standard, adhering to certain traditional methods

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Colloquial

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characteristics or ordinary and informal conversation

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Comic

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humorous, funny, light (there are many levels of comedy)

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Concise

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using very few words to express a great deal

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Confessional

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characterized by personal admissions of faults

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Contemptuous

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expressing contempt or disdain

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Convincing

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persuasive, believable, plausible

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Convoluted

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very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentences with many qualifiers, phrases, and clauses)

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Crepuscular

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having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)

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Cynical

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a tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic

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Decadent

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marked by a decay in morals, values, and artistic standards

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Depressing

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sad, gloomy (without any redeeming qualities of true tragedy)

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Detached

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disinterested, unbiased, emotionally disconnected

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Discursive

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moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling

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Dreamlike

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having the characteristics of a dream

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Earthy

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realistic, rustic, coarse, unrefined, instinctive, animalize

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Effeminate

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soft, delicate, unmanly

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Elegiac

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expressing sorrow or lamentation (elegy is a mournful poem)

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Epistolary

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involving letters

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Erudite

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learned; scholarly

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Eulogistic

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involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually in honor of someone dead

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Evocative

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having the ability to call forth memories or other responses

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Expressionistic

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stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature

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Facetious

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amusing, but light, unserious, frivolous

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Fatalistic

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believing that everything that happens is destined and, therefore, out of the hands of the individual

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Flamboyant

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conspicuously bold or colorful

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Fluid

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flowing smoothly

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Iconoclastic

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inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions

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Impressionistic

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inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality

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Irreverent

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showing disrespect for things that are usually respected or revered

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Journalistic

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characterized by the kind of language used in journalism

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Lyrical

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intense, spontaneous, musical

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Metaphorical

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having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow

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Mournful

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feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief, such as elegies)

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Mundane

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ordinary or common, as in everyday matters, (“His mind was filled with mundane matters.”)

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Naturalistic

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tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality

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Nostalgic

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Inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past; sentimental

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Objective

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uninfluenced by personal feelings. Seeing things from the outside, not subjectively

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Ominous

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indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that storm is coming

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Persuasive

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able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices

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Philosophical

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Interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality

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Pious

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having or displaying a reverence for God and religion. Sometimes used pejoratively, when the display is excessive and overly righteous

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Poetical

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having the qualities of poetry, such as pleasing rhythms or images

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Pompous

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displaying ones importance in an exaggerated way. Sometimes this quality is found in comic characters

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Primitive

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simple and crude. (Primitivism in the arts tries to make a use of a sophisticated way of what seems simple and crude)

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Prurient

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preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts

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Psychological

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having to do with the human mind and human behavior

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Puritanical

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strict or severe in matters of morality

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Realistic

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inclined to represent things as they really are

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Rhythmic

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characterized by certain patterns, beats, or accents (as in dancing, music, poetry)

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Romantic

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having feelings or thoughts of love, but when associated with nineteenth century literature or any such literature it suggests a style that emphasizes freedom of form, imagination, and emotion

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Stark

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plain, harsh, completely (as in “stark raving mad.”) simple or bare, when applied to style, sometimes even bleak or grim

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Subjective

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relying on one’s own inner impressions, as opposed to being objective

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Surrealistic

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stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths

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Terse

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effectively consise, brief

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Trite

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stale, worn out, as in trite expressions

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Urbane

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sophisticated, socially polished

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Victorian

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prudish, stuffy, and puritanical (qualities associated with Queen Victoria’s reign)

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Whimsical

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inclined to be playful, or fanciful

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Wordy

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using more words than necessary to say what you have to say

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