AP Lang Tone Words - Part Four Flashcards

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Irreverent

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Disrespectful

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2
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Joking

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teasing, playful, jesting

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3
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Malicious

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Intended to hurt or harm

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4
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Mock-serious

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jokingly serious

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5
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Patronizing

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Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior

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Pompous

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overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

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7
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Quizzical

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puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal

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8
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Ribaid

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irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indescent in language

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9
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Ridiculing

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Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of

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10
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Sarcastic

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Cynical

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11
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Scornful

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Filled with hate

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12
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Sharp

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clear, distinct

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13
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Taunting

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aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

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14
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Teasing

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Banter

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15
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Wry

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twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous

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16
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Anxious

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Impatient

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17
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Apologetic

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Sorry; showing regret

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18
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Apprehensive

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Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

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19
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Concerned

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feeling or showing worry or solicitude

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20
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Confused

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Bewildered

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21
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Dejected

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Downcast or sad; depressed

22
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Depressed

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Dejected

23
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Despairing

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Showing the loss of all hope

24
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Disturbed

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Bothered

25
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Embarrassed

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ashamed

26
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Fearful

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A scared, dreading, or timid tone

27
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Foreboding

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a feeling of evil to come

28
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Gloomy

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Morose

29
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Grave

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Serious

30
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Hollow

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A depressing or haunting tone

31
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Hopeless

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desperate; discouraging

32
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Horrific

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Causing extreme horror or disgust

33
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Horror

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an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear

34
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Melancholy

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Depression

35
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Miserable

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Very unhappy or uncomfortable

36
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Macab

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grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

37
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Mournful

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Full of sadness

38
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Nervous

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fearful, timid

39
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Numb

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lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent

40
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Ominous

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Menacing; threatening

41
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Paranoid

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intense fear or suspicion

42
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Pessimistic

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Gloomy; having a negative outlook; expecting the worst

43
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Pitiful

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Pathetic, Deserving compassion or sympathy

44
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Poignant

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Deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions

45
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Regretful

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having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

46
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Remorseful

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feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

47
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Resigned

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accepting one’s fate; unresisting; patiently submissive

48
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Serious

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Grave

49
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Sober

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Quiet and serious

50
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Staid

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Unemotional; serious