AP Lang Tone Words - Part Four

Question 1

Irreverent

Answer 1

Disrespectful

Question 2

Joking

Answer 2

teasing, playful, jesting

Question 3

Malicious

Answer 3

Intended to hurt or harm

Question 4

Mock-serious

Answer 4

jokingly serious

Question 5

Patronizing

Answer 5

Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior

Question 6

Pompous

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Quizzical

Answer 7

puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal

Question 8

Ribaid

Answer 8

irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indescent in language

Question 9

Ridiculing

Answer 9

Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of

Question 10

Sarcastic

Answer 10

Cynical

Question 11

Scornful

Answer 11

Filled with hate

Question 12

Sharp

Answer 12

clear, distinct

Question 13

Taunting

Answer 13

aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

Question 14

Teasing

Answer 14

Banter

Question 15

Wry

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Anxious

Answer 16

Impatient

Question 17

Apologetic

Answer 17

Sorry; showing regret

Question 18

Apprehensive

Answer 18

Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 19

Concerned

Answer 19

feeling or showing worry or solicitude

Question 20

Confused

Answer 20

Bewildered

Question 21

Dejected

Answer 21

Downcast or sad; depressed

Question 22

Depressed

Answer 22

Dejected

Question 23

Despairing

Answer 23

Showing the loss of all hope

Question 24

Disturbed

Answer 24

Bothered

Question 25

Embarrassed

Answer 25

ashamed

Question 26

Fearful

Answer 26

A scared, dreading, or timid tone

Question 27

Foreboding

Answer 27

a feeling of evil to come

Question 28

Gloomy

Answer 28

Morose

Question 29

Grave

Answer 29

Serious

Question 30

Hollow

Answer 30

A depressing or haunting tone

Question 31

Hopeless

Answer 31

desperate; discouraging

Question 32

Horrific

Answer 32

Causing extreme horror or disgust

Question 33

Horror

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Melancholy

Answer 34

Depression

Question 35

Miserable

Answer 35

Very unhappy or uncomfortable

Question 36

Macab

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Mournful

Answer 37

Full of sadness

Question 38

Nervous

Answer 38

fearful, timid

Question 39

Numb

Answer 39

lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent

Question 40

Ominous

Answer 40

Menacing; threatening

Question 41

Paranoid

Answer 41

intense fear or suspicion

Question 42

Pessimistic

Answer 42

Gloomy; having a negative outlook; expecting the worst

Question 43

Pitiful

Answer 43

Pathetic, Deserving compassion or sympathy

Question 44

Poignant

Answer 44

Deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions

Question 45

Regretful

Answer 45

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

Question 46

Remorseful

Answer 46

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Question 47

Resigned

Answer 47

accepting one’s fate; unresisting; patiently submissive

Question 48

Serious

Answer 48

Grave

Question 49

Sober

Answer 49

Quiet and serious

Question 50

Staid

Answer 50

Unemotional; serious