AP Lang Tone Words - Part Three

Question 1

Condescending

Answer 1

possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

Question 2

Contradictory

Answer 2

Expressing the opposite; inconsistent

Question 3

Critical

Answer 3

Making judgments about claims.

Question 4

Desperate

Answer 4

Feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with

Question 5

Disappointed

Answer 5

depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations

Question 6

Disgruntled

Answer 6

Angry; dissatisfied; annoyed; impatient; irritated

Question 7

Disgusted

Answer 7

a sick feeling of strong dislike

Question 8

Disinterested

Answer 8

free from self-interest; unbiased

Question 9

Facetious

Answer 9

Humorous; playfully often inappropriately

Question 10

Furious

Answer 10

Angry

Question 11

Harsh

Answer 11

rough, strict, severe

Question 12

Haughty

Answer 12

Arrogant

Question 13

Hateful

Answer 13

Loathsome

Question 14

Hurtful

Answer 14

Abusive

Question 15

Indignant

Answer 15

Angered at something unjust or wrong

Question 16

Inflammatory

Answer 16

Arousing anger or strong emotion

Question 17

Insulting

Answer 17

Derogatory

Question 18

Irritated

Answer 18

Vexed

Question 19

Manipulative

Answer 19

skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage

Question 20

Obnoxious

Answer 20

highly offensive, arousing strong dislike

Question 21

Outraged

Answer 21

angered at something unjust or wrong

Question 22

Passive

Answer 22

not aggresive

Question 23

Quarrelsome

Answer 23

Argumentative, Disagreeing, Hostile

Question 24

Shameful

Answer 24

deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Question 25

Smooth

Answer 25

not rough

Question 26

Snotty

Answer 26

stuck up

Question 27

Superficial

Answer 27

shallow

Question 28

Surly

Answer 28

Angry and bad-tempered; rude

Question 29

Testy

Answer 29

easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

Question 30

Threatening

Answer 30

Ominous

Question 31

Uninterested

Answer 31

having no care or interest in knowing

Question 32

Wrathful

Answer 32

Very angry

Question 33

Bantering

Answer 33

Good-natured ridiculing

Question 34

Droll

Answer 34

amusing in a wry, subtle way

Question 35

Mock-Heroic

Answer 35

imitation of the literary epic and its style by exaggeration and distortion and by elevating the trivial to a level higher than it deserves

Question 36

Mocking

Answer 36

Satirical

Question 37

Sardonic

Answer 37

cynical; scornfully mocking

Question 38

Satiric

Answer 38

Mocking

Question 39

lugubrious

Answer 39

sorrowful; mournful; dismal

Question 40

morose

Answer 40

Gloomy

Question 41

Caustic

Answer 41

Corrosive, harsh, stinging

Question 42

Comical

Answer 42

Funny

Question 43

Contemptuous

Answer 43

Feeling hatred; scornful

Question 44

Cynical

Answer 44

Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people, Believing that people act only out of selfish motives

Question 45

Disdainful

Answer 45

Scornful

Question 46

Flippant

Answer 46

Humorous in a disrespectful, casual way; rudely witty

Question 47

Giddy

Answer 47

dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness

Question 48

Humorous

Answer 48

Funny

Question 49

Insolent

Answer 49

Boldly disrespectful

Question 50

Ironic

Answer 50

Resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome