(ENG4U1AP) Tone/Attitude Words

Question 1

Define:
Accusatory

Answer 1

Charging of wrong doing

Question 2

Define:
Apathetic

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Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

Question 3

Define:
Awe

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Solemn wonder

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Define:
Bitter

Answer 4

Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

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Define:
Cynical

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Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people

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Define:
Condescension

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Condescending - A feeling of superiority

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Define:
Callous

Answer 7

Unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others

Question 8

Define:
Contemplative

Answer 8

Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

Question 9

Define:
Critical

Answer 9

Finding fault

Question 10

Define:
Choleric:

Answer 10

Hot-tempered, easily angered

Question 11

Define:
Contemptuous

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Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect

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Define:
Caustic

Answer 12

Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

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Define:
Conventional

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Lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

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Disdainful

Answer 14

Scornful

Question 15

Define:
Didactic

Answer 15

Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

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Define:
Derisive

Answer 16

Ridiculing, mocking

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Define:
Earnest

Answer 17

Intense, a sincere state of mind

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Define:
Erudite

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Learned, polished, scholarly

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Fanciful

Answer 19

Using the imagination

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Forthright

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Directly frank without hesitation

Question 21

Define:
Gloomy

Answer 21

Darkness, sadness, rejection

Question 22

Define:
Haughty

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Proud and vain to the point of arrogance

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Define:
Indignant

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Marked by anger aroused by injustice

Question 24

Define:
Intimate

Answer 24

Very familiar

Question 25

Define: Judgemental

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Authoritative and often having critical opinions

Question 26

Define: Jovial

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Happy

Question 27

Define: Lyrical

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Expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like

Question 28

Define: Matter-of-fact

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Accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional

Question 29

Define: Mocking

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Treating with contempt or ridicule

Question 30

Define: Morose

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Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

Question 31

Define: Malicious

Answer 31

Purposely hurtful

Question 32

Define: Objective

Answer 32

An unbiased view - able to leave personal judgements aside

Question 33

Define: Optimistic

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Hopeful, cheerful

Question 34

Define: Obsequious

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Polite and obedient in order to gain something

Question 35

Define: Patronizing

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Air of condescension

Question 36

Define: Pessimistic

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Seeing the worst side of things

Question 37

Define: Quizzical

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Odd, eccentric, amusing

Question 38

Define: Ribald

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Offensive in speech or gesture

Question 39

Define: Reverent

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Treating a subject with honor and respect

Question 40

Define: Ridiculing

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Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of

Question 41

Define: Reflective

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Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions

Question 42

Define: Sarcastic

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Sneering, caustic

Question 43

Define: Sardonic

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Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic

Question 44

Define: Satiric

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Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach

Question 45

Define: Sincere

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Without deceit or pretense; genuine

Question 46

Define: Solemn

Answer 46

Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection

Question 47

Define: Sanguineous

Answer 47

Optimistic, cheerful

Question 48

Define: Whimsical

Answer 48

Odd, strange, fantastic; fun