English 11 - set 13 (tone words #2)

Question 1

ardent

Answer 1

adj. expressing or characterized by warmth of passion, emotion or desire; strongly enthusiastic or devoted, fervent

Question 2

caustic

Answer 2

adj. marked by sharp or bitter wit, cunning

Question 3

clinical

Answer 3

adj. very objective and devoid of emotion, analytical

Question 4

didactic

Answer 4

adj. 1. inclined to instruct
2. morally instructive; 3. inclined to teach or moralize excessively

Question 5

disconsolate

Answer 5

adj. beyond consolation, hopelessley sad; cheerless or gloomy

Question 6

droll

Answer 6

adj. amusingly odd or whimsically comical

Question 7

ebullient

Answer 7

adj. marked by the quality of expressing feelings or ideas in an enthusiastic and lively manner

Question 8

per

elegiac

Answer 8

adj. pertaining to an elegy (poem or song composed as a lament for one who is dead); expressing sorrow, mournful

Question 9

hortative

Answer 9

adj. strongly urgent; inciting, encouraging by argument

Question 10

imperious

Answer 10

ajd. arrogantly domineering or overbearing

Question 11

indignant

Answer 11

adj. characterized by or filled with anger aroused by something unjust, mean or unworthy

Question 12

obsequious

Answer 12

adj. full of or exhibiting servile compliance, fawning

Question 13

pedantic

Answer 13

adj. characterized by a narrow often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules

Question 14

pensive

Answer 14

adj. engaged in deep thoughfulness; suggesting or expressing deep melancholy thoughtfulness

Question 15

poignant

Answer 15

adj. keenly distressing to the mind; appealing to the emotions; touching; piercing, incisive

Question 16

rancorous

Answer 16

adj. marked by bitter, long-lasting resentment and ill will

Question 17

reticent

Answer 17

adj. characteritically hesitant or disinclined to speak out; retrained or reserved in style

Question 18

ribald

Answer 18

adj. pertaining to or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor

Question 19

sanguine

Answer 19

adj. cheerfully confident, optimistic

Question 20

surly

Answer 20

adj. 1. rude or bad tempered
2. unfriendly or hostile, menacingly irritable
3. dark or dismal, threatening