Flashcard Set (Tone Words)

Question 1

ambiguous

Answer 1

open to more than one interpretation/ doubtful or uncertain

Question 2

amused/amusing

Answer 2

agreeable, pleasing, entertaining, cause pleasure

Question 3

apprehensive

Answer 3

anxious, fearful, uneasy abotu the future

Question 4

arrogant

Answer 4

having of displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or importance

Question 5

audacious

Answer 5

fearless, often recklessly daring, bold

Question 6

bantering

Answer 6

good-humored, playful

Question 7

candid

Answer 7

unprejudiced, impartial, open & sincere

Question 8

caustic

Answer 8

cutting

Question 9

condescending

Answer 9

displaying a patronizingly superior attitude

Question 10

confused

Answer 10

unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence

Question 11

contented

Answer 11

satisfied with things the way they are.

Question 12

critical

Answer 12

inclined to judge severely and find fault

Question 13

cynical

Answer 13

showing that people are motivated cheifly by base or selfish concerns

Question 14

detached

Answer 14

seperated, disconnected, aloof or impartial

Question 15

disappointed

Answer 15

thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation

Question 16

ambiguous

Answer 16

open to more than one interpretation/ doubtful or uncertain

Question 17

amused/amusing

Answer 17

agreeable, pleasing, entertaining, cause pleasure

Question 18

apprehensive

Answer 18

anxious, fearful, uneasy abotu the future

Question 19

arrogant

Answer 19

having of displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or importance

Question 20

audacious

Answer 20

fearless, often recklessly daring, bold

Question 21

bantering

Answer 21

good-humored, playful

Question 22

candid

Answer 22

unprejudiced, impartial, open & sincere

Question 23

caustic

Answer 23

cutting

Question 24

condescending

Answer 24

displaying a patronizingly superior attitude

Question 25

confused

Answer 25

unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence

Question 26

contented

Answer 26

satisfied with things the way they are.

Question 27

critical

Answer 27

inclined to judge severely and find fault

Question 28

cynical

Answer 28

showing that people are motivated cheifly by base or selfish concerns

Question 29

detached

Answer 29

seperated, disconnected, aloof or impartial

Question 30

disappointed

Answer 30

thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation

Question 31

disdainful

Answer 31

despise, trate with hawty discontent, reject as beneath oneself

Question 32

factual

Answer 32

real, provides facts

Question 33

flippant

Answer 33

disrespectful levity or casualness, pert.

Question 34

elegiac

Answer 34

expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past

Question 35

horrific

Answer 35

terrifying

Question 36

timorous

Answer 36

funny, witty

Question 37

impartial

Answer 37

unprejudiced, not biased

Question 38

irate

Answer 38

extremely angry, enraged

Question 39

mock-heroic

Answer 39

satirical imitation of heroic manner or style

Question 40

mournful

Answer 40

sorrowful,sadness, melancholy

Question 41

ominous

Answer 41

menacing, threatening

Question 42

pedantic

Answer 42

overly concerned with minute details or formalisms,

Question 43

persuasive

Answer 43

intended or having the power to induce action or belief

Question 44

poignant

Answer 44

affecting or moving the emotions

Question 45

reflective

Answer 45

deeply or seriously thoughtful

Question 46

regretful

Answer 46

sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done

Question 47

reverent

Answer 47

deeply respectful

Question 48

satiric

Answer 48

sardonic, ironical, taunting, cutting, mordant, biting

Question 49

skeptical

Answer 49

doubtful, apprehensive in agreement

Question 50

wry

Answer 50

devious in course or purpose; misdirected