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Midterm Tone Words Flashcards

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annoyed; irritated; exasperated

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Aggravated

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Open to more than one interpretation, unclear or doubtful in meaning

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Ambiguous

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Agreeably entertained, occupied, or diverted

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Amused

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Having a strong feeling or showing annoyance, displeasure, or hostility

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Angry

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Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

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Apathetic

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Expressing regret for a fault, failure, insult, injury

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Apologetic

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Grateful; thankful; showing pleasure, enthusiastic

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Appreciative

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Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

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Apprehensive

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Haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance

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Arrogant

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Having the confident quality of someone who is respected/obeyed by others

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Authoritative

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Playful or witty; speaking or discussing in a clever and teasing manner

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Bantering

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Nipping; smarting; keen; cutting; sarcastic

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Biting

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Resentful, cynical

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Biting

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Bare, dreary, dismal

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Bleak

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Tired and impatient due to loss or interest, weary of repetition

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Bored

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Open and sincere, honest

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Candid

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Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

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Caustic

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Difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way

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Challenging

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Efficient and unemotional; coldly detached; analytical, dispassionate

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Clinical

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Feeling or showing concern for others; deeply sympathetic

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Compassionate

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Possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

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Condescending

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Unable to understand or think clearly; bewildered

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Confused

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Scornful; disrespectful

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Contemptuous

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Happy and ease; satisfied with things as they are

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Contented

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Quarrelsome, inclined to argue

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Contentious

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Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements, finding fault

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Critical

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Eager to know or learn something; questioning

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Curious

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Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives; distrustful; negative; pessimistic

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Cynical

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Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection

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Depressing

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Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof

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Detached

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Instructive, designed to teach

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Didactic

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

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Disappointed

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Showing contempt or lack of respect; scornful; aloof

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Disdainful

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Fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent

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Disinterested

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Sudden and striking; stirring the imagination and emotions deeply

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Dramatic

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Feeling great rapture or delight

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Ecstatic

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Emotional excessive; overly demonstrative; overflowing with words or feelings

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Effusive

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In high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased

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Elated

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Expressing sorrow or lamentation; mourning that which is lost or past

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Restricted to or based on evidence

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Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality

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Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

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Predicting or sensing danger or evil to come, warning of danger

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Foreboding

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Causing fear or dread or terror

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Causing lighthearted laughter and amusement; comic

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Unbiased; neutral

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Not caring, having no interest; unbiased, impartial

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Indifferent

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment, anger at injustice

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Causing excitement or anger; leading to violence or disorder

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Inflammatory

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Extremely angry or frustrated; furious

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Infuriated

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Encouraging; reassuring; motivating the reader to act

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Inspirational

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Having the attention or curiosity engaged; attentive

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Interested

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Incensed, enraged

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Using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

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Without due respect or veneration; disrespectful; flippant

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Irreverent

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Glad, happy

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Educated, experienced; scholarly; erudite

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Feeling or expressing pensive sadness

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Melancholic

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Imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic/ordinary subject

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Mock-heroic

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Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive;’expressing contempt or ridicule

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Characterized by a narrow and conventional righteous attitude, language attempting to regulate the behavior of others (toward its own definition of correct or moral behavior)

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Moralistic

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Filled with or evoking sadness

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Longing for the past

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Nolstalgic

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Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

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Menacing; threatening, of bad omen

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Angered at something unjust of wrong; offended or shocked by wanton cruelty or violence

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Having or expressing strong emotions

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Passionate

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Treating with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

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Patronizing

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Characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship; tending to show off one’s learning

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Confused; puzzled

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Profoundly moving; touching

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Pompous, self-important

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Pretentious

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Thoughtful, meditative; marked by deliberate thought

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Reflective

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Apologetic; remorseful; showing remorse or a sense of loss over something done or undone

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Regretful; penitent; contrite

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Remorseful

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Showing honor or high regard; full of, chars timed by, or showing politeness or deference

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Respectful

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Treating a subject with honor and respect; feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe

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Experiencing or showing unhappiness

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Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt

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Mocking; cynical, sneering, derisive; characterized by bitter or scornful derision

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Describes a tone that is academic, learned, and studious

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Of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness or nostalgia

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Sentimental

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Solemn; grave

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Causing intense, disgust, horror, etc

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Lacking seriousness

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Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

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Gloomy, dark, depressed or melancholy in spirit

88
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Simple and easy to understand; direct and clear

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Straightforward

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Astonishing

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Compassionate; feeling, showing or expressing agreement toward an idea or situation or person

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Sympathetic

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Menacing; having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner

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Threatening

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Humorous or ironic (statement); not meant to be taken literally

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Tongue-in-cheek

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Requiring immediate action or attention; imperative or pressing

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Marked or motivated by odd, fanciful ideas; erratic, unpredictable

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Melancholy; pensive; learning, expressing a longing for

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Twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous; expressing dry, especially mocking humor

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