Talking Tone - Set #3 Flashcards
1
Q
Lacking confidence in one’s own ability, fitness, or worth; shy; timid
A
diffident
2
Q
contemptuous; haughty; scornful
A
disdainful
3
Q
expressing lamentation or sorrow
A
elegiac
4
Q
conveying a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; sarcastic
A
ironic
5
Q
exaggeratedly mournful
A
lugubrious
6
Q
an imitation or burlesque of something valiant
A
mock-heroic
7
Q
of little or no consequence or importance
A
petty
8
Q
biting; cutting; taunting
A
satiric
9
Q
depressing; extremely serious; grave
A
somber
10
Q
Requiring immediate action or attention
A
urgent
