Tone Definitions Sets 3&4 Flashcards
1
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Somber
A
Extremely serious, grave, and depressing
2
Q
Satiric
A
Taunting, cutting, and biting
3
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Urgent
A
Requiring immediate action or attention
4
Q
Mock-Heroic
A
Imitation or burlesque of something important
5
Q
Diffident
A
Lacking confidence in one’s own abilities, worth, or fitness; shy.
6
Q
Ironic
A
Conveying a mean opposite of its literal meaning, sarcastic.
7
Q
Petty
A
Of little or no importance or consequence
8
Q
Elegiac
A
Expressing sorrow or lamentation.
9
Q
Disdainful
A
Scornful, contemptuous, naughty
10
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Lugubrious
A
Exaggeratdely mournful
11
Q
Insipid
A
Uninteresting, bland
12
Q
Impartial
A
Fair, not biased
13
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Moralistic
A
Characterized by the attempt to regulate the morals of others
14
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Taunting
A
Provoking, mocking, ridiculing
15
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Turgid
A
Inflated, overblown, pompous.
