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AP ENGLISH > Tone Vocab > Flashcards

Tone Vocab Flashcards

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Bellicose

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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars

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Biting

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able to grip and impress deeply

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Contentious

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likely to cause disagreement or argument

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Jingoistic

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extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

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strident

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characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound

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Incensed

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portrays anger

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Wistful

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full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

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Maudlin

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emotional, weakly, and effusively sentimental

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Nolstagic

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a yearning for something, usually from the past

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Poignant

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deeply affecting or hurting feelings, sharp

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Quixotic

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impractically rash, (Ex:romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action)

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Sentimental

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marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism

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Moralistic

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characterized by or expressive of a concern with morality

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Reverent

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Being respectful and worshipful

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Spiritual

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relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit

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Worshipful

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distinguished and notable

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Apologetic

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feeling or showing regret, regretfully acknowledging fault or failure

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Compliant

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To be ready to comply, submissive

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Deferential

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Showing or expressing respect and high regard due a superior or an elder

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Resigned

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to be acceptful of something, feeling or showing acceptance that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen or cannot be changed

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Servile

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cowardly submissive, befitting a menial position

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Candid

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marked by honest sincere expression, free from bias, brutally honest

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Frank

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Marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression

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Irreverent

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Lacking seriousness, humorous

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