Tone Vocab Flashcards
Whimsical
Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability
Dramatic
Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
Learned
Possessing or demonstrating profound, often systematic knowledge. Acquired by learning or experience
Informative
Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information; instructive
Somber
Dark; gloomy. Dull or dark in color. Melancholy; dismal; serious; grave.
Urgent
Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing. Insistent or importunate
Confident
Marked by assurance, As of success. Confidence in oneself; self-assured. Very bold; presumptuous; confiding; trustful.
Mock-heroic
A satirical imitation or burlesque of the heroic manner or style
Objective
Of or having to do with a material object. Having actual existence or reality. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices. Presented factually.
Diffident
Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid. Reserved in manner. Wanting confidence in ones self; distrustful of ones own powers; not self reliant; suspicious
Ironic
Humorously sarcastic or mocking
Didactic
Intended to instruct. Morally instructive. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.
Petty
Of small importance; inconsiderable; inferior
Factual
Having actual existence; of the nature of fact
Restrained
Hinder; stop; withhold; suppress
Elegiac
Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past
Disdainful
Showing contempt or lack of respect; scornful; contemptuous
Satiric
Exposing human folly to ridicule; “a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine.”
Lugubrious
Mournful
Pedantic
Academic
Indignant
Outraged, wrathful
Bantering
Playful good natured ridicule
Flippant
Talkative; disrespectful
Condescending
Patronizing; lower oneself
