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Tone Vocab Flashcards

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings

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Apprehensive

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Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

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Bewildered

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Completely confused or puzzled

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4
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Bitter

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Resentful or cynical

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Blunt

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Abrupt in manner

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Brusque

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Abrupt in manner

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Candid

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Straightforward, open and sincere

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8
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Choleric

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Easily angered

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Conceited

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Excessive favorable opinion of ones abilities

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Conciliatory

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To win over or overcome distrust

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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12
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Cynical

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Distrusting

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13
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Derisive

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Ridicule

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14
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Derogatory

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Lesson the reputation of something

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15
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Desolate

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Barren

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16
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Diabolic

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Having wicked qualities

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17
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Ebullient

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Overflowing with excitement

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18
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Effusive

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Lacking reserve

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19
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Empathetic

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Knowing the experience of a feeling, thought, or attitude of another

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Fatalistic

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Acceptance of all things that are inevitable

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Fervent

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Showing great intensity of spirit

22
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Foreboding

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A prediction

23
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Grim

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Stern and admitting no appeasement or comprise

24
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Gushy

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Excessively effusive talk

25
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Haughty

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Very proud, snobbish

26
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Holier-than-thou

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Self righteous

27
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Incisive

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Penetrating, very clear

28
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Incredulous

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Skeptical, unbelief

29
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Indignant

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Feeling expressing strong dislike toward something unjust

30
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Introspective

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Act or process of looking into oneself

31
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Jocund

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Cheerful, merry

32
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Lugubrious

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Mournful, dismal, gloomy

33
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Melancholy

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Gloomy state of mind

34
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Mirthful

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Joyous

35
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Objective

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Purpose, goal

36
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Ominous

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Threatening, evil, or harm

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with minute details

38
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Pensive

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Wistfully thoughtful, dreamily

39
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Pithy

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Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

40
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Reticent

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Reserved, silent, not to speak freely

41
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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic

42
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Sardonic

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Mocking, sneering

43
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Scornful

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Open or unqualified disdain

44
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Skeptical

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Having doubt

45
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Solemn

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Grave, sober, or mirthless

46
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Terse

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Effectively concise

47
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Nostalgic

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Wistful yearning for happiness

48
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Timorous

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Full of fear

49
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Vitriolic

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Very caustic, scathing

50
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Whimsical

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Fanciful notions

51
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Wistful

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Melancholy, longing, or yearning

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Zealous

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Devoted or diligent

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