Tone Vocab Three

Question 1

Disdainful

Answer 1

Actively and openly showing scorn, disgust, or contempt for inferiors

Question 2

Discursive

Answer 2

Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling

Question 3

Dreamy

Answer 3

Having characteristics of a dream, as in vague, abstracted, or absorbing

Question 4

Earthy

Answer 4

Realistic, rustic, coarse, unrefined; showing a hearty acceptance of the facts of life

Question 5

Elegiac

Answer 5

Expressing sorrow or lamentation (elegy is a sad poem)

Question 6

Emotional

Answer 6

Given to strong feelings

Question 7

Epistolary

Answer 7

Involving letters or missives

Question 8

Erudite

Answer 8

Learned, scholarly

Question 9

Eulogistic

Answer 9

Involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually in honor of someone dead

Question 10

Evocative

Answer 10

Having the ability to call forth memories or other responses

Question 11

Facetious

Answer 11

Amusing but light, frivolous

Question 12

Farcical

Answer 12

Humorous in a light way, comedy of high exaggeration

Question 13

Fatalistic

Answer 13

Believing that everything that happens is destined and beyond individual control

Question 14

Fervent

Answer 14

Expressing warmth, passionate enthusiasm, or intensity of spirit

Question 15

Flamboyant

Answer 15

Conspicuously bold or colorful