Tone Vocabulary

Question 1

Ambivalent

Answer 1

simultaneous conflicting feeling towards person/thing

Question 2

Bantering

Answer 2

playfully teasing

Question 3

Burlesque

Answer 3

comic; mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration

Question 4

Callous

Answer 4

unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others

Question 5

Caustic

Answer 5

intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

Question 6

Choleric

Answer 6

hot-tempered, easily angered

Question 7

Colloquial

Answer 7

Using a conversational or informal style

Question 8

Contemptuous

Answer 8

expressing contempt, a lack of respect, or hate

Question 9

cutting

Answer 9

abrasive, hurtful, cold

Question 10

derisive

Answer 10

ridiculing, mocking

Question 11

despondent

Answer 11

showing extreme discouragement or depression

Question 12

didactic

Answer 12

in a tone intended to preach a sermon or teach a lesson about life

Question 13

diffident

Answer 13

lacking self-confidence; shy and timid

Question 14

Earnest

Answer 14

sincere, a sincere state of mind

Question 15

effusive

Answer 15

unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy

Question 16

ELEGIAC

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expressing sorrow or regret; mournful

Question 17

erudite

Answer 17

learned, polished, scholarly

Question 18

euphoric

Answer 18

with a feeling of elation or great joy

Question 19

exuberant

Answer 19

full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy

Question 20

facetious

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playfully humorous

Question 21

factual

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based on, or restricted to, facts

Question 22

fanciful

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using the imagination

Question 23

flippant

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dismissive and lacking proper respect

Question 24

forthright

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directly frank without hesitation

Question 25

haughty

Answer 25

proud and vain to the point of arrogance

Question 26

indignant

Answer 26

angered at something unjust or wrong

Question 27

inflammatory

Answer 27

arousing passion or strong emotion, especially anger, belligerence, or desire

Question 28

intimate

Answer 28

very familiar

Question 29

irate

Answer 29

angry, enraged

Question 30

laudatory

Answer 30

pertaining to or expressing praise

Question 31

lyrical

Answer 31

expressing a writer's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like

Question 32

moralistic

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characterized by or displaying a concern with morality

Question 33

nostalgic

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a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past; the condition of being homesick; homesickness

Question 34

objective

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un unbiased view-able to leave personal judgements aside

Question 35

obsequious

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polite and obedient in order to gain something, often in a servile manner

Question 36

pedantic

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overly concerned with minute detail; conspicuous about one's learning & knowledge

Question 37

partisan

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a fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person or idea

Question 38

pretentious

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making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious

Question 39

reverent

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treating a subject with honor and respect

Question 40

ribald

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characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor

Question 41

sanguine

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optimistic and cheerful

Question 42

satiric

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ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach

Question 43

scornful

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contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy

Question 44

seductive

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tending to entice into a desired action or state

Question 45

solemn

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deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection

Question 46

somber

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extremely serious, grave; dismal or dark

Question 47

wry

Answer 47

expressing a mixture of amusement (humor) & irony