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Tone Words: Test August 26 Flashcards

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Amiable

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having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities.
He is an amiable fellow.

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Enraptured

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Delight beyond measure

We were enraptured by her singing.

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Cordial

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courteous and gracious; friendly; warm:

a cordial reception.

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Amorous

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inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:

an amorous disposition.

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Exuberant

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effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.

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Solicitous

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anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person’s health.

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Whimsical

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given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.

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Admonitory

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tending or serving to admonish; warning: an admonitory gesture.

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Blasé

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Indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

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Stoical

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impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.

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Pensive

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expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio.

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Imperturbable

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incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure

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Languid

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lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.

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Nonchalant

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coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.

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Insinuating

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tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.

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Facetious

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lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.

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Ribald

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vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.

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Flippant

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frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.

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Wry

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produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin.
bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark.

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Pompous

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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.

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Haughty

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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.

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Droll

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amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish

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Insolent

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boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.

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Disparaging

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that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: disparaging remarks.

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Resolute

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firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.

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Audacious

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extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.

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Choleric

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extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.

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Despondent

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feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.

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Maudlin

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tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.

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Vexed

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irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.

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Impudent

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.

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Sententious

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abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.

given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.

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Belligerent

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of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone.

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Plaintive

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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.

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Boorish

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of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.

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Pedantic

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overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

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Imperious

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domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.

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Peremptory

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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.

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Querulous

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characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish: a querulous tone; constant querulous reminders of things to be done.

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Sullen

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showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.

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Reproachful

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full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.

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Pretentious

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characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important wait

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Groveling

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to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.

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Obsequious

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characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.

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Staid

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of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.

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Contrite

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caused by or showing sincere remorse.

filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent: a contrite sinner.

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Tremulous

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of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.

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Self-deprecatory

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belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.

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Docile

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easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.

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Sycophantic

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a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.

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Fawning

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to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor: The courtiers fawned over the king.

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Servile

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characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience.

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