Tones Flashcards

1
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Accusatory

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Charging of wrongdoing

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Arrogant

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Over-confident, cocky

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3
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Appreciative

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Grateful, thankful

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4
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Accepting

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Tolerant, compliant

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5
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Awe

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solemn wonder

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6
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Bitter

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exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

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Callous

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Unfeeling, insensitive to others feelings

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8
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Caustic

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Intense use of sarcasm; stinging,biting

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9
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Celebratory

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Triumphant, praising, uplifting

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10
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Choleric

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Hot-tempered, easily angered

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11
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Condescension

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Condescending, a feeling of superiority

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12
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Contemplative

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Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

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13
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Contemptuous

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Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect

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14
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Conventional

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Lacking spontaneity, origionality, and individuality

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15
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Critical

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Finding fault

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16
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Cynical

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Questions the basic sincerity and basic goodness of people

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17
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Derisive

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Ridiculing, mocking

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18
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Didactic

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Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

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19
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Disdainful

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scornful

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20
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Earnerst

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Intense, a sincere state of mind

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Erudite

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Learned, polished, scholary

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22
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Fanciful

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Using the imagination

23
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FOrthright

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Directly frank without hesitation

24
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Gloomy

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Darkness, sadness, rejection

25
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Haughty

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Proud and vain to the point of arrogance

26
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Hostile

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Aggressive, unreceptive, unsympathetic

27
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Indignant

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Marked by anger aroused by injustice

28
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Inimate

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Very familiar

29
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Jovial

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Happy

30
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Judgemental

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Authoritative and often having critical opinions

31
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Lyrical

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Expressing a poets inner feelings; emotional; full of imagery; song like

32
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Malicious

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Purposefully hurtful

33
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Matter-of-Fact

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Accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional

34
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Mocking

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Treating with contempt or ridicule

35
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Morose

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Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

36
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Objective

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An unbiased view able to leave personal judgements aside

37
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Obsequious

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Polite and obedient in order to gain something

38
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Optimistic

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Hopeful and cheerful

39
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Pathetic

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Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

40
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Patronising

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Air of condescension

41
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Pessimistic

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Seeing the worst side of things; no hope

42
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Quizzical

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Odd, eccentric, amusing

43
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Reverent

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Treating a subject with honour and respect

44
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Ribald

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Offensive in speech or gesture

45
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Ridiculing

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Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of

46
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Reflective

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Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotion

47
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Sanguineous

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Optimistic, cheerful

48
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Sarcastic

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Sneering, caustic

49
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Sardonic

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Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic

50
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Satiric

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

51
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Sincere

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Without deceit or pretence; genuine

52
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Solemn

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Deeply earnest, tending toward sad refelction

53
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Whimsical

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Odd, strange, fantastic, fun