U1 Tone Words

Question 1

bemused

Answer 1

adj. confused, lost in thought

Question 2

conciliatory

Answer 2

adj. tending to overcome the distrust or hostility of

Question 3

laudatory

Answer 3

adj. containing or expressing praise

Question 4

reverential

Answer 4

adj. characterized by a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration

Question 5

acerbic

Answer 5

adj. sour or astringent in taste

Question 6

moralistic

Answer 6

adj. characterized by or expressive of a concern with morality

Question 7

vitriolic

Answer 7

adj. very sarcastic, scathing

Question 8

indignant

Answer 8

adj. feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

Question 9

caustic

Answer 9

adj. severely critical or sarcastic

Question 10

droll

Answer 10

adj. amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous

Question 11

quizzical

Answer 11

adj. derisively questioning, ridiculing, or chaffing

Question 12

ribald

Answer 12

adj. vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irrelevant

Question 13

sardonic

Answer 13

adj. characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering

Question 14

admonitory

Answer 14

adj. tending or serving to warn

Question 15

wistful

Answer 15

adj. pensive and longing for something, especially in a melancholy way

Question 16

pedantic

Answer 16

adj. ostentatious or pretentious about one’s learning

Question 17

idyllic

Answer 17

adj. charmingly simple or rustic

Question 18

elegiac

Answer 18

adj. expressing sorrow or lamentation

Question 19

maudlin

Answer 19

adj. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental

Question 20

ambivalent

Answer 20

adj. having mixed feelings about someone or something