Vocabulary List #1(Tone Words)

Question 1

Judgmental

Answer 1

Authoritative and often having critical opinions

Question 2

Sanguine

Answer 2

Optimistic, cheerful

Question 3

Gloomy

Answer 3

Darkness, sadness, rejection

Question 4

Indignant

Answer 4

Marked by anger aroused by injustice

Question 5

Ominous

Answer 5

Indicates something dreadful to come; a warning of danger or disaster

Question 6

Lyrical

Answer 6

Expressing a poet’s inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song like

Question 7

Matter-of-fact

Answer 7

Accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional

Question 8

Callous

Answer 8

Unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others

Question 9

Morose

Answer 9

Gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

Question 10

Malicious

Answer 10

Purposely hurtful

Question 11

Bitter

Answer 11

Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

Question 12

Intimate

Answer 12

Very familiar

Question 13

Objective

Answer 13

An unbiased view– able to leave personal judgments aside

Question 14

Conventional

Answer 14

Lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

Question 15

Obsequious

Answer 15

Polite and obedient; flattering in order to gain something(“suck up”)

Question 16

Ribald

Answer 16

Offensive in speech or gesture

Question 17

Patronizing

Answer 17

Air of condescension(look up on wiki)

Question 18

Earnest

Answer 18

Intense, a sincere state of mind

Question 19

Quizzical

Answer 19

Odd, eccentric, amusing

Question 20

Whimsical

Answer 20

Odd, strange, fantastic; fun