Ap Lang Tone Words

Front 1

charging of wrongdoing

Back 1

accusatory

Front 2

indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

Back 2

apathetic

Front 3

solemn wonder

Back 3

awe

Front 4

exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

Back 4

bitter

Front 5

questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people

Back 5

cynical

Front 6

a feeling of superiority

Back 6

condescending

Front 7

unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others

Back 7

callous

Front 8

studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

Back 8

contemplative

Front 9

finding fault

Back 9

critical

Front 10

hot-tempered, easily angered

Back 10

choleric

Front 11

showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect

Back 11

contemptuous

Front 12

intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

Back 12

caustic

Front 13

lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

Back 13

conventional

Front 14

scornful

Back 14

disdainful

Front 15

author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

Back 15

didactic

Front 16

ridiculing, mocking

Back 16

derisive

Front 17

intense, a sincere state of mind

Back 17

earnest

Front 18

learned, polished, scholarly

Back 18

erudite

Front 19

using the imagination

Back 19

fanciful

Front 20

directly frank without hesitation

Back 20

forthright

Front 21

darkness, sadness, rejection

Back 21

gloomy

Front 22

proud and vain to the point of arrogance

Back 22

haughty

Front 23

marked by anger aroused by injustice

Back 23

indignant

Front 24

very familiar

Back 24

intimate

Front 25

authoritative and often having critical opinions

Back 25

judgemental

Front 26

happy

Back 26

jovial

Front 27

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

Back 27

lyrical

Front 28

accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional

Back 28

matter-of-fact

Front 29

treating with contempt or ridicule

Back 29

mocking

Front 30

gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

Back 30

morose

Front 31

purposely hurtful

Back 31

malicious

Front 32

an unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside

Back 32

objective

Front 33

hopeful, cheerful

Back 33

optimistic

Front 34

polite and obedient in order to gain something

Back 34

obsequious

Front 35

air of condescension

Back 35

patronizing

Front 36

seeing the worst side of things; no hope

Back 36

pessimistic

Front 37

odd, eccentric, amusing

Back 37

quizzical

Front 38

offensive in speech or gesture

Back 38

ribald

Front 39

treating a subject with honor and respect

Back 39

reverent

Front 40

slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of

Back 40

ridiculing

Front 41

illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions

Back 41

reflective

Front 42

sneering, caustic

Back 42

sarcastic

Front 43

scornfully and bitterly sarcastic

Back 43

sardonic

Front 44

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

Back 44

satiric

Front 45

without deceit or pretense; genuine

Back 45

sincere

Front 46

deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection

Back 46

solemn

Front 47

optimistic, cheerful

Back 47

sanguineous

Front 48

odd, strange, fantastic; fun

Back 48

whimsical

Front 49

light mocking; not serious

Back 49

facetious