| Question | Answer |
| accusatory | charging of wrongdoing |
| amused | pleased in a lighthearted way |
| angry | inflamed; extremely upset |
| apathetic | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern |
| apprehensive | anxious or fearful about the future |
| authoritative | official; expert |
| awe | solemn wonder |
| baffled | confused; uncertain |
| bantering | good-natured joking or teasing |
| benevolent | charitable; inclined to do good |
| bitter | exhibiting strong antagonism as a result of pain or grief |
| burlesque | broadly comic or satirical imitation of a writing; low comedy |
| callous | unfeeling; insensitive to feelings of others |
| candid | frank, outspoken, open, sincere |
| caustic | intensely sarcastic; stinging; biting |
| ceremonial | conventionally polite; formal |
| choleric | hot-tempered; peevish; easily angered |
| clinical | purely scientific; dispassionately curious; impersonal |
| compassionate | sympathizing deeply; pitying |
| complimentary | conveying or expressing praise, commendation or admiration |
| condemnatory | expressing negative judgment upon; accusing |
| condescending | exhibiting superiority; snobbish (a though the speaker is of a higher rank intellectually, socially, morally, etc.) |
| confident | assured; certain; trustful |
| contemplative | thoughtful; in an attitude of study or reflection on an issue |
| contemptuous | scornful toward something felt to be worthless; intense disgust |
| contentious | tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome |
| conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality, and/or individuality |
| critical | finding fault |
| cynical | questioning the basic sincerity and goodness of people |
| derisive | ridiculing; mocking |
| detached | uninvolved emotionally; impartial |
| diffident | not sure; shy |
| disbelieving | refusing to accept as truth |
| disdainful | aloof contempt or scorn; regarding as beneath one’s dignity |
| disturbed | upset; concerned about an outcome |
| earnest | intensely sincere |
| effusive | overflowing; excessively emotional, in an unrestrained way |
| elated | extremely happy |
| elegiac | sad; mournful; plaintive |
| erudite | learned; polished; scholarly |
| facetious | joking or silly (especially at inappropriate times) |
| factual | containing facts; real; actual |
| fanciful | imaginative; whimsical |
| fearful | afraid |
| flippant | frivolous; disrespectful; impertinent |
| forthright | directly frank without hesitation |
| furious | extremely angry |
| gloomy | sad; dark |
| haughty | proud and vain to the point of arrogance |
| hopeful | optimistic |
| impartial | fair; without bias |
| incisive | keen; sharp; penetrating |
| indignant | marked by anger that is aroused from injustice |
| inflammatory | likely to rouse excitement, anger, violence, etc. |
| informative | educational; instructional |
| insipid | without flavor; tasteless; not exciting or interesting |
| insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful; impertinent |
| instructive | giving knowledge |
| intimate | very familiar |
| ironic | opposite to what is usual or expected by the reader |
| irreverent | disrespectful; showing a lack of love or awe for something sacred |
| irritated | annoyed; bothered |
| jovial | cheerful; jocular |
| judgmental | critically authoritative |
| learned | knowledgeable; scholarly |
| lighthearted | free from care; cheerful |
| lugubrious | very sad or mournful to an exaggerated degree |
| lyrical | emotional; full of imagery; song-like |
| malicious | purposely hurtful |
| matter-of-fact | accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional |
| mock-heroic | burlesquing a heroic manner, action, or character |
| mocking | treating with contempt or ridicule |
| moralistic | preachy; imposing a moral system on others |
| morose | gloomy; sullen; surly; despondent |
| mournful | sorrowful; sad |
| nostalgic | longing for a happier time from the past |
| objective | unbiased; fair |
| obsequious | polite or obedient in hopes of gaining favor |
| optimistic | hopeful; cheerful |
| outraged | angry; indignant |
| patronizing | condescending; conveying an attitude of superiority |
| pedantic | stressing minor or trivial points of learning |
| pessimistic | hopeless; seeing the worst outcome |
| petty | relatively worthless; trivial; minor |
| pretentious | making claims, implicit or explicit, to some distinction or importance |
| proud | ranges from displaying self-esteem to arrogant, haughty |
| questioning | doubtful |
| quizzical | puzzled; mildly teasing |
| reflective | thoughtful; deliberative |
| reminiscent | recalling past times |
| restrained | limited; restricted; suppressed |
| reverent | respectful before something/someone holy or worthy of great respect |
| ribald | crude; offensive; lewd |
| ridiculing | mocking |
| sanguine | optimistic; cheerful |
| sarcastic | derisive; taunting; ridiculing; sneering |
| sardonic | derisively mocking |
| scornful | filled with extreme indignant contempt; disdain; refusing or rejecting as wrong/disgraceful |
| sentimental | showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, but sometimes in an excessive way; influenced more by emotion than by reason |
| shocked | amazed; greatly surprised, distressed, disgusted |
| sincere | genuine; without deceit or pretense |
| solemn | deeply earnest; grave |
| somber | dark, gloomy; earnest and solemn |
| sympathetic | looking upon with flavor |
| taunting | challenging or reproachful in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering way |
| threatening | challenging; intending hurt |
| turgid | inflated, overblown or pompous; bombastic |
| urgent | calling for haste; insistent |
| vibrant | vigorous; energetic; radiant |
| whimsical | lightly fanciful; capricious |
| wrathful | intensely angry |