English AP Tone Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Admonitory	expressing admonition : WARNING
Ardent	intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic
Belittling	to speak of as unimportant; to disparage
Blasé	indifferent to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment
Bombastic	Pompous, Overblown
Boorish	unmannered; crude; insensitive
Candid	free from bias—open and honest
Coaxing	to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering
Condemnatory	to declare something reprehensible, wrong, or evil
Contemptuous	showing or expressing disdain; scornful
Contrite	showing sorrow and remorse for a sin, feeling guilty
Cordial	sincerely or deeply felt, polite
Cynical	bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic
Deprecatory	seeking to avert disapproval
Derisive	contemptuous; mocking
Didactic	designed or intended to teach
Disparaging	tending to belittle, put someone down
Docile	easily taught or submissive
Elated	to fill with joy or pride
Enraptured	to fill with delight
Exalted	rapturously excited
Facetious	amusing; attempting to be humorous
Fawning	to court favor by a cringing or flattering
Flippant	lacking proper respect or seriousness
Guileless	Innocent, naive
Haughty	blatantly and disdainfully proud
Imperious	Overbearing, bossy, dictatorial
Imperturbable	extreme calm, unable to be bothered
Impetuous	Rash or impulsive behavior
Impudent	shameless or brazenly immodest
Incredulous	unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true
Indignant	filled with or marked by anger
Indulgent	Giving in to something
Inert	having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance
Ingratiating	intended or adopted in order to gain favor
Insinuating	to suggest or hint slyly
Insolent	boldly rude or disrespectful
Languid	depression of spirits
Melancholy	tediously uniform or unvarying
Nonchalant	having an air of easy unconcern or indifference
Obliging	to be kindly accommodating
Obsequious	marked by or exhibiting a flattering attentiveness
Pensive	musingly or dreamily thoughtful
Peremptory	expressive of urgency or command, no option to refuse
Plaintive	expressive of suffering or woe
Pompous	Feeling of superiority over others
Querulous	habitually complaining
Rapturous	full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight
Satiric	Mocking, sarcastic, bitter humor
Sententious	excessive moralizing; self-righteous
Serene	calm and unruffled repose
Solemn	very serious, somber or sad
Solicitous	Overly pleasing (sales people)
Sprightly	marked by a happy lightness and vivacity
Stoic	one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain
Uproarious	very funny
Vexed	Extremely angry
Monotonous	tediously uniform or unvarying

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