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AP English 11: Tone
Tone/Attitude Vocab words
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| accusatory | charging of wrong doing. |
| apathetic | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern. |
| awe | solemn wonder. |
| bitter | exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief. |
| cynical | questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people. |
| condescension; condescending | a feeling of superiority. |
| callous | unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others. |
| contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue. |
| critical | finding fault. |
| choleric | hot-tempered, easily angered. |
| contemptous | showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect. |
| caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting. |
| conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality. |
| disdainful | scornful. |
| didactic | author attempts to educate or instruct the reader. |
| derisive | ridiculing, mocking. |
| earnest | intense, a sincere state of mind. |
| erudite | learned, polished, scholarly. |
| fanciful | using the imagination. |
| forthright | directly frank without hesitation. |
| gloomy | darkness, sadness, rejection. |
| haughty | proud and vain to the point of arrogance. |
| indignant | marked by anger aroused by injustice. |
| intimate | very familiar. |
| judgmental | authoritative and often having critical opinions. |
| jovial | happy. |
| lyrical | expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like. |
| matter-of-fact | accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional. |
| mocking | treating with contempt or ridicule. |
| morose | gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent. |
| malicious | purposely hurtful. |
| objective | an unbiased view, able to leave personal judments aside. |
| optimistic | hopeful, cheerful. |
| obsequious | polite and obedient in order to gain something. |
| patronizing | air of condescension. |
| pessimistic | seeing that worst side of things, no hope. |
| quizzical | odd, eccentric, amusing. |
| ribald | offensive in speech or gesture. |
| reverent | treating a subject with honor and respect. |
| ridiculing | slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of. |
| reflective | illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions. |
| sarcastic | sneering, caustic. |
| sardonic | scornfully and bitterly sarcastic. |
| satiric | ridiculing to show wealkness in order to make a point, teach. |
| sincere | without deceit or pretense; genuine. |
| solemn | deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection. |
| sanguineous | optimistic, cheerful. |
| whimsical | odd, strange, fantastic; fun. |
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