Tone Flashcards
(112 cards)
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Apathetic is:
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Lack of feeling or care entirely.
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Accusatory is:
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Pointing or blaming; accusing
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Awe is:
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Stricken with wonder and amazement
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Bitter is:
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Showing hostility as a result of pain or suffering
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Cynical is:
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To question the goodness of an individual
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Condescending is:
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A feeling of superiority amongst others
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Contemplative is:
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Always or often in thought, reflecting on an issue.
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Critical is:
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To be harsh, crude, or overly judgmental
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Choleric is:
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Easily tempered, angered by a lot.
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Contemptuous is:
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Showing or feeling something is worthless
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Caustic is:
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Stinging sarcasm
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Conventional is:
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Lacking spontaneity
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Disdainful is:
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Scornful and belittling
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Didactic is:
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Erudite and smart
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Derisive is:
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Ridiculing and mocking
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Earnest is:
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Intense and sincere state of mind
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Erudite is:
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Learned, polished, and scholarly
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Fanciful is:
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Using imagination and whimsy
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Forthright is:
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Without hesitation, to be frank
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Aloof
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Lazy, nonresponsive
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Dissident
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Differing in opinion
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Effusive
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To show great emotion and enthusiasm
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Effervescent
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Bubbly, happy, light hearted and lively
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Vulgar
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Crude, crass, rude, disgusting
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Patronizing
To be condescending or to talk with a superior heir
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Contentious
Inclined to quarrel over small matters
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Diffident
Lacking confidence
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Disingenuous
Lacking in candor or being too frank
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Incensed
To inflame with anger or indignation
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Gauche
Lacking social experience or grace
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Disdainful
With condescension
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Effervescent
Bubbly and full of vigor
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Iconoclastic
Characterized by an attack on beliefs
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Disconcerting
Feeling unsettling, to unnerve
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Furtive
To avoid notice or attention
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Facetious
Treating serious issues with humour and joviality.
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Duplicitous
Deceitful
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Elegiac
Having a mournful quality
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Empathetic
To be relatable and emotional
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Insipid
Without distinctive qualities, vapid
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Austere
Rigorously self disciplined, strict
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Pertinacious
Stubborn or resolute
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Contemptuous
Showing disdain or disrespect
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Desultory
Lacking in consistency, or random
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Hubristic
Excessive pride or self confidence
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Bellicose
Eager to fight, with moxie
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Churlish
difficult to work with, or stubborn
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Contumacious
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
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Droll
Oddly amusing
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Capricious
subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic:
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Dogmatic
asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated
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Contrarian
a person who takes an opposing view, especially one who rejects the majority opinion, as in economic matters.
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Credulous
willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
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Beguilling
To trick or mislead
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Vehement
characterized by rancor or anger; violent: with great passion
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Candid
frank, outspoke, open, sincere
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Deferential
respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
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Ambivalent
Unable to pick one or another.
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Ebullient
overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited:
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Evasive
Tending to seek to evade, characterized by evanescence and elusive acts
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Exigent
Urgent, requiring immediate aid
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Benign
Having a kind disposition, gracious
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Fanatical
motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
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Flippant
Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, lacking seriousness
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Fervent
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| having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent:
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Frivolous
characterized as a lack of seriousness
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Garrulous
excessively talking, rambling, about unimportant matters
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Importunate
urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
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Incisive
penetrating, biting, cutting, trenchant
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Acrimonious
caustic, stinging, bitter in nature.
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Jejune
without interest or significance. juvenile.
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Inflammatory
tending to cause anger or hostility.
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Laissez-faire
the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs.
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Laudatory
containing or expressing praise
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Kowtowing
to act in an obsequious manner (chinese custom)
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Contrite
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
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Censorious
severely critical, fault-finding.
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Enigmatic
resembling an enigma. Perplexing, mesmerizing, confusing
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Mordant
sharply caustic, stinging, biting
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Omnipotent
almighty in power, God
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Reticent
disposed to be silent, reserved
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Smug
Confident in one's ability to a haughty degree
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Conciliatory
Overcome with distrust or hostility
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Nihilistic
embracing anarchy or destruction
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Pedantic
Ostentatious in one's learning, concerned with minute details
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Solicitous
Anxious or concerned
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Fawning
To seek notice or favor be servile demeanor
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Insouciant
Free from concern or worry
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Pompous
Lofty display of superiority
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Turgid
inflated, overblown, pompous, bombastic
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Unctuous
characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.
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Boorish
Unmannered, crude, or insensitive
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Pious
Pertaining highly to religion
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Colloquial
Familiar or slang diction
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Scornful
derisive, contemptuous
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Volatile
Liable to change
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Prudent
showing care for the future
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Incendiary
Designed to cause fires
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Fastidious
Pertaining to detail
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Fecund
Able to produce growth
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Hedonistic
Pleasurable, self indulgent
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Gratuitious
Free of charge, given for no reason
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Hindrance
A burden set on someone
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Imbroglio
A confusing situation
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Impeccable
Flawless
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Onerous
Extremely difficult, requiring strenuous effort
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Opulent
Rich, luxurious
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Palatable
Pleasing to taste
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Predilection
A certain preference or liking of something
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Reprehensible
Requiring condemnation or censure
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Sedulous
showing diligence
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Soporific
Inducing sleep
