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AP tone terms
vocabulary that can be useful for the AP Literature test tone questions
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Literature
12th Grade
04/27/2011

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apprehensive
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fearful due to uncertainty
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archaic
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from an earlier time; no longer in common use
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callous
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unfeeling; cold
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conciliatory
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apologetic; willing to make amends
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condescending
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acting as though one is superior; talking down to
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confidential
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secretive; confiding secrets to
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conjectural
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theoretical; based on thought, not evidence
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contentious
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argumentative
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contrite
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truly sorry for one’s misdeeds
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deferential
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showing proper respect
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derisive
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mocking, ridiculing
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detached
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lacking emotional investment
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didactic
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intended for instruction; inclined to lecturing
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disdainful
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full of scorn or disrespect
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effusive
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overly demonstrative; lacking reserve; gushing
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elegiac
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mournful
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ethereal
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light; airy; delicate; heavenly
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facetious
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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
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fantastic
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marked by elements of fantasy
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flippant
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lacking in seriousness; disrespectful
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forlorn
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lonely and sad; forsaken; dreary
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gothic
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a blend of horror/suspense/supernatural and romanticism
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haughty
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showing a feeling of superiority
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idyllic
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extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque - idealized
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jingoistic
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overly patriotic or nationalistic; dismissive or belligerent to other nationalities
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laudatory
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full of praise
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lugubrious
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looking or sounding excessively sad and dismal
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macabre
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ghastly; disturbing or horrifying; graphic
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maudlin
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affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness
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melancholic
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gloomy
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nostalgic
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longing or affection for an idealized past
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objective
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based on fact rather than opinion or judgment; detached
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patronizing
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acting as though one is superior; talking down to
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pedantic
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academic: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially its trivial aspects
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pious
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truly dutiful to God or religion
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pragmatic
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practical; realistic
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pretentious
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making an exaggerated outward show of superiority
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reflective
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characterized by deep and serious thought
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remorseful
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regretful of a sin or hurtful action
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reverent
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feeling or showing deep and solemn respect
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sanctimonious
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making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness
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sardonic
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grimly mocking or cynical
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satiric
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mocking of human faults
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scathing
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severely critical; harsh
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scornful
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having a low opinion of – mocking and dismissing
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supercilious
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showing a feeling of superiority or contempt
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vituperative
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bitter and abusive
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whimsical
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given to whimsy or fanciful notions
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wistful
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having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
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